Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 24, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2013, 7:16 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 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
- May 31, 2013, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Lincoln County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Troy, MO | |
| May 31, 7:34 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Troy, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 2269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.6
- Supercell composite
- 15.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
086
WFUS53 KLSX 010016
TORLSX
MOC113-010045-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0024.130601T0016Z-130601T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
716 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 714 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TROY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
ELSBERRY...WINFIELD...OLD MONROE...NEW HOPE AND FOLEY.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES CUIVRE RIVER 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 3922 9075 3894 9070 3888 9100 3905 9112
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 234DEG 31KT 3902 9098
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
GLASS2 follow-up statements
618
WWUS53 KLSX 010024 RRA
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
724 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
MOC113-010045-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-130601T0045Z/
LINCOLN MO-
724 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 722 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DAVIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER
DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOSCOW
MILLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELSBERRY...WINFIELD...NEW HOPE AND FOLEY.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES CUIVRE RIVER STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3922 9075 3894 9070 3889 9096 3909 9103
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 234DEG 31KT 3906 9094
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
GLASS860 WWUS53 KLSX 010046 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 746 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 MOC113-010055- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-130601T0045Z/ LINCOLN MO- 746 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS 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 UNTIL 815 PM. LAT...LON 3922 9075 3894 9070 3889 9096 3909 9103 TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 234DEG 31KT 3907 9093 $$ GLASS
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin | 34 min |
| May 31, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren | 45 min |
| May 31, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 27 min |
| May 31, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Louis | 31 min |
| May 31, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 37 min |
| May 31, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 48 min |
| May 31, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis | 34 min |
| May 31, 8:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren, City of Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| May 31, 10:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 38 hr |
| May 31, 10:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin | 4 days |
| May 31, 11:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Jefferson, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 31, 11:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 5 hr |
| May 31, 11:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway | 9 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Cole, Gasconade, Moniteau, Osage | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren, City of Saint Louis | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 12 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison, Reynolds | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 32 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson | 4 days |
| Jun 1, 4:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis | 4 days |
| Jun 1, 5:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Jefferson, Saint Louis, Washington, City of Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Cole, Gasconade, Moniteau, Osage | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 9:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 9:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison, Reynolds | 12 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Cole, Gasconade, Osage | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin | 18 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.