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Tornado Warning 2, NWS St. Louis, MO

February 23, 2000Monroe County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2000, 11:03 PM CST for Monroe County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 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
Feb 23, 2000, 11:03 PM CST (05:03 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2000, 11:35 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:06 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 248 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 2000-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 337 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
337 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 240505
TORSTL
ILC133-240535-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1103 PM CST WED FEB 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY ILLINOIS IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1135 PM CST

* AT 1103 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR FESTUS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH...
  VALMEYER
  HARRISONVILLE
  MADONNAVILLE
  MONROE CITY



IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER NOW! A
BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. IF NOT AVAILABLE...MOVE TO
THE LOWEST FLOOR AND SEEK SHELTER IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. STAY
AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE
ABANDONED IN FAVOR OF A MORE SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE. DO NOT TRY TO
OUTRUN A TORNADO IN A VEHICLE

GKS/RP

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.