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Tornado Warning 16, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2015, 7:38 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Sainte Genevieve County, Saint Francois County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 min. 2 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
- May 24, 2015, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Jefferson County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:09 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Farmington, MO | SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN AROUND TOWN. |
| May 24, 8:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nw Weingarten, MO | POWER LINES DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE AT THE SEVEN FALLS COMMUNITY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTES C AND EE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 277 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
- 169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
825
WFUS53 KLSX 250038
TORLSX
MOC099-186-187-250115-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0016.150525T0038Z-150525T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
738 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WESTERN STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 736 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF FARMINGTON...AND MOVING
NORTH AT 40 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...
ROCKY RIDGE AROUND 745 PM CDT.
BLOOMSDALE AROUND 755 PM CDT.
CRYSTAL CITY AROUND 815 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FRENCH VILLAGE.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES ST. JOE STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 154 TO EXIT 174.
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 3780 9052 3825 9039 3822 9035 3819 9033
3818 9030 3814 9026 3810 9023 3807 9017
3803 9012 3775 9030
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 195DEG 36KT 3787 9037
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
GLASS1 follow-up statement
147
WWUS53 KLSX 250054
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
754 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
MOC099-186-187-250115-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-150525T0115Z/
JEFFERSON MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-
754 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. FRANCOIS...
NORTHWESTERN STE. GENEVIEVE AND SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL
815 PM CDT...
AT 752 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKY RIDGE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BLOOMSDALE AROUND 800 PM CDT.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 154 TO EXIT 170.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3792 9045 3825 9039 3822 9035 3821 9036
3819 9033 3817 9029 3810 9023 3807 9017
3803 9012 3786 9023
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 195DEG 36KT 3798 9029
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
GLASSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 37 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.