Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 13, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 2013, 5:24 PM CDT for Audrain County, Monroe County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 min. 7 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
- Apr 17, 2013, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Audrain County, MO, Monroe County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 5:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Paris, MO | ROOF BLOWN OFF MOBILE HOME. |
| Apr 17, 5:44 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Paris, MO | |
| Apr 17, 5:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 14 N Centralia, MO | POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY C |
| Apr 17, 5:52 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Paris, MO | |
| Apr 17, 5:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Paris, MO | |
| Apr 17, 6:09 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Paris, MO | MOBILE HOME ROOF BLOWN OFF |
| Apr 17, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Monroe City, MO | SPOTTER REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS PARTS OF MONROE CITY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 11:11 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 302 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
279
WFUS53 KLSX 172224
TORLSX
MOC007-137-172300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0013.130417T2224Z-130417T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
524 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 522 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF STURGEON...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARIS...MONROE CITY...HOLLIDAY AND STOUTSVILLE.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES UNION COVERED BRIDGE HISTORIC SITE.
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 3966 9201 3965 9172 3928 9219 3933 9228
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 220DEG 40KT 3935 9220
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CVKING1 follow-up statement
346
WWUS53 KLSX 172236
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
536 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013
MOC007-172246-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130417T2300Z/
AUDRAIN MO-
536 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3966 9201 3965 9172 3936 9209 3940 9216
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 222DEG 42KT 3942 9204
$$
MOC137-172300-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130417T2300Z/
MONROE MO-
536 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM
CDT...
AT 535 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARIS AND STOUTSVILLE.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES UNION COVERED BRIDGE HISTORIC SITE.
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 3966 9201 3965 9172 3936 9209 3940 9216
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 222DEG 42KT 3942 9204
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CVKINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 9:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 5 days |
| Apr 17, 9:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 5 days |
| Apr 17, 9:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 5 days |
| Apr 17, 9:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 3 days |
| Apr 17, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau | 5 days |
| Apr 17, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway, Osage | 8 days |
| Apr 17, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Montgomery | 8 days |
| Apr 17, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Montgomery | 8 days |
| Apr 17, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Warren | 6 days |
| Apr 17, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 8 days |
| Apr 17, 11:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 3 days |
| Apr 17, 11:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Monroe | 5 days |
| Apr 17, 11:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 36 days |
| Apr 17, 11:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 36 days |
| Apr 17, 11:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 34 days |
| Apr 17, 11:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Ralls | 37 days |
| Apr 17, 11:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 32 days |
| Apr 17, 11:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 24 days |
| Apr 17, 11:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Perry, Sainte Genevieve | 39 days |
| Apr 17, 12:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis | 31 days |
| Apr 17, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Moniteau | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 24 min |
| Apr 17, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby | 50 min |
| Apr 17, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Monroe | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion | 66 min |
| Apr 17, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Monroe | 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.