Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 13, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2005, 1:48 PM CDT for Adams County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 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
- Jun 8, 2005, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2005, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Adams County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 1:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Quincy, IL | NUMEROUS TREES LIMBS DOWN AND A FEW TREES DOWN |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 546 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1084 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 081849
TORLSX
ILC001-081930-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0013.050608T1848Z-050608T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
148 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
* AT 144 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER QUINCY...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
QUINCY
BURTON
MARBLEHEAD
FALL CREEK
PAYSON
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 4007 9143 3988 9144 3977 9134 3976 9100
3996 9093
$$
BYRD2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 081916
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
214 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005
ILC001-081930-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050608T1930Z/
ADAMS IL-
214 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN ADAMS
COUNTY...
AT 210 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A STORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER ADAMS...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
LIBERTY...RICHFIELD...KINGSTON AND BEVERLY.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4007 9143 3988 9144 3977 9134 3976 9100
3996 9093
$$
BYRD000
WWUS53 KLSX 081930
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
229 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005
ILC001-081939-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050608T1930Z/
ADAMS IL-
229 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4007 9143 3988 9144 3977 9134 3976 9100
3996 9093
$$
BYRDThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 37 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.