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Tornado Warning 76, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 19, 20254 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2025, 10:30 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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, 2025, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2025, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Crawford County, MO, Iron County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10:40 PM CDT	TORNADO	10 Wsw Oates, MO	NWS Storm Survey revealed an EF-0 tornado in far northwestern Reynolds County.
May 19, 10:46 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Davisville, MO	Numerous large trees broken and uprooted.
May 19, 10:50 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 E Cherryville, MO	A tornado touched down along Hobo Road near Cherryville and moved north-northeast, quickly producing tree damage and destroying a small farm outbuilding before dissipating. The peak wind speed was 107 mph (EF-1), the track was 1.03 miles long and 270 yards wid

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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 328 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: 1664 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 883 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 14.9

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The text

As transmitted.

107 
WFUS53 KLSX 200330
TORLSX
MOC055-093-179-221-200415-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0076.250520T0330Z-250520T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1030 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southern Crawford County in east central Missouri...
  Southwestern Washington County in east central Missouri...
  Western Iron County in southeastern Missouri...
  Northern Reynolds County in southeastern Missouri...

* Until 1115 PM CDT.

* At 1030 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing a 
  tornado were located along a line from 12 miles west of 
  Cherryville to 15 miles west of Reynolds, or along a line from 14 
  miles southwest of Steelville to 42 miles southwest of Ironton, 
  moving east 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...
  Steelville, Anthonies Mill, Reynolds, Viburnum, Bixby, Courtois, 
  Oates, Cherryville, Belleview, Centerville, Dillard, Davisville, 
  Black, Belgrade, Shirley, Corridon, Lesterville and Cook Station.

This includes the following State Parks...
Johnsons Shut-Ins State Park, Dillard Mill Historic Site and Taum 
Sauk Mountain State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3789 9153 3811 9103 3767 9073 3738 9073
      3729 9116 3731 9116 3731 9118 3741 9118
      3742 9121 3750 9121 3751 9131 3759 9131
      3759 9116 3770 9115 3770 9131 3779 9131
      3779 9153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 251DEG 45KT 3779 9149 3767 9143 3749 9136 
3736 9133

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

$$

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, 9:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Crawford	14 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, 10:43 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.