Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 39, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2015, 5:42 PM CDT for Saint Francois County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2015, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 286 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
- 461 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
454
WFUS53 KLSX 082242
TORLSX
MOC187-221-082315-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0039.150708T2242Z-150708T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
542 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WEST CENTRAL ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 541 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF COURTOIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 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...
BONNE TERRE...POTOSI...LEADWOOD...IRONDALE...MINERAL POINT...OLD
MINES...CALEDONIA...SHIRLEY...FRANKCLAY...BELGRADE AND CADET.
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 3780 9105 3811 9071 3801 9063 3801 9061
3792 9053 3777 9070 3774 9094 3774 9099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 232DEG 32KT 3779 9096
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BYRD2 follow-up statements
888
WWUS53 KLSX 082303
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
603 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015
MOC187-221-082315-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150708T2315Z/
WASHINGTON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-
603 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND WEST CENTRAL ST. FRANCOIS COUNTIES...
AT 602 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR POTOSI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BONNE TERRE...POTOSI...MINERAL POINT...OLD MINES AND CADET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3792 9091 3811 9071 3801 9063 3801 9061
3792 9053 3783 9079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 236DEG 32KT 3790 9081
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BYRD955
WWUS53 KLSX 082312
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
612 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015
MOC187-221-082322-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150708T2315Z/
WASHINGTON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-
612 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND WEST CENTRAL
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 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. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3792 9091 3811 9071 3801 9063 3801 9061
3792 9053 3783 9079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 232DEG 32KT 3790 9081
$$
BYRDThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 10:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 29 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway, Osage | 16 days |
| Jul 8, 10:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Warren | 7 days |
| Jul 8, 10:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 8 days |
| Jul 8, 11:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Osage | 40 hr |
| Jul 8, 12:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 3 days |
| Jul 8, 2:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 62 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 5 days |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.