Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2005, 3:00 AM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 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
- Sep 19, 2005, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2005, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 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), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 656 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -263 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLSX 190802 SVRLSX ILC051-190830- /O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0252.050919T0800Z-050919T0830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 300 AM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 330 AM CDT * AT 254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VANDALIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WRIGHTS CORNER ST. ELMO VANDALIA INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN VANDALIA AND ST. ELMO 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. LAT...LON 3920 8916 3888 8917 3889 8881 3923 8884 $$ PEDIGO
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 190827 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 327 AM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 ILC051-190837- /O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-050919T0830Z/ FAYETTE IL- 327 AM CDT MON SEP 19 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3920 8916 3888 8917 3889 8881 3923 8884 $$ PEDIGO
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 41 min |
| Sep 19, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 51 min |
| Sep 19, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 40 min |
| Sep 19, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 80 min |
| Sep 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 40 min |
| Sep 19, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 23 min |
| Sep 19, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 47 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.