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Tornado Warning 30, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 28, 2015Callaway County, Osage County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2015, 6:08 PM CDT for Callaway County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 13 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, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2015, 6:21 PM CDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Callaway County, MO, Osage County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 6:09 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD4 N Mokane, MOSTRONG ROTATION
Jun 28, 6:09 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDMokane, MOSTRONG ROTATION

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 28, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 271 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

624 
WFUS53 KLSX 282308
TORLSX
MOC027-151-290000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0030.150628T2308Z-150629T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
608 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...
  NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 605 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHAMOIS...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS     
           WITH THIS STORM...AND THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED A   
           TORNADO NEAR NEW BLOOMFIELD.

  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...
  CHAMOIS...MOKANE...STEEDMAN...REFORM AND PORTLAND.

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 3881 9192 3877 9164 3871 9164 3871 9165
      3870 9164 3866 9164 3857 9167 3869 9197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 289DEG 17KT 3871 9187

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KANOFSKY
1 follow-up statement
887 
WWUS53 KLSX 282321
SVSLSX

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

MOC027-151-282332-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-150629T0000Z/
CALLAWAY MO-OSAGE MO-
621 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OSAGE AND CENTRAL CALLAWAY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

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

LAT...LON 3881 9192 3877 9164 3871 9164 3871 9165
      3870 9164 3866 9164 3857 9167 3869 9197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 289DEG 17KT 3869 9179

$$

KANOFSKY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion, Ralls26 min
Jun 28, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway38 min
Jun 28, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike, Ralls23 min
Jun 28, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Pike, Ralls47 min
Jun 28, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMonroe, Pike, Ralls24 min
Jun 28, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway, Montgomery39 min
Jun 28, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Shelby49 min
Jun 28, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Moniteau20 min
Jun 28, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike, Ralls40 min
Jun 28, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Osage38 min
Jun 28, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Franklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Warren45 min
Jun 28, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage43 min
Jun 28, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Gasconade, Osage31 min
Jun 28, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCallaway27 min
Jun 28, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCallaway, Gasconade, Montgomery37 min
Jun 28, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike39 min
Jun 28, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXGasconade, Montgomery20 min
Jun 28, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXLincoln, Pike31 min
Jun 28, 6:29 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLSXLincoln, Pike31 min
Jun 28, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin40 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.