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Tornado Warning 22, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2015, 7:49 PM CDT for Lewis County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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 22, 2015, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Lewis County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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 22, 8:13 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Monticello, MO | ROOF PARTIALLY BLOWN OFF METAL BARN. DEBRIS LAYING IN HIGHWAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 1958 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.7
- Supercell composite
- 17.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
986
WFUS53 KLSX 230049
TORLSX
MOC111-230130-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0022.150623T0049Z-150623T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
749 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 745 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WYACONDA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 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...
CANTON AROUND 830 PM CDT.
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 4025 9152 4024 9150 4011 9151 4007 9149
3998 9149 4026 9187
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 311DEG 35KT 4043 9192
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
BROWNING1 follow-up statement
749
WWUS53 KLSX 230124
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
824 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015
MOC111-230135-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150623T0130Z/
LEWIS MO-
824 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
830 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
LAT...LON 4025 9152 4024 9150 4011 9151 4007 9149
3998 9149 4026 9187
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 311DEG 35KT 4019 9155
$$
KANOFSKYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 10:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 8 days |
| Jun 22, 11:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 63 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 28 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Audrain, Ralls | 9 hr |
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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.