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Tornado Warning 30, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 2, 2025Madison County, Saint Francois County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2025, 5:46 PM CDT for Madison County, Saint Francois County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 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: Apr 2, 2025, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2025, 6:09 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Madison County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 2, 8:47 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Apr 2, 4:19 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 309 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 847 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -284 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 800 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 421 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 660 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

833 
WFUS53 KLSX 022246
TORLSX
MOC123-187-022330-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0030.250402T2246Z-250402T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
546 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Madison County in southeastern Missouri...
  Southeastern Saint Francois County in southeastern Missouri...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 546 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a 
  tornado was located 6 miles northeast of Saco, or 10 miles 
  southwest of Fredericktown, moving northeast at 55 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Fredericktown, Junction City, Cobalt, Catherine Place, Mine La 
  Motte and Libertyville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built 
building away from 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 3764 9039 3772 9026 3767 9020 3770 9015
      3767 9011 3764 9015 3760 9015 3754 9014
      3745 9014 3738 9037 3750 9051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 229DEG 48KT 3743 9038

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

BSH

2 follow-up statements

757 
WWUS53 KLSX 022301
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
601 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025

MOC123-187-022330-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-250402T2330Z/
Madison MO-Saint Francois MO-
601 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR 
NORTHEASTERN MADISON AND SOUTHEASTERN SAINT FRANCOIS COUNTIES IN 
SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...

At 601 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 
was located 8 miles south of Womac, or 7 miles east of 
Fredericktown, moving northeast at 55 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.

Locations impacted include...
  Mainly rural areas of Northeastern Madison and Southeastern Saint 
  Francois Counties in southeastern Missouri.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built 
building away from 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 3764 9028 3767 9020 3770 9015 3767 9011
      3764 9015 3760 9015 3750 9014
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 229DEG 48KT 3743 9037

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

BSH

585 
WWUS53 KLSX 022309
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
609 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025

MOC123-187-022319-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-250402T2330Z/
Madison MO-Saint Francois MO-
609 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025

...TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN MADISON AND 
SOUTHEASTERN SAINT FRANCOIS COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...

The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. 
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for a portion of 
southeast Missouri.

&&

LAT...LON 3764 9028 3767 9020 3770 9015 3767 9011
      3764 9015 3760 9015 3750 9014
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 229DEG 48KT 3757 9017

$$

BSH

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 8:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Marion, Pike, Ralls	48 min
Apr 2, 9:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	51 min
Apr 2, 10:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone, Moniteau	48 min
Apr 2, 10:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Audrain, Boone	39 min
Apr 2, 2:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Crawford, Washington	33 min
Apr 2, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington	36 min
Apr 2, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Reynolds	64 min
Apr 2, 3:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis	50 min
Apr 2, 3:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Monroe	13 hr
Apr 2, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron, Madison, Saint Francois	59 min
Apr 2, 4:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Iron, Madison, Saint Francois	31 min
Apr 2, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Sainte Genevieve	30 min
Apr 2, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron, Reynolds	45 min
Apr 2, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison	22 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.