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Tornado Warning 8, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1995, 6:20 PM CDT for Adams County, Illinois. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1995, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adams County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTL 162324 TORSTL ILC001-162345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 620 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY A SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE TOWN OF MARCELLINE OR 10 MILES NORTH OF QUNICY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY AND SEEK SHELTER NOW! RP
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion | 50 min |
| May 16, 5:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 51 min |
| May 16, 5:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Madison | 6 hr |
| May 16, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 112 min |
| May 16, 6:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Saint Clair | 67 min |
| May 16, 7:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 42 min |
Nearby
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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.