Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2022
Tornado Warning 1, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2022, 4:09 PM CDT for Franklin County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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 19, 2022, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2022, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Franklin County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:21 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Beaufort, MO | POWER POLE AND TREE DAMAGE NEAR HIGHWAY 185 IN BEAUFORT. |
| May 19, 4:24 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Wsw Noser Mill, MO | NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND AN EF1 TORNADO WITH EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE ALONG/NEAR HAAG AND LITTLE CREEK ROADS. |
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 19, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KLSX 192109
TORLSX
MOC071-192145-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0001.220519T2109Z-220519T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
409 PM CDT Thu May 19 2022
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Franklin County in east central Missouri...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 409 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Beaufort, moving north at 25 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...
Beaufort around 425 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include
Washington.
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 3855 9124 3859 9103 3856 9100 3855 9098
3828 9117 3831 9130
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 201DEG 20KT 3834 9121
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Maples2 follow-up statements
504
WWUS53 KLSX 192131
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
431 PM CDT Thu May 19 2022
MOC071-192145-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-220519T2145Z/
Franklin MO-
431 PM CDT Thu May 19 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY...
At 431 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Beaufort, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Franklin County, including the following locations...
Lyon, Noser Mill and Leslie.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3855 9124 3859 9103 3856 9100 3855 9098
3834 9113 3838 9128
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 181DEG 17KT 3842 9123
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Britt501
WWUS53 KLSX 192143 RRA
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
443 PM CDT Thu May 19 2022
MOC071-192153-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-220519T2145Z/
Franklin MO-
443 PM CDT Thu May 19 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 445 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for east central
Missouri.
LAT...LON 3855 9124 3859 9103 3856 9100 3855 9098
3834 9113 3838 9128
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 201DEG 20KT 3848 9120
$$
BrittThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 9:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Osage | 30 min |
| May 19, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade | 38 min |
| May 19, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren | 45 min |
| May 19, 11:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 38 min |
| May 19, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 38 min |
| May 19, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford | 41 min |
| May 19, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Reynolds, Washington | 54 min |
| May 19, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 50 min |
| May 19, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 34 min |
| May 19, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Washington | 41 min |
| May 19, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 44 min |
| May 19, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren, City of Saint Louis | 52 min |
| May 19, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 35 min |
| May 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 11 min |
| May 19, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 39 min |
| May 19, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 29 min |
| May 19, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 26 min |
| May 19, 5:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 3 hr |
| May 19, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 44 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.