Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 22, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2002, 4:56 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2002, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2002, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Fayette County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Ramsey, IL | |
| Jun 11, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Vandalia, IL | A small tornado hit northwest of Vandalia. A couple of machine sheds were damaged and one two-story home suffered roof damage. Several trees were downed along the path as well. |
| Jun 11, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Vandalia, IL | A small tornado formed just east of Vandalia. Several power poles and trees were downed by the tornado. There were no structures in the path. |
| Jun 11, 5:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Vandalia, IL | |
| Jun 11, 5:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Brownstown, IL | |
| Jun 11, 5:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Wrights Corner, IL | The County Sheriff reported trees down. |
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 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 112156 TORSTL ILC051-112245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 456 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR BINGHAM. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH...AND MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH... VANDALIA BROWNSTOWN AVENA WRIGHTS CORNER ST. ELMO ST. JAMES THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER NOW MOVE TO A BASEMENT...UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER...OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3924 8924 3884 8926 3884 8882 3920 8882 EL/RP
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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.