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Tornado Warning 58, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 25, 2011Madison County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT for Madison County, Missouri. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Madison County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 25, 4:50 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 287 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
321 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

423 
WFUS53 KLSX 252315
TORLSX
MOC123-252330-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0058.110425T2315Z-110425T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
615 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARQUAND...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARBLE
  HILL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MARQUAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3743 9031 3751 9015 3750 9015 3732 9014
      3731 9015 3731 9022
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 237DEG 40KT 3740 9016

$$

TRUETT
1 follow-up statement
478 
WWUS53 KLSX 252329
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
629 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

MOC123-252339-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-110425T2330Z/
MADISON MO-
629 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
630 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3743 9031 3751 9015 3750 9015 3732 9014
      3731 9015 3731 9022
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 237DEG 40KT 3748 9000

$$

TRUETT

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 11:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCrawford, Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve and 2 more8 hr
Apr 25, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison40 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.