Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 24, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2015, 4:04 PM CDT for Marion County, Ralls County, Missouri; Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 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
- Jun 28, 2015, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2015, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Pike County, IL, Marion County, MO, Ralls County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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 28, 4:06 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 W Hannibal, MO | |
| Jun 28, 4:18 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 W Hannibal, MO | SAW ROPE FUNNEL THAT LASTED ABOUT A MINUTE APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTH OF THIS LOCATION. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KLSX 282104
TORLSX
ILC149-MOC127-173-282130-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0024.150628T2104Z-150628T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
404 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
NORTHEASTERN RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 402 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RENSSELAER...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
HANNIBAL AND NEW LONDON AROUND 415 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ILASCO...SAVERTON...HULL AND
KINDERHOOK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 72 NEAR EXIT 10.
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 3979 9136 3976 9136 3976 9123 3970 9107
3953 9133 3966 9166 3985 9158
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 289DEG 37KT 3971 9151
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
GLASS2 follow-up statements
665
WWUS53 KLSX 282112
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
412 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
ILC149-MOC127-173-282130-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150628T2130Z/
PIKE IL-MARION MO-RALLS MO-
412 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY
IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN RALLS AND SOUTHEASTERN
MARION COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 410 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR RENSSELAER...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. SPOTTERS REPORTED A LOWERING AND
ROTATING WALL CLOUD.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HANNIBAL AND NEW LONDON AROUND 420 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ILASCO...SAVERTON AND HULL.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 72 NEAR EXIT 10.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3979 9136 3976 9136 3976 9122 3970 9107
3953 9133 3967 9162 3983 9150
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 289DEG 37KT 3971 9148
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
GLASS133
WWUS53 KLSX 282132
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
432 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
ILC149-MOC127-173-282142-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150628T2130Z/
PIKE IL-MARION MO-RALLS MO-
432 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN RALLS AND SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES IN
NORTHEAST MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. BE AWARE THIS STORM COULD INTENSIFY AGAIN.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM.
LAT...LON 3979 9136 3976 9136 3976 9122 3970 9107
3953 9133 3967 9162 3983 9150
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 289DEG 37KT 3971 9148
$$
GLASSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike, Ralls | 23 min |
| Jun 28, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Pike, Ralls | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Pike, Ralls | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Shelby | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Moniteau | 20 min |
| Jun 28, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike, Ralls | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Osage | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Franklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Warren | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Gasconade, Osage | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Callaway | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Callaway, Gasconade, Montgomery | 37 min |
| Jun 28, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Callaway, Osage | 13 min |
| Jun 28, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Montgomery | 20 min |
| Jun 28, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.