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Tornado Warning 41, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 1, 1999Fayette County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1999, 8:07 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 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
Jun 1, 1999, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1999, 8:40 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, IL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 1999-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1323 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1999-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1323 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

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

484 
WFUS1 KSTL 020108 RRA
TORSTL
ILC051-020140-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
807 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 840 PM CDT

* AT 806 PM... AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR ST
  ELMO... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  ST ELMO
  WRIGHTS CORNER


A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND IN YOU ARE IN THE PATH...MOVE
IMMEDIATELY TO A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE NOW FOR PROTECTION. A
BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST SHELTER. YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF THOSE
AROUND YOU MAY DEPEND ON YOUR ACTIONS.

FG/RP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin46 min
Jun 1, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison47 min
Jun 1, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery47 min
Jun 1, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette35 min
Jun 1, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMontgomery36 min
Jun 1, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette51 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.