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Tornado Warning 38, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 1, 2015Cole County, Moniteau County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2015, 8:47 PM CDT for Cole County, Moniteau County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 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
Jul 1, 2015, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2015, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Cole County, MO, Moniteau County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 9:03 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGHigh Point, MOTREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2985 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2015-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 240 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
2985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
457 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.7
Supercell composite
27.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

845 
WFUS53 KLSX 020147
TORLSX
MOC051-135-020215-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0038.150702T0147Z-150702T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
847 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
    
* AT 847 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CALIFORNIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSSELLVILLE AROUND 900 PM CDT.
  HICKORY HILL AROUND 915 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LATHAM...ENON AND EUGENE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3868 9257 3849 9232 3834 9233 3834 9241
      3843 9241 3843 9262 3858 9275
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 311DEG 35KT 3857 9262 

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

$$

TILLY
1 follow-up statement
981 
WWUS53 KLSX 020215
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
915 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

MOC051-135-020224-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-150702T0215Z/
MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-
915 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MONITEAU AND SOUTHWESTERN COLE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
SOUTHERN MONITEAU AND COLE COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM.

LAT...LON 3868 9257 3849 9232 3834 9233 3834 9241
      3843 9241 3843 9262 3858 9275
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 311DEG 35KT 3857 9262 

$$

TILLY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis4 hr
Jul 1, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis37 min
Jul 1, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBoone, Callaway32 min
Jul 1, 7:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBoone4 hr
Jul 1, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage50 min
Jul 1, 8:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCallaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage4 hr
Jul 1, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Moniteau, Osage47 min
Jul 1, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson42 min
Jul 1, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois44 min
Jul 1, 10:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXJefferson5 hr
Jul 1, 10:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXCrawford, Washington4 days
Jul 1, 10:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Osage6 hr
Jul 1, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford18 min
Jul 1, 11:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCrawford, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington6 hr
Jul 1, 11:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXBoone9 hr
Jul 2, 12:58 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXCallaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage9 hr
Jul 2, 2:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXIron, Madison, Reynolds6 hr
Jul 2, 3:20 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Osage9 hr
Jul 2, 4:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXCole55 hr
Jul 2, 5:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXCrawford, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington9 hr
Jul 2, 6:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXJefferson46 hr
Jul 2, 8:59 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXBoone12 hr
Jul 2, 10:01 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXCole, Moniteau, Osage12 hr
Jul 2, 12:06 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXJefferson24 hr
Jul 2, 12:10 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXFranklin6 hr
Jul 2, 12:12 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXOsage24 hr
Jul 2, 4:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau47 hr

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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.