Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 5, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2014, 4:43 PM CDT for Moniteau County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2014, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2014, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Moniteau County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 688 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 699 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
987
WFUS53 KLSX 272143
TORLSX
MOC135-272215-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0005.140327T2143Z-140327T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
443 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 441 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF TIPTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 45
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...
TIPTON AROUND 450 PM CDT.
CLARKSBURG AROUND 500 PM CDT.
CALIFORNIA AROUND 510 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KLIEVER.
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 9285 3869 9284 3868 9262 3886 9254
3888 9249 3863 9246 3859 9285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 259DEG 37KT 3866 9289
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
CARNEY1 follow-up statement
560
WWUS53 KLSX 272157
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
457 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
MOC135-272215-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140327T2215Z/
MONITEAU MO-
457 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MONITEAU COUNTY
UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 453 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARKSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM JUST NORTH OF TIPTON
MISSOURI AT 454 PM.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN
MONITEAU COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...KLIEVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3868 9285 3869 9284 3868 9262 3886 9254
3888 9249 3863 9246 3859 9285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 259DEG 40KT 3870 9267
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Moniteau, Osage | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Moniteau | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Osage | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.