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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 8, 2003Fayette County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2003, 4:29 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 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, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2003, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fayette County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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
May 8, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

871 
WUUS53 KLSX 082129
SVRLSX
ILC051-082200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
429 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BROWNSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST. ELMO
  WRIGHTS CORNER

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 3919 8910 3887 8911 3884 8871 3919 8880

$$

TRUETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 1:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCalhoun3 hr
May 8, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Jersey50 min
May 8, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery52 min
May 8, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery49 min
May 8, 3:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery28 min
May 8, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette64 min
May 8, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Montgomery29 min
May 8, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe48 min
May 8, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Fayette49 min
May 8, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRandolph, Saint Clair62 min
May 8, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion31 min
May 8, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison57 min
May 8, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.