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Tornado Warning 3, NWS St. Louis, MO

January 17, 2012Crawford County, Franklin County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 17, 2012, 1:41 AM CST for Crawford County, Franklin County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jan 17, 2012, 1:41 AM CST (07:41 UTC)
Expired: Jan 17, 2012, 2:15 AM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 17, 1:54 AM CST	TSTM WND GST 50	Bourbon, MO	ESTIMATED 40-50 MPH WIND GUSTS.
Jan 17, 2:10 AM CST	HAIL 0.5	Sullivan, MO
Jan 17, 2:13 AM CST	HAIL 0.88	Sullivan, MO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 16, 11:47 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 257 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

259 
WFUS53 KLSX 170741
TORLSX
MOC055-071-170815-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0003.120117T0741Z-120117T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
141 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 215 AM CST

* AT 136 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF ST. JAMES...OR 12 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF ROLLA...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CUBA...BOURBON...SULLIVAN...LEASBURG...OAK HILL AND ST. CLOUD.

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 3820 9153 3821 9142 3821 9137 3822 9137
      3826 9110 3807 9109 3802 9153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0741Z 258DEG 48KT 3810 9156

$$

TRUETT

2 follow-up statements

556 
WWUS53 KLSX 170759
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
159 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

MOC055-071-170815-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120117T0815Z/
CRAWFORD MO-FRANKLIN MO-
159 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND
NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CST...

AT 157 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOURBON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SULLIVAN AND ST. CLOUD.

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 3810 9109 3807 9153 3820 9153 3821 9142
      3821 9137 3822 9137 3826 9110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 252DEG 46KT 3819 9126

$$

TRUETT

678 
WWUS53 KLSX 170817
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
217 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

MOC055-071-170827-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120117T0815Z/
CRAWFORD MO-FRANKLIN MO-
217 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHERN
CRAWFORD COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

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

HOWEVER...A TORNADO WARNING DOES CONTINUE FOR SOUTHEAST FRANKLIN 
COUNTY UNTIL 245 AM.

LAT...LON 3810 9109 3807 9153 3820 9153 3821 9142
      3821 9137 3822 9137 3826 9110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 252DEG 46KT 3819 9126

$$

TRUETT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 16, 11:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage	58 days
Jan 17, 12:39 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Gasconade, Osage	36 min
Jan 17, 12:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren	35 min
Jan 17, 1:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Gasconade	31 min
Jan 17, 1:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles, Saint Louis	37 min
Jan 17, 1:39 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Franklin, Jefferson	36 min
Jan 17, 2:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	37 min
Jan 17, 2:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Franklin, Jefferson, Washington	33 min
Jan 17, 2:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis	40 min
Jan 17, 4:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford	27 min
Jan 17, 4:34 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Cole, Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Saint Charles and 3 more	60 days
Jan 17, 5:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve	38 min
Jan 17, 6:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington	44 min
Jan 17, 6:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron, Madison, Reynolds, Saint Francois	50 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.