Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 42, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2015, 7:49 PM CDT for Crawford County, Missouri. It was in force for 26 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, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Crawford County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
358
WFUS53 KLSX 090049
TORLSX
MOC055-090115-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0042.150709T0049Z-150709T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
749 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 748 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BOURBON...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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SULLIVAN AROUND 805 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ST.
CLOUD.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES ONONDAGA CAVE STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 214 AND 218.
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 3803 9128 3819 9139 3821 9136 3820 9110
3809 9110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 241DEG 29KT 3815 9126
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
CARNEY1 follow-up statement
641
WWUS53 KLSX 090114
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
814 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015
MOC055-090124-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-150709T0115Z/
CRAWFORD MO-
814 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 815 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ST LOUIS .
LAT...LON 3803 9128 3819 9139 3821 9136 3820 9110
3809 9110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 241DEG 29KT 3815 9126
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 7:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Cole | 43 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 8:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 46 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Monroe | 58 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Saint Charles | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau | 3 days |
| Jul 8, 10:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 27 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 18 more | 27 hr |
| Jul 9, 8:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Ralls | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.