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Tornado Warning 20, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 13, 2015Audrain County, Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2015, 5:29 PM CDT for Audrain County, Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 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
Jun 13, 2015, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 287 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 890 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

916 
WFUS53 KLSX 132229
TORLSX
MOC007-019-027-132300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0020.150613T2229Z-150613T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
529 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  EAST CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 527 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MURRY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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 535 PM CDT.
  AUXVASSE AROUND 600 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HATTON.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 133 TO EXIT 144.

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 3921 9195 3899 9181 3889 9218 3904 9225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 240DEG 18KT 3898 9216

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BRITT
3 follow-up statements
674 
WWUS53 KLSX 132240
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
540 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015

MOC007-019-027-132300-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150613T2300Z/
BOONE MO-CALLAWAY MO-AUDRAIN MO-
540 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AUDRAIN...
NORTHWESTERN CALLAWAY AND EAST CENTRAL BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM
CDT...

AT 536 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MURRY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST 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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL
BOONE...NORTHWESTERN CALLAWAY AND SOUTH CENTRAL AUDRAIN COUNTIES... 
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...THOMPSON.

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 3906 9221 3921 9195 3899 9181 3889 9218
      3890 9218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 229DEG 26KT 3904 9208

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BRITT
697 
WWUS53 KLSX 132247
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
547 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015

MOC019-132257-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150613T2300Z/
BOONE MO-
547 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3908 9211 3912 9211 3921 9195 3899 9181
      3900 9205 3901 9211 3907 9211
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 225DEG 29KT 3909 9202

$$

MOC007-027-132300-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150613T2300Z/
CALLAWAY MO-AUDRAIN MO-
547 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AUDRAIN AND
NORTH CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 543 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF MURRY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL
CALLAWAY AND SOUTH CENTRAL AUDRAIN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...THOMPSON.

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 3908 9211 3912 9211 3921 9195 3899 9181
      3900 9205 3901 9211 3907 9211
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 225DEG 29KT 3909 9202

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BRITT
191 
WWUS53 KLSX 132255
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
555 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015

MOC007-027-132305-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150613T2300Z/
CALLAWAY MO-AUDRAIN MO-
555 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AUDRAIN AND NORTH CENTRAL
CALLAWAY COUNTIES 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.

LAT...LON 3908 9211 3912 9211 3921 9195 3899 9181
      3900 9205 3901 9211 3907 9211
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 225DEG 29KT 3914 9196

$$

BRITT

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 11:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau7 days
Jun 13, 11:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Warren23 days
Jun 13, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBoone32 min

Nearby

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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.