Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 28, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2015, 5:48 PM CDT for Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 min. 4 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, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Callaway County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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, 5:52 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Sw New Bloomfield, MO | NEAR CALLAWAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT...THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL FUNNELS BETWEEN NEW BLOOMFIELD AND MOKANE |
| Jun 28, 5:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 9 S Fulton, MO | ONGOING |
| Jun 28, 6:09 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 N Mokane, MO | STRONG ROTATION |
| Jun 28, 6:10 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Sw New Bloomfield, MO | CONDENSATION FUNNEL APPROACHING THE GROUND NEAR CALLAWAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
037
WFUS53 KLSX 282248
TORLSX
MOC027-282315-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0028.150628T2248Z-150628T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
548 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 547 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW BLOOMFIELD...AND MOVING EAST 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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL
CALLAWAY COUNTY.
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 3875 9183 3864 9189 3872 9214 3881 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 290DEG 21KT 3874 9203
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KANOFSKY3 follow-up statements
244
WWUS53 KLSX 282251
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
551 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
MOC027-282315-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-150628T2315Z/
CALLAWAY MO-
551 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 549 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW
BLOOMFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SPOTTERS REPORTED A
TORNADO WITH DEBRIS NORTH OF NEW BLOOMFIELD.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOKANE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3880 9204 3875 9183 3864 9189 3870 9209
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 290DEG 21KT 3873 9201
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
KANOFSKY769
WWUS53 KLSX 282302
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
602 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
MOC027-282315-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-150628T2315Z/
CALLAWAY MO-
602 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 559 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF NEW BLOOMFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTY.
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 3867 9188 3870 9200 3879 9198 3875 9183
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 290DEG 21KT 3871 9193
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
KANOFSKY733 WWUS53 KLSX 282309 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 609 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015 MOC027-282319- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-150628T2315Z/ CALLAWAY MO- 609 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY IS BEING REISSUED... PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. LAT...LON 3867 9188 3870 9200 3879 9198 3875 9183 TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 290DEG 21KT 3870 9188 $$ 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, 4:55 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, 5:53 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 |
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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.