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Tornado Warning 21, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2017, 1:52 PM CDT for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 min. 3 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
- May 27, 2017, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2017, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:15 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 9 Wnw Reynolds, MO | FACEBOOK PICTURE OF 2-INCH HAIL IN BUNKER, MO. |
| May 27, 2:19 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 2 Ne Bunker, MO | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.. |
| May 27, 2:19 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 9 Nw Reynolds, MO | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 3187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted.
480
WFUS53 KLSX 271852
TORLSX
MOC179-271930-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0021.170527T1852Z-170527T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
152 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Reynolds County in southeastern Missouri...
* Until 230 PM CDT.
* At 152 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles northwest of Bunker, moving east at 35 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...
Bunker around 205 PM CDT.
Oates around 220 PM CDT.
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 3742 9121 3750 9121 3751 9131 3759 9131
3759 9110 3760 9104 3760 9093 3740 9098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 281DEG 29KT 3753 9134
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
TillyThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Gasconade | 38 min |
| May 27, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Osage | 39 min |
| May 27, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Washington | 44 min |
| May 27, 12:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford | 11 min |
| May 27, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Osage | 46 min |
| May 27, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Cole, Osage | 39 min |
| May 27, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 42 min |
| May 27, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone | 37 min |
| May 27, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 61 min |
| May 27, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Osage | 42 min |
| May 27, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 23 min |
| May 27, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 51 min |
| May 27, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 51 min |
| May 27, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 48 min |
| May 27, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Osage | 47 min |
| May 27, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 54 min |
| May 27, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Franklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage, Warren | 55 min |
| May 27, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 53 min |
| May 27, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Reynolds, Washington | 54 min |
| May 27, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren | 34 min |
| May 27, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 56 min |
| May 27, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 45 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.