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Tornado Warning 14, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2018, 2:55 PM CDT for Callaway County, Cole County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 22 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
- Oct 7, 2018, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2018, 3:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Osage County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 723 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
202
WFUS53 KLSX 071955
TORLSX
MOC027-051-151-072030-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0014.181007T1955Z-181007T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
255 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2018
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Cole County in central Missouri...
Southern Callaway County in central Missouri...
Northeastern Osage County in central Missouri...
* Until 330 PM CDT.
* At 255 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Holts Summit, moving east at 30 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...
Chamois around 330 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Wainwright, Frankenstein, Tebbetts, Osage City, Reform, Steedman,
Mokane and Bonnots Mill.
This also includes Clarks Hill/Norton Historic Site and Jefferson
Landing Historic Site.
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 3852 9214 3860 9219 3880 9175 3856 9167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 251DEG 28KT 3857 9210
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Carney2 follow-up statements
650
WWUS53 KLSX 072005
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
305 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2018
MOC051-072014-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-181007T2030Z/
Cole MO-
305 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COLE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3880 9175 3856 9167 3856 9200 3857 9201
3856 9204 3856 9210 3860 9219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 242DEG 24KT 3862 9203
$$
MOC027-151-072030-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-181007T2030Z/
Callaway MO-Osage MO-
305 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
CALLAWAY AND NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTIES...
At 304 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Holts Summit, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported a funnel cloud.
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...
Chamois around 330 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Wainwright, Frankenstein, Tebbetts, Reform, Steedman, Mokane and
Bonnots Mill.
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 3880 9175 3856 9167 3856 9200 3857 9201
3856 9204 3856 9210 3860 9219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 242DEG 24KT 3862 9203
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Carney554
WWUS53 KLSX 072017
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
317 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2018
MOC027-151-072027-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-181007T2030Z/
Callaway MO-Osage MO-
317 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CALLAWAY AND NORTHEASTERN OSAGE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However small hail, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3880 9175 3856 9167 3856 9200 3857 9201
3856 9204 3856 9210 3860 9219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 251DEG 28KT 3865 9190
$$
CarneyThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 52 min |
| Oct 7, 5:33 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 46 min |
| Oct 7, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery, Warren | 51 min |
| Oct 7, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Saint Charles | 47 min |
| Oct 7, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 26 min |
| Oct 7, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Franklin | 40 min |
| Oct 7, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 52 min |
| Oct 7, 4:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 5 hr |
| Oct 7, 5:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway | 5 hr |
| Oct 7, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Osage | 48 min |
| Oct 7, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Montgomery | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.