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Tornado Warning 11, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 3, 2014Cole County, Osage County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2014, 5:48 PM CDT for Cole County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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 3, 2014, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

Counties Cole County, MO, Osage County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 3, 5:48 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Meta, MO	MULTIPLE TREES BLOWN DOWN...MOST TREES WERE 18 TO 20 INCHES IN DIAMETER
Apr 3, 6:02 PM CDT	TORNADO	Rich Fountain, MO	CONFIRMED TORNADO SPOTTED BY MISSOURI TROOP F
Apr 3, 6:08 PM CDT	HAIL 0.7	Linn, 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
Apr 3, 4:58 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 234 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1727 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 417 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 423 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.5
Supercell composite: 15.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

166 
WFUS53 KLSX 032248
TORLSX
MOC051-151-032315-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0011.140403T2248Z-140403T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
548 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 544 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. THOMAS...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WESTPHALIA AROUND 555 PM CDT.
  LINN AND RICH FOUNTAIN AROUND 605 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LOOSE CREEK.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3867 9164 3829 9164 3829 9220 3833 9220
      3833 9223 3847 9231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 250DEG 45KT 3837 9212

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

BRITT

2 follow-up statements

551 
WWUS53 KLSX 032258
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
558 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

MOC051-151-032315-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140403T2315Z/
COLE MO-OSAGE MO-
558 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OSAGE AND SOUTHEASTERN
COLE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 555 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTPHALIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
         LIKELY.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RICH FOUNTAIN AND LINN AROUND 605 PM CDT.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3867 9164 3829 9164 3829 9220 3833 9220
      3833 9223 3847 9231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 258DEG 45KT 3838 9195

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

BRITT

193 
WWUS53 KLSX 032313
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
613 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

MOC051-151-032321-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140403T2315Z/
COLE MO-OSAGE MO-
613 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OSAGE AND SOUTHEASTERN COLE COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT COLE COUNTY.  

A NEW TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY 
UNTIL 630 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3867 9164 3829 9164 3829 9220 3833 9220
      3833 9223 3847 9231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 258DEG 45KT 3841 9175

$$

BRITT

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 8:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Lincoln	60 hr
Apr 3, 2:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Boone, Moniteau	3 hr
Apr 3, 3:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau	6 hr
Apr 3, 4:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Gasconade, Osage	6 hr
Apr 3, 5:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Louis	40 min
Apr 3, 5:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	City of Saint Louis	56 min
Apr 3, 5:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LSX	Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	37 min
Apr 3, 6:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Cole	64 hr
Apr 3, 8:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington	3 hr
Apr 3, 8:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Osage	30 hr
Apr 3, 8:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Monroe	4 days
Apr 3, 9:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway	49 min
Apr 3, 9:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau	3 hr
Apr 3, 12:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis	42 min
Apr 3, 1:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Boone, Moniteau	24 hr
Apr 3, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin	36 min
Apr 3, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis	43 min
Apr 3, 1:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Washington	8 hr
Apr 3, 1:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Marion	42 hr
Apr 3, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Cole, Moniteau	49 min
Apr 3, 2:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage	8 hr
Apr 3, 3:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Jefferson	4 days
Apr 3, 3:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Franklin	71 hr
Apr 3, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Cole, Osage	38 min
Apr 3, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Franklin, Gasconade, Osage	24 min
Apr 3, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Gasconade, Saint Charles, Warren	44 min
Apr 3, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Knox, Lewis	41 min
Apr 3, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Shelby	39 min

Nearby

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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.