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Tornado Warning 6, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2015, 3:59 PM CDT for Sainte Genevieve County, Saint Francois County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. 13 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
- Apr 8, 2015, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2015, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 4:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Desloge, MO | |
| Apr 8, 4:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Bonne Terre, MO | |
| Apr 8, 4:02 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Park Hills, MO | OBSERVED WALL CLOUD FROM SOUTH OF PARK HILLS LOOKING NORTH. THERE WAS A BRIEF VIEWING OF A FUNNEL CLOUD. |
| Apr 8, 4:06 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Leadington, MO | SMALL FUNNEL OBSERVED JUST NORTH OF LEADINGTON. |
| Apr 8, 4:09 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Park Hills, MO | |
| Apr 8, 4:09 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Park Hills, MO | MOSTLY NICKEL SIZED HAIL. THERE WAS ONE STONE THE SIZE OF A GOLF BALL. |
| Apr 8, 4:11 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Desloge, MO | REPORT RELAYED FROM WFO PAH |
| Apr 8, 4:21 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 2 N Leadington, MO | |
| Apr 8, 4:22 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Desloge, MO | PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL WITH WINDS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ESTIMATED. |
| Apr 8, 4:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Leadington, MO | |
| Apr 8, 4:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Leadington, MO | |
| Apr 8, 4:36 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Farmington, MO | NW SIDE OF FARMINGTON. |
| Apr 8, 4:36 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | Farmington, MO | NW SIDE OF FARMINGTON. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 301 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
- 195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
431
WFUS53 KLSX 082059
TORLSX
MOC186-187-082130-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0006.150408T2059Z-150408T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
359 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 357 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PARK HILLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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...
FARMINGTON AROUND 410 PM CDT.
COFFMAN AROUND 430 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DOE RUN...LEADINGTON AND
LIBERTYVILLE.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES HAWN STATE PARK...MISSOURI MINES HISTORIC
SITE...ST. FRANCOIS STATE PARK AND ST. JOE STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI NEAR EXIT 150.
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 3764 9017 3775 9064 3801 9064 3801 9062
3801 9063 3800 9058 3801 9058 3794 9006
3764 9014
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 284DEG 29KT 3783 9053
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
TRUETT1 follow-up statement
298
WWUS53 KLSX 082117
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
417 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015
MOC186-187-082130-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150408T2130Z/
STE. GENEVIEVE MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-
417 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. FRANCOIS AND SOUTHERN
STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 414 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DESLOGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN STE.
GENEVIEVE AND ST. FRANCOIS COUNTIES.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES HAWN STATE PARK...MISSOURI MINES HISTORIC
SITE...ST. FRANCOIS STATE PARK AND ST. JOE STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI NEAR EXIT 150.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3764 9018 3779 9062 3800 9053 3794 9006
3764 9014
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 275DEG 21KT 3788 9044
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
TRUETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 9:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 4 days |
| Apr 8, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Osage | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Osage | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway | 44 min |
| Apr 8, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage, Warren | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Warren, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade | 52 min |
| Apr 8, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Washington | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Jefferson, Washington | 55 min |
| Apr 8, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 23 min |
| Apr 8, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 3:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade and 11 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 4:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Washington | 4 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 4:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 4 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 22 min |
| Apr 8, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 5:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Moniteau, Monroe | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Monroe, Shelby | 49 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.