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Tornado Warning 31, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 1, 2014, 4:12 PM CDT for Boone County, Cole County, Moniteau County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 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
- Oct 1, 2014, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Boone County, MO, Cole County, MO, Moniteau County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 4:20 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 E California, MO | SPOTTER REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD WHILE LOOKING NORTH FROM HIS POSITION JUST EAST OF CALIFORNIA. |
| Oct 1, 4:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | 6 W Jefferson City, MO | |
| Oct 1, 5:01 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Ashland, MO | STRONG WINDS AS WELL...NO DAMAGE OBSERVED |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KLSX 012112
TORLSX
MOC019-051-135-012200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0031.141001T2112Z-141001T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
412 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 410 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARKSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
CALIFORNIA AROUND 420 PM CDT.
MCGIRK AROUND 425 PM CDT.
JAMESTOWN AROUND 430 PM CDT.
CENTERTOWN AROUND 435 PM CDT.
ASHLAND AROUND 455 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KLIEVER...SANDY HOOK...
MARION...WILTON...ELSTON AND HARTSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.
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 3869 9279 3868 9262 3884 9255 3887 9218
3874 9218 3870 9222 3864 9222 3859 9219
3854 9219 3855 9279 3856 9280
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 262DEG 26KT 3867 9263
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BYRD2 follow-up statements
387
WWUS53 KLSX 012125
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
425 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
MOC019-051-135-012200-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-141001T2200Z/
BOONE MO-COLE MO-MONITEAU MO-
425 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MONITEAU...
NORTHWESTERN COLE AND SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...
AT 421 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL
CLOUD NORTH OF CALIFORNIA NEAR KLIEVER.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CENTERTOWN AROUND 430 PM CDT.
EASLEY AROUND 435 PM CDT.
ASHLAND AROUND 450 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SANDY HOOK...MARION...WILTON
AND HARTSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3868 9264 3868 9262 3870 9261 3876 9260
3884 9255 3887 9218 3874 9218 3874 9220
3870 9222 3864 9222 3859 9219 3854 9219
3856 9271
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 260DEG 25KT 3869 9248
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BYRD964
WWUS53 KLSX 012143
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
443 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
MOC019-051-135-012200-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-141001T2200Z/
BOONE MO-COLE MO-MONITEAU MO-
443 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MONITEAU...
NORTHWESTERN COLE AND SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...
AT 440 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
ASHLAND AROUND 450 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDES HARTSBURG.
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 3885 9245 3887 9218 3874 9218 3874 9220
3870 9222 3864 9222 3859 9219 3854 9219
3856 9260
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 260DEG 25KT 3872 9232
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BYRDThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Knox and 12 more | 37 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 45 min |
| Oct 1, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Osage | 52 min |
| Oct 1, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage | 34 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.