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Tornado Warning 6, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 15, 2026Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2026, 4:47 PM CDT for Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri. It was in force for 23 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: Mar 15, 2026, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2026, 5:10 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties City of Saint Louis, MO, Saint Louis County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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
Mar 15, 4:53 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Webster Groves, MO	Bradford Pear tree was split in two, with a third of the tree and a 12-inch limb laid across the yard.
Mar 15, 5:01 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Se Lakeshire, MO	Up to 8-inch tree limbs down along Green Park Industrial Drive.

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
Mar 15, 1:33 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 218 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: 1382 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 389 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 410 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

515 
WFUS53 KLSX 152147
TORLSX
MOC189-510-152215-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0006.260315T2147Z-260315T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
447 PM CDT Sun Mar 15 2026

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Saint Louis County in east central Missouri...
  Saint Louis City in east central Missouri...

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 447 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing a tornado
  were located along a line from over Olivette to over Sunset Hills,
  moving east at 45 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...
  Town and Country, Creve Coeur, Des Peres, Kirkwood, Sunset Hills,
  Ladue, St. Ann, Crestwood, Webster Groves, University City,
  Richmond Heights, Overland, Clayton, St. Louis, Berkeley, Ferguson,
  Jennings and Bellefontaine Neighbors.

This includes the following State Parks...
Scott Joplin Historic Site.

This includes Interstate 44 in Missouri between exits 276 and 277.

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 3850 9045 3870 9045 3881 9012 3880 9012
      3877 9017 3875 9018 3873 9021 3870 9021
      3867 9018 3863 9018 3860 9019 3855 9025
      3850 9027
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 263DEG 37KT 3867 9039 3863 9039 3854 9041

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

$$

Kimble

1 follow-up statement

389 
WWUS53 KLSX 152210
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
510 PM CDT Sun Mar 15 2026

MOC189-510-152220-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-260315T2215Z/
Saint Louis MO-Saint Louis City MO-
510 PM CDT Sun Mar 15 2026

...TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL SAINT LOUIS COUNTY AND
THE SAINT LOUIS CITY...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However, gusty winds are
still possible with these thunderstorms.

&&

LAT...LON 3850 9045 3870 9045 3881 9012 3880 9012
      3877 9017 3875 9018 3873 9021 3870 9021
      3867 9018 3863 9018 3860 9019 3855 9025
      3850 9027
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 263DEG 37KT 3867 9038 3863 9038 3854 9040

$$

Kimble

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 2:37 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	LSX	Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Knox, Lewis and 6 more	16 hr
Mar 15, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Warren	49 min
Mar 15, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln	35 min
Mar 15, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Saint Charles	46 min
Mar 15, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Washington	42 min
Mar 15, 3:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Lincoln	33 min
Mar 15, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Iron, Reynolds, Washington	57 min
Mar 15, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	47 min
Mar 15, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles, Saint Louis	44 min
Mar 15, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois	38 min
Mar 15, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois	32 min
Mar 15, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Reynolds	15 min
Mar 15, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison	13 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.