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Tornado Warning 23, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2013, 6:26 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Montgomery County, Warren County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 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, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Lincoln County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Warren County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Bellflower, MO | TORNADO REPORTED 2 MILES WEST OF BELLEFLOWER REPORTED BY MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL |
| May 31, 6:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Ne Montgomery City, MO | MONTGOMERY CITY POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO JUST NORTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY CITY |
| May 31, 6:46 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Bellflower, MO | |
| May 31, 7:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hawk Point, MO | POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN |
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, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 265 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.
981
WFUS53 KLSX 312326
TORLSX
MOC113-139-219-010000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0023.130531T2326Z-130601T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
626 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 623 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTGOMERY
CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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...
WARRENTON...NEW FLORENCE...BUELL...BELLFLOWER...JONESBURG...HAWK
POINT...HIGH HILL...TRUXTON AND OLNEY.
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 3913 9111 3876 9113 3878 9154 3910 9158
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 263DEG 25KT 3896 9149
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
GLASS3 follow-up statements
793
WWUS53 KLSX 312337
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
637 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
MOC113-139-219-010000-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130601T0000Z/
LINCOLN MO-MONTGOMERY MO-WARREN MO-
637 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WARREN...
MONTGOMERY AND WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
AT 636 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLFLOWER...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR MONTGOMERY CITY
AROUND 630 PM.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WARRENTON...BELLFLOWER...JONESBURG...HAWK POINT...TRUXTON AND OLNEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 9111 3876 9113 3878 9154 3910 9158
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 263DEG 25KT 3897 9139
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
GLASS279
WWUS53 KLSX 312343
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
643 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
MOC113-139-219-010000-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130601T0000Z/
LINCOLN MO-MONTGOMERY MO-WARREN MO-
643 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WARREN...
MONTGOMERY AND WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
AT 641 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLFLOWER...AND
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO 2 MILES WEST OF
BELLFLOWER.
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...
WARRENTON...JONESBURG...HAWK POINT...TRUXTON AND OLNEY.
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 3913 9111 3876 9113 3878 9154 3910 9158
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 262DEG 34KT 3897 9134
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
GLASS018 WWUS53 KLSX 010003 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 703 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 MOC113-139-219-010012- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130601T0000Z/ LINCOLN MO-MONTGOMERY MO-WARREN MO- 703 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WARREN...MONTGOMERY AND WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...EXTREME SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 730 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3913 9111 3876 9113 3878 9154 3910 9158 TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 262DEG 34KT 3897 9133 $$ GLASS
The 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, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Callaway, Montgomery, Warren | 25 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, 6:47 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.