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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS St. Louis, MO

November 5, 2005Bond County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 2005, 10:28 PM CST for Bond County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
Nov 5, 2005, 10:28 PM CST (04:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2005, 11:15 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bond County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 5, 10:40 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGGreenville, ILTREE BLOWN DOWN ON HWY 140 NEAR HOSPITAL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 5, 9:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 00:00Z on 2005-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 659 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2005-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
659 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLSX 060428
SVRLSX
ILC005-060515-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0321.051106T0428Z-051106T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1028 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1115 PM CST

* AT 1025 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF RENO...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENVILLE
  WOBURN

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.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3899 8964 3875 8958 3875 8927 3903 8929

$$

GLASS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLSX 060504
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1103 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005

ILC005-060515-
/O.CON.KLSX.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-051106T0515Z/
BOND IL-
1103 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CST
FOR BOND COUNTY...

AT 1100 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH OVER PLEASANT MOUND...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
RURAL EASTERN BOND COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3899 8964 3875 8958 3875 8927 3903 8929

$$
000 
WWUS53 KLSX 060519
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1119 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005

ILC005-060529-
/O.EXP.KLSX.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-051106T0515Z/
BOND IL-
1119 PM CST SAT NOV 5 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BOND COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM.

LAT...LON 3899 8964 3875 8958 3875 8927 3903 8929

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 7:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike42 min
Nov 5, 8:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike44 min
Nov 5, 8:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun45 min
Nov 5, 8:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams14 min
Nov 5, 8:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGreene46 min
Nov 5, 8:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJersey38 min
Nov 5, 9:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Madison62 min
Nov 5, 9:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery60 min
Nov 5, 10:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Clair56 min
Nov 5, 10:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe47 min
Nov 5, 10:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison39 min
Nov 5, 10:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton, Washington53 min
Nov 5, 11:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRandolph41 min
Nov 5, 11:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette, Marion32 min
Nov 5, 11:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Clair33 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.