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Tornado Warning 27, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 28, 2015Audrain County, Callaway County, Montgomery County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2015, 4:55 PM CDT for Audrain County, Callaway County, Montgomery County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 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 28, 2015, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2015, 5:34 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Audrain County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Montgomery County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 104 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 28, 5:12 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Auxvasse, MO	OBSERVER LOOKING ENE.

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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 298 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

465 
WFUS53 KLSX 282155
TORLSX
MOC007-027-139-282245-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0027.150628T2155Z-150628T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
455 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 453 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEXICO...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST 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.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEXICO...WELLSVILLE...AUXVASSE...MARTINSBURG...SHAMROCK...VANDIVER
  AND BENTON CITY.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI NEAR EXIT 155.

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 3909 9155 3884 9178 3907 9210 3922 9195
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 299DEG 23KT 3909 9195

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

$$

KANOFSKY

2 follow-up statements

037 
WWUS53 KLSX 282214
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
514 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015

MOC007-027-139-282245-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150628T2245Z/
CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-AUDRAIN MO-
514 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AUDRAIN...
MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN CALLAWAY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 513 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR AUXVASSE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN AUXVASSE AND 
         SHAMROCK.

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.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELLSVILLE...MARTINSBURG AND SHAMROCK.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI NEAR EXIT 155.

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 3904 9194 3917 9180 3909 9155 3888 9174
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 299DEG 23KT 3903 9182

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

$$

KANOFSKY

993 
WWUS53 KLSX 282234
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
534 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015

MOC007-027-139-282244-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150628T2245Z/
CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-AUDRAIN MO-
534 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AUDRAIN...MONTGOMERY AND
NORTHEASTERN CALLAWAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

LAT...LON 3904 9194 3917 9180 3909 9155 3888 9174
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 299DEG 23KT 3897 9168

$$

KANOFSKY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 4:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Marion, Ralls	26 min
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, 4:56 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 Tornado observed	LSX	Lincoln, Pike	31 min
Jun 28, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin	40 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.