Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 7, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2014, 5:35 PM CDT for Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 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, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 265 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.
036
WFUS53 KLSX 272235
TORLSX
MOC019-027-272300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0007.140327T2235Z-140327T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
535 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 531 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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 540 PM CDT.
FULTON AROUND 550 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CARRINGTON AND REFORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. THE ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM HAS
REGAINED STRENGTH AND IS AGAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
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 3888 9230 3896 9164 3874 9164 3870 9227
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 263DEG 38KT 3880 9215
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
CARNEY2 follow-up statements
594
WWUS53 KLSX 272244
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
544 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
MOC019-272253-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140327T2300Z/
BOONE MO-
544 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3877 9216 3880 9216 3881 9214 3883 9215
3885 9214 3887 9215 3887 9216 3888 9215
3890 9216 3896 9164 3874 9165 3870 9222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 259DEG 36KT 3884 9205
$$
MOC027-272300-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140327T2300Z/
CALLAWAY MO-
544 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 541 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF FULTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
FULTON AROUND 550 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY A STORM SPOTTER NORTH OF NEW
BLOOMFIELD IN CALLAWAY COUNTY AT 440 PM.
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 3877 9216 3880 9216 3881 9214 3883 9215
3885 9214 3887 9215 3887 9216 3888 9215
3890 9216 3896 9164 3874 9165 3870 9222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 259DEG 36KT 3884 9205
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CARNEY057
WWUS53 KLSX 272258
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
558 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
MOC027-272308-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140327T2300Z/
CALLAWAY MO-
558 PM CDT THU MAR 27 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 600
PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
LAT...LON 3877 9216 3880 9216 3881 9214 3883 9215
3885 9214 3887 9215 3887 9216 3888 9215
3890 9216 3896 9164 3874 9165 3870 9222
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 259DEG 36KT 3887 9186
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Moniteau | 32 min |
| 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, 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.