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Tornado Warning 32, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 1, 2014, 4:53 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 52 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
- Oct 1, 2014, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Osage County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 5:01 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Ashland, MO | STRONG WINDS AS WELL...NO DAMAGE OBSERVED |
| Oct 1, 5:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Holts Summit, MO | ESTIMATED 50-60 MPH WINDS ON SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN. SOME TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Oct 1, 5:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | New Bloomfield, MO | |
| Oct 1, 5:21 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 S Fulton, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 257 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.
855
WFUS53 KLSX 012153
TORLSX
MOC019-027-051-151-012245-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0032.141001T2153Z-141001T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
453 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHERN COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 452 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
HOLTS SUMMIT AROUND 505 PM CDT.
NEW BLOOMFIELD AND LAKE MYKEE AROUND 510 PM CDT.
CHAMOIS AROUND 545 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GUTHRIE...CARRINGTON...
MOKANE...STEEDMAN AND REFORM.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES CLARKS HILL/NORTON HISTORIC SITE AND JEFFERSON
LANDING HISTORIC SITE.
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 3887 9173 3852 9175 3852 9238 3880 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 265DEG 22KT 3871 9222
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BYRD3 follow-up statements
464
WWUS53 KLSX 012205
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
505 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
MOC019-027-051-151-012245-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-141001T2245Z/
BOONE MO-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-
505 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN OSAGE...NORTHERN
COLE...SOUTHERN CALLAWAY AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM
CDT...
AT 503 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW BLOOMFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEW BLOOMFIELD AROUND 510 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GUTHRIE AND CARRINGTON.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES CLARKS HILL/NORTON HISTORIC SITE AND JEFFERSON
LANDING HISTORIC SITE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3887 9173 3852 9175 3852 9238 3880 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 227DEG 21KT 3873 9214
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BYRD769
WWUS53 KLSX 012225
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
525 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
MOC019-051-012235-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-141001T2245Z/
BOONE MO-COLE MO-
525 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN COLE AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3883 9209 3887 9173 3852 9175 3852 9203
3855 9203 3857 9201 3856 9207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 252DEG 22KT 3867 9193
$$
MOC027-151-012245-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-141001T2245Z/
CALLAWAY MO-OSAGE MO-
525 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN OSAGE AND CENTRAL
CALLAWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 522 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF LAKE MYKEE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CHAMOIS AROUND 545 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MOKANE...STEEDMAN AND REFORM.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES CLARKS HILL/NORTON HISTORIC SITE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3883 9209 3887 9173 3852 9175 3852 9203
3855 9203 3857 9201 3856 9207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 252DEG 22KT 3867 9193
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BYRD396
WWUS53 KLSX 012242
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
542 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
MOC027-151-012252-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-141001T2245Z/
CALLAWAY MO-OSAGE MO-
542 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN OSAGE AND CENTRAL CALLAWAY
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.
LAT...LON 3883 9209 3887 9173 3852 9175 3852 9203
3855 9203 3857 9201 3856 9207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 252DEG 22KT 3870 9180
$$
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, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 48 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.