Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 21, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2014, 3:42 PM CDT for Saint Charles County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 min. 5 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
- Jun 7, 2014, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2014, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Saint Charles County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 3:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | St. Peters, MO | PRELIMINARY EF-0 ESTIMATED WIND SPEED 75 TO 80 MPH AT JUNGERMAN AND HWY 94 IN ST PETERS. TREE DAMAGE. ROOF DAMAGE TO ARBYS...CLUB FITNESS...AND AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. |
| Jun 7, 3:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | Harvester, MO | DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES NEAR HWY 94 AND JUNGERMANN...INCLUDING DAMAGE TO A CLUB FITNESS...AS WELL AS 8 TO 9 HOMES IN THE SUBDIVISION BEHIND THE CLUB FITNESS. ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE OBSERVED AT HWY 94 AND PRALLE...AS WELL AS HWY 94 AND QUEENSBROOK. |
| Jun 7, 3:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | St. Peters, MO | 2 HOMES ON AUTUMN VIEW CT HAVE ROOF DAMAGE...ONE WITH A HOLE IN THE ROOF. ANOTHER HOME ON ASHFORD DRIVE HAS A CORNER OF ROOF BLOWN OFF. |
| Jun 7, 3:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | St. Peters, MO | ROOF DAMAGE TO HOME AT 2979 MCCLAY ROAD...10FT X 6FT SECTION OF ROOF BLOWN OFF. 50 TO 60FT TALL PINE TREE SNAPPED HALFWAY UP. |
| Jun 7, 3:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | St. Peters, MO | RELATIVE OF NWS CHICAGO EMPLOYEE REPORTED A TORNADO WITH DEBRIS MOVED THROUGH PART OF ST. PETERS NEAR HARVESTER AND MCCLAY ROAD. TIME APPROXIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
244
WFUS53 KLSX 072042
TORLSX
MOC183-072115-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0021.140607T2042Z-140607T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
342 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 341 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WELDON SPRING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
WELDON SPRING AND COTTLEVILLE AROUND 350 PM CDT.
ST. PETERS AROUND 355 PM CDT.
HARVESTER AROUND 400 PM CDT.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 222 TO EXIT 225.
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 3872 9053 3867 9072 3872 9075 3885 9056
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 245DEG 24KT 3871 9070
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
GLASS4 follow-up statements
040
WWUS53 KLSX 072048
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
348 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
MOC183-072115-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140607T2115Z/
ST. CHARLES MO-
348 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ST. CHARLES COUNTY
UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 348 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WELDON SPRING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HARVESTER AND ST. PETERS AROUND 355 PM CDT.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 224 TO EXIT 225.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3868 9067 3876 9069 3883 9056 3873 9053
3872 9054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 245DEG 24KT 3873 9065
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
GLASS477
WWUS53 KLSX 072053
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
353 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
MOC183-072115-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140607T2115Z/
ST. CHARLES MO-
353 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ST. CHARLES COUNTY
UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 352 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR COTTLEVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
HARVESTER AROUND 400 PM CDT.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI NEAR EXIT 225.
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 3870 9063 3875 9065 3880 9056 3873 9053
3872 9054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 245DEG 24KT 3874 9062
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
GLASS691
WWUS53 KLSX 072059
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
359 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
MOC183-072115-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140607T2115Z/
ST. CHARLES MO-
359 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ST. CHARLES COUNTY
UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 358 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HARVESTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL ST.
CHARLES COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3873 9060 3877 9060 3879 9056 3874 9054
3873 9056
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 241DEG 22KT 3875 9058
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
GLASS830
WWUS53 KLSX 072107
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
407 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
MOC183-072118-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140607T2115Z/
ST. CHARLES MO-
407 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ST. CHARLES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
415 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3873 9060 3877 9060 3879 9056 3874 9054
3873 9056
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 241DEG 22KT 3878 9052
$$
GLASSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 30 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.