Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 22, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2013, 6:05 PM CDT for Callaway County, Montgomery County, Warren County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 min. 4 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
- May 31, 2013, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Callaway County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Warren County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 1 W Williamsburg, MO | TRAINED SPOTTER AT NEW BLOOMFIELD MO REPORTED ESTIMATED 50 MPH. |
| May 31, 6:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | Mineola, MO | TORNADO SPOTTED NEAR MINEOLA HEADING TOWARDS NEW FLORENCE |
| May 31, 6:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | Danville, MO | |
| May 31, 6:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Bellflower, MO | TORNADO REPORTED 2 MILES WEST OF BELLEFLOWER REPORTED BY MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 31, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 285 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
328
WFUS53 KLSX 312305
TORLSX
MOC027-139-219-312330-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0022.130531T2305Z-130531T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
605 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 604 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WILLIAMSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
MONTGOMERY CITY...MINEOLA...BIG SPRING...NEW FLORENCE...
BELLFLOWER...JONESBURG...DANVILLE AND HIGH HILL.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES GRAHAM CAVE STATE PARK.
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 3898 9177 3903 9127 3899 9126 3877 9129
3880 9178
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 266DEG 26KT 3890 9167
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
GLASS1 follow-up statement
490
WWUS53 KLSX 312316
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
616 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
MOC027-139-219-312330-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-130531T2330Z/
CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-WARREN MO-
616 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WARREN...
MONTGOMERY AND EAST CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 615 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MINEOLA...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR MINEOLA.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTGOMERY CITY...BIG SPRING...NEW FLORENCE...BELLFLOWER...
JONESBURG...DANVILLE AND HIGH HILL.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES GRAHAM CAVE STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3898 9177 3903 9127 3899 9126 3877 9129
3880 9178
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 266DEG 26KT 3891 9156
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
GLASSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 9:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 57 hr |
| May 30, 9:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 67 hr |
| May 30, 9:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Cole | 3 days |
| May 30, 10:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Boone | 12 hr |
| May 30, 10:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 12 hr |
| May 31, 12:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis | 9 days |
| May 31, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 55 min |
| May 31, 1:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 31, 7:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 6 hr |
| May 31, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Moniteau | 39 min |
| May 31, 8:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau | 51 min |
| May 31, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Osage | 49 min |
| May 31, 9:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery, Osage, Saint Charles and 1 more | 43 min |
| May 31, 9:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 4 days |
| May 31, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Osage | 60 hr |
| May 31, 12:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 70 hr |
| May 31, 1:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau | 5 hr |
| May 31, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Moniteau | 44 min |
| May 31, 5:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 6 hr |
| May 31, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway | 48 min |
| May 31, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Warren | 49 min |
| May 31, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Osage | 51 min |
| May 31, 6:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway | 6 hr |
| May 31, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Osage | 38 min |
| May 31, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Warren | 34 min |
| May 31, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Saint Charles, Warren | 43 min |
| May 31, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren | 34 min |
| May 31, 6:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Cole, Gasconade, Moniteau, Osage | 6 hr |
| May 31, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage | 32 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.