Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 20, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2005, 3:14 PM CDT for Clinton County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 min. 2 reports 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
- Jul 4, 2005, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2005, 4:07 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clinton County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Breese, IL | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN |
| Jul 4, 3:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Germantown, IL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 042015
TORLSX
ILC027-042100-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0020.050704T2014Z-050704T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
314 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A TORNADO OVER NEW BADEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALBERS
GERMANTOWN
AVISTON
BREESE
ST. ROSE
BECKEMEYER
CARLYLE
SHATTUC
BOULDER
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.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR 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 3866 8971 3843 8971 3849 8943 3850 8915
3874 8915 3874 8959 3867 8961
$$
TES2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 042035
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
334 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005
ILC027-042100-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050704T2100Z/
CLINTON IL-
334 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR CLINTON COUNTY...
AT 330 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER AVISTON...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...JAMESTOWN...
BECKEMEYER...CARLYLE...STOLLETOWN...POSEY...HUEY...FERRIN...KEYESPORT
AND BOULDER.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3866 8971 3843 8971 3849 8943 3850 8915
3874 8915 3874 8959 3867 8961
$$
TES000
WWUS53 KLSX 042107
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
406 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005
ILC027-042116-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050704T2100Z/
CLINTON IL-
406 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLINTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS LINGER OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY...BUT
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3866 8971 3843 8971 3849 8943 3850 8915
3874 8915 3874 8959 3867 8961
$$
TESThe 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, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 40 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.