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Tornado Warning 18, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 7:53 PM CDT for Randolph County, Illinois. It was in force for 52 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 6, 2003, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2003, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Randolph County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
096 WFUS53 KLSX 070053 TORLSX ILC157-070145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 752 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRAIRIE DU ROCHER. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH...AND MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRAIRIE DU ROCHER MODOC KELLOGG ROOTS ELLIS GROVE NEW PALESTINE BLAIR CHESTER SPARTA THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A BASEMENT OR BELOW GROUND SHELTER. IF UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS NOT AVAILABLE...TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING OR HOME IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR HALLWAY. HIDE UNDER A MATRESS OR USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME OR TRAILER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK SHELTER IN A MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. THE TORNADO WITH THIS STORM WILL LIKELY BE WRAPPED IN RAIN. DO NOT BE LULLED INTO THINKING THE THREAT IS OVER DUE TO THE RAINFALL. STAY IN SHELTER UNTIL THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION INDICATES THE THREAT HAS PASSED. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. LAT...LON 3809 9018 3793 8999 3789 8967 3821 8963 $$ MB/ST
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 59 min |
| May 6, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Monroe | 4 hr |
| May 6, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 54 min |
| May 6, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 55 min |
| May 6, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 49 min |
| May 6, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 36 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.