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Tornado Warning 19, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2005, 2:47 PM CDT for Saint Clair County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 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
- Jul 4, 2005, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2005, 3:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Saint Clair County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1395 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 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 041947 TORLSX ILC163-042015- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0019.050704T1947Z-050704T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 247 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER SMITHTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FREEBURG NEW ATHENS SCOTT AFB MASCOUTAH THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3850 9010 3832 9004 3823 8970 3856 8971 $$ TES
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 042006 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 306 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ILC163-042015- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050704T2015Z/ ST. CLAIR IL- 306 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY... AT 300 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF SCOTT AFB...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...MASCOUTAH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3850 9010 3832 9004 3823 8970 3856 8971 $$ TES
000 WWUS53 KLSX 042019 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 319 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ILC163-042029- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050704T2015Z/ ST. CLAIR IL- 319 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3850 9010 3832 9004 3823 8970 3856 8971 $$ TES
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 40 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.