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Tornado Warning 73, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 19, 2025Crawford County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2025, 9:35 PM CDT for Crawford County, Missouri. It was in force for 14 min. 1 report 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, 2025, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2025, 9:49 PM CDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Crawford County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 19, 9:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cuba, MO	Dispatch reports a powerline down on the south side of Cuba.

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, 8:26 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 329 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

045 
WFUS53 KLSX 200235
TORLSX
MOC055-200315-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0073.250520T0235Z-250520T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
935 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Crawford County in east central Missouri...

* Until 1015 PM CDT.

* At 935 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a 
  tornado was located over Cuba, 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cuba, Bourbon, Leasburg, St. Cloud and Oak Hill.

This includes Interstate 44 in Missouri between exits 208 and 218.

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.

Tornadoes are difficult to observe at night. Take cover now!

&&

LAT...LON 3803 9148 3821 9150 3821 9137 3820 9136
      3820 9120 3800 9134
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 201DEG 17KT 3804 9138

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

$$

Jaja

1 follow-up statement

856 
WWUS53 KLSX 200249
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
949 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025

MOC055-200259-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-250520T0315Z/
Crawford MO-
949 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025

...TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...

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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT Tuesday for a 
portion of east central Missouri.

&&

LAT...LON 3803 9148 3821 9150 3821 9137 3820 9136
      3820 9120 3800 9134
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 201DEG 17KT 3805 9138

$$

Jaja

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson	32 min
May 19, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Jefferson	24 min
May 19, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Cole, Moniteau	58 min
May 19, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	42 min
May 19, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	40 min
May 19, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway, Osage	63 min
May 19, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Iron, Washington	47 min
May 19, 8:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Audrain, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby	6 hr
May 19, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion, Ralls	47 min
May 19, 9:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Washington	42 min
May 19, 9:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Marion	38 min
May 19, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles, Saint Louis	44 min
May 19, 10:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Franklin, Jefferson, Washington	32 min
May 19, 10:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Washington	31 min
May 19, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Iron, Reynolds, Washington	49 min
May 19, 10:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Crawford, Iron, Reynolds, Washington	45 min
May 19, 10:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Washington	32 min
May 19, 10:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Washington	43 min
May 19, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	68 min
May 19, 11:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Pike	25 min
May 19, 11:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Marion, Ralls	4 hr
May 19, 11:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Franklin, Iron, Saint Francois, Washington	38 min
May 19, 11:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis	30 min
May 19, 11:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois	42 min
May 19, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison	47 min
May 19, 11:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Madison	36 min
May 20, 12:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Iron, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles and 6 more	6 hr
May 20, 12:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve	33 min
May 20, 1:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Saint Louis	3 hr
May 20, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Crawford, Washington	35 hr
May 20, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Crawford	24 hr

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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.