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Tornado Warning 21, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2015, 7:16 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri; Calhoun County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 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, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Calhoun County, IL, Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1117 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KLSX 140016
TORLSX
ILC013-MOC113-163-140045-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0021.150614T0016Z-150614T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
716 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 712 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF DAVIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.
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...
ELSBERRY AROUND 730 PM CDT.
HARDIN AROUND 740 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NEW HOPE...HAMBURG AND
MICHAEL.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES CUIVRE RIVER STATE PARK.
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 3936 9062 3916 9061 3914 9062 3911 9061
3897 9095 3913 9105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 242DEG 29KT 3910 9089
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
BRITT2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KLSX 140031
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
731 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015
ILC013-MOC113-163-140045-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150614T0045Z/
CALHOUN IL-LINCOLN MO-PIKE MO-
731 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CALHOUN COUNTY IN
SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL
745 PM CDT...
AT 728 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ELSBERRY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HARDIN AROUND 740 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HAMBURG AND MICHAEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3935 9062 3916 9061 3914 9062 3911 9061
3902 9084 3920 9093 3936 9062
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 241DEG 29KT 3914 9076
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
BRITT270
WWUS53 KLSX 140041
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
741 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015
ILC013-MOC113-163-140050-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150614T0045Z/
CALHOUN IL-LINCOLN MO-PIKE MO-
741 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI WILL EXPIRE AT 745 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 3935 9062 3916 9061 3914 9062 3911 9061
3902 9084 3920 9093 3936 9062
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 241DEG 29KT 3918 9068
$$
BRITTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 21 days |
| Jun 14, 11:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 17 days |
| Jun 14, 11:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 19 days |
| Jun 14, 11:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 20 days |
| Jun 14, 11:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 22 days |
| Jun 14, 11:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 41 days |
| Jun 14, 6:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 34 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 20 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.