Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2003, 4:09 PM CDT for Washington County, Illinois. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2003, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2003, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Washington County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
142 WUUS53 KLSX 082109 SVRLSX ILC189-082215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 408 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 408 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LIVELY GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NASHVILLE ASHLEY IRVINGTON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 3840 8970 3823 8970 3823 8917 3849 8914 $$ BRITT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 1:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 3 hr |
| May 8, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 50 min |
| May 8, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 52 min |
| May 8, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 49 min |
| May 8, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 28 min |
| May 8, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 64 min |
| May 8, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Montgomery | 29 min |
| May 8, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 48 min |
| May 8, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette | 49 min |
| May 8, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph, Saint Clair | 62 min |
| May 8, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 31 min |
| May 8, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 57 min |
| May 8, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 31 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.