Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 2, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 29, 2013, 3:30 PM CST for Lincoln County, Saint Charles County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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 29, 2013, 3:30 PM CST (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2013, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Lincoln County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 3:36 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 Sw Old Monroe, MO | LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED - THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO HOMES AND POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED |
| Jan 29, 3:37 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Old Monroe, MO | THREE DOWNED TREES OF 12 INCHES DIAMETER OR MORE... ALSO POWER LINES DOWNED |
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 29, 12:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 346 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
- 285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
369
WFUS53 KLSX 292130
TORLSX
MOC113-183-292200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0002.130129T2130Z-130129T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
330 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 400 PM CST
* AT 327 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WENTZVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION WEST OF FLINT HILL.
IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE
HOMES COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR
SNAPPED. VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLD MONROE.
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 3903 9080 3892 9065 3882 9089 3887 9095
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 226DEG 39KT 3888 9087
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CVKING1 follow-up statement
829 WWUS53 KLSX 292149 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 349 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 MOC113-183-292159- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130129T2200Z/ LINCOLN MO-ST. CHARLES MO- 349 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ST. CHARLES AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM. LAT...LON 3903 9080 3892 9065 3882 9089 3887 9095 TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 226DEG 39KT 3902 9068 $$ CVKING
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 10:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 52 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway | 48 min |
| Jan 29, 1:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Jan 29, 1:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Jan 29, 1:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls | 40 min |
| Jan 29, 2:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Osage | 48 min |
| Jan 29, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Warren | 38 min |
| Jan 29, 3:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Warren | 33 min |
| Jan 29, 3:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jan 29, 4:08 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | Knox, Lewis, Shelby | 23 hr |
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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.