Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 19, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2015, 4:58 PM CDT for Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 min. 5 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
- Jun 13, 2015, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Boone County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 5:04 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Columbia, MO | LARGE TREE LIMB BLOWN DOWN...WHICH KNOCKED DOWN A POWER LINE ONTO AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY. |
| Jun 13, 5:04 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Columbia, MO | POWER LINES DOWN ON WEST BLVD AT WORLEY. |
| Jun 13, 5:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Columbia, MO | POWER LINES DOWN ON WEST BLVD AT WORLEY. |
| Jun 13, 5:24 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nw Millersburg, MO | LARGE TREE SNAPPED OFF...SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN ALONG I-70 ABOUT HALF A MILE EAST OF EXIT 133...VIA TWITTER. |
| Jun 13, 5:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Murry, MO | LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN BLOCKING GRAVEL ROAD NEXT TO LAKE LAVISTA...VIA TWITTER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 890 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
727
WFUS53 KLSX 132158
TORLSX
MOC019-132230-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0019.150613T2158Z-150613T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
458 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 455 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF EASLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 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...
COLUMBIA AROUND 510 PM CDT.
MURRY AROUND 530 PM CDT.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES JEWELL CEMETERY HISTORIC SITE AND ROCK BRIDGE
STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 124 TO EXIT 133.
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 3913 9213 3898 9214 3890 9217 3888 9215
3887 9216 3887 9215 3883 9215 3876 9239
3878 9240 3881 9238 3883 9244 3888 9249
3890 9248 3892 9249
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 235DEG 21KT 3888 9238
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BRITT2 follow-up statements
424
WWUS53 KLSX 132208
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
508 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015
MOC019-132230-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150613T2230Z/
BOONE MO-
508 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY UNTIL
530 PM CDT...
AT 504 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MURRY AROUND 520 PM CDT.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES JEWELL CEMETERY HISTORIC SITE AND ROCK BRIDGE
STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 124 TO EXIT 133.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3898 9240 3913 9213 3898 9214 3890 9217
3888 9215 3887 9216 3887 9215 3883 9215
3878 9230 3886 9239 3891 9240
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 249DEG 28KT 3892 9228
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BRITT103
WWUS53 KLSX 132218
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
518 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015
MOC019-132230-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150613T2230Z/
BOONE MO-
518 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY UNTIL
530 PM CDT...
AT 515 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
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...
MURRY AROUND 525 PM CDT.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES JEWELL CEMETERY HISTORIC SITE.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 126 TO EXIT 133.
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 3913 9213 3898 9214 3898 9215 3890 9217
3888 9215 3887 9216 3885 9228 3892 9234
3901 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 240DEG 21KT 3898 9221
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BRITTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau | 7 days |
| Jun 13, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Warren | 23 days |
| Jun 13, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 31 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.