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Tornado Warning 24, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 8, 1999Pike County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 1999, 7:38 PM CDT for Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 1999, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 1999, 8:25 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Pike County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 8, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 1999-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 859 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 1999-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 344 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
859 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
344 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
449 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
8.7

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The text

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

999 
WFUS1 KSTL 090039 RRA
TORSTL
ILC149-090125-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
738 PM CDT THU APR 8 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY ILLINOIS IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 825 PM CDT

* AT 735 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO NEAR LOUISIANA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  PLEASANT HILL
  ATLAS



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION IF IN THE PATH...TAKE COVER NOW
MOVE TO A BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE. IF NOT...STAY ON THE LOWEST LEVEL
AND GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. MOBILE HOMES AND AUTOMOBILESHOULD
BE ABANDONED IN FAVOR OF A STRONG STRUCTURE. AS A LAST RESORT...
MOVE TO A DITCH OR CULVERT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

TS/RP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdams47 min
Apr 8, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXGreene48 min
Apr 8, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Montgomery43 min
Apr 8, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette50 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.