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Tornado Warning 35, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2015, 8:26 PM CDT for Saint Charles County, Saint Louis County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 min. 6 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, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2015, 9:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:42 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | Olivette, MO | AT OLIVE AND LINDBERG. |
| Jun 28, 8:42 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Olivette, MO | AT OLIVE AND LINDBERG. |
| Jun 28, 8:47 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Frontenac, MO | |
| Jun 28, 8:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Ne Brentwood, MO | BRENTWOOD FOREST AREA. |
| Jun 28, 8:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Brentwood, MO | |
| Jun 28, 8:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 S Brentwood, MO |
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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
879
WFUS53 KLSX 290126
TORLSX
MOC183-189-290215-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0035.150629T0126Z-150629T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
826 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHEASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 823 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MARYLAND HEIGHTS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BRIDGETON AROUND 835 PM CDT.
ST. ANN AND CREVE COEUR AROUND 840 PM CDT.
OVERLAND AND OLIVETTE AROUND 845 PM CDT.
ST. JOHN AND BEL-RIDGE AROUND 850 PM CDT.
UNIVERSITY CITY AND HILLSDALE AROUND 855 PM CDT.
JENNINGS AROUND 900 PM CDT.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES FIRST MISSOURI STATE CAPITOL HISTORIC SITE.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 225 TO EXIT 231.
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 3858 9034 3870 9062 3884 9054 3881 9021
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 291DEG 19KT 3873 9050
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
GLASS3 follow-up statements
661
WWUS53 KLSX 290134
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
834 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
MOC183-290144-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150629T0215Z/
ST. CHARLES MO-
834 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ST. CHARLES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3858 9034 3867 9055 3876 9047 3876 9024
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 298DEG 28KT 3867 9044
$$
MOC189-290215-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150629T0215Z/
ST. LOUIS MO-
834 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ST. LOUIS COUNTY
UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 833 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CREVE COEUR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LADUE AND OLIVETTE AROUND 840 PM CDT.
RICHMOND HEIGHTS AND BRENTWOOD AROUND 845 PM CDT.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI NEAR EXIT 231.
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 3858 9034 3867 9055 3876 9047 3876 9024
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 298DEG 28KT 3867 9044
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
GLASS210
WWUS53 KLSX 290152
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
852 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
MOC189-290215-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150629T0215Z/
ST. LOUIS MO-
852 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ST. LOUIS COUNTY
UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 849 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WARSON WOODS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN
REPORTED.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL ST.
LOUIS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3858 9034 3863 9046 3876 9035 3876 9024
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 303DEG 26KT 3859 9036
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
GLASS240 WWUS53 KLSX 290203 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 903 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015 MOC189-290213- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150629T0215Z/ ST. LOUIS MO- 903 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ST. LOUIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM. LAT...LON 3858 9034 3863 9046 3876 9035 3876 9024 TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 303DEG 26KT 3855 9027 $$ GLASS
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 9:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 37 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.