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Tornado Warning 43, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 2025, 6:07 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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 20, 2025, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2025, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 20, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
742
WFUS53 KLSX 202307
TORLSX
MOC113-163-202345-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0043.250420T2307Z-250420T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
607 PM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Lincoln County in east central Missouri...
Pike County in northeastern Missouri...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 607 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 6 miles north of Bellflower, or 11 miles
northeast of Montgomery City, moving northeast at 70 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 tornado will be near...
New Hartford around 615 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by the tornado include Olney, Ashley, St.
Clement, Edgewood, Cyrene, Whiteside and Paynesville.
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 3914 9141 3924 9142 3951 9108 3945 9104
3931 9079 3925 9073 3921 9072 3899 9119
3899 9126 3914 9126
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 232DEG 59KT 3908 9138
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
191 follow-up statement
065
WWUS53 KLSX 202322
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
622 PM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025
MOC113-163-202345-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-250420T2345Z/
Lincoln MO-Pike MO-
622 PM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
At 622 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles east of New Hartford, or 9 miles south of
Bowling Green, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
Other locations impacted by the tornado include Olney, Ashley, St.
Clement, Edgewood, Cyrene, Whiteside and Paynesville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built
building away from windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home,
or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3914 9126 3923 9129 3931 9133 3951 9108
3945 9104 3931 9079 3925 9073 3921 9072
3899 9119 3899 9126
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 231DEG 51KT 3908 9138
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
19The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 8:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 60 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 61 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford | 20 hr |
| Apr 20, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Osage | 31 min |
| Apr 20, 6:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 61 hr |
| Apr 20, 7:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Osage | 57 hr |
| Apr 20, 7:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Cole | 49 hr |
| Apr 20, 8:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Boone | 23 hr |
| Apr 20, 10:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin | 47 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Cole, Moniteau | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Callaway | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Moniteau | 57 min |
| Apr 20, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Moniteau | 37 min |
| Apr 20, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Osage | 66 min |
| Apr 20, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 35 min |
| Apr 20, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole | 17 min |
| Apr 20, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Monroe, Montgomery, Ralls | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Monroe, Shelby | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Callaway, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Apr 20, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Warren | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike, Ralls | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Reynolds, Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike, Ralls | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion | 60 min |
| Apr 20, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Lincoln, Montgomery, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 20 min |
| Apr 20, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren and 1 more | 64 min |
| Apr 20, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Reynolds and 4 more | 62 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.