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Tornado Warning 19, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 19, 1996Marion County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1996, 7:49 PM CDT for Marion County, Illinois. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1996, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1996, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, IL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 19, 8:05 PM CDTTornado F1Salem, IL
Apr 19, 8:23 PM CDTTornado F1Patoka, IL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1996-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1505 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1996-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1505 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
11.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 200051
TORSTL
ILC121-200130-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
749 PM CDT FRI APR 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
AT 750 PM...THE ST LOUIS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN MONROE
COUNTY ILLINOIS. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE SALEM AND KINMUNDY
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT
OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL.
 
SEEK SHELTER NOW IN A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM. YOUR LIFE AND
THE LIVES OF THOSE AROUND YOU MAY DEPEND ON YOUR ACTIONS.
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Clair42 min
Apr 19, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXClinton, Saint Clair43 min
Apr 19, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXRandolph42 min
Apr 19, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXRandolph, Washington41 min
Apr 19, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXFayette, Marion51 min
Apr 19, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXWashington30 min
Apr 19, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton, Saint Clair54 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.