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Tornado Warning 22, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 19, 2005Adams County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 2005, 4:50 PM CDT for Adams County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 min. 7 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: Sep 19, 2005, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 40 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), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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
Sep 19, 4:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Quincy, IL
Sep 19, 4:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Quincy, IL
Sep 19, 4:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 Se Quincy, IL
Sep 19, 5:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Mendon, IL
Sep 19, 5:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 E Quincy, IL	LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.
Sep 19, 5:05 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 E Quincy, IL
Sep 19, 5:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	Liberty, IL	TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN TOWN...DAMAGING ONE STRUCTURE AND SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED.

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
Sep 19, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 603 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 488 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 531 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 14.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 192149
TORLSX
ILC001-192230-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0022.050919T2150Z-050919T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
450 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER MENDON...MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GOLDEN
  CAMP POINT
  CLAYTON

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 800 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 4020 9150 3996 9146 3976 9133 3976 9092
      4019 9092

$$

TES

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 192159
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
458 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

ILC001-192230-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050919T2230Z/
ADAMS IL-
458 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR ADAMS COUNTY...

AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR FOWLER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
PALOMA...LORAINE...COATSBURG...COLUMBUS...CAMP POINT...GOLDEN...
LA PRAIRIE...CHATTON...CLAYTON AND KELLERVILLE.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 4020 9150 3996 9146 3976 9133 3976 9092
      4019 9092

$$

TES

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 192218
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
517 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

ILC001-192230-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050919T2230Z/
ADAMS IL-
517 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR ADAMS COUNTY...

AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR LIBERTY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
KINGSTON...BEVERLY AND KELLERVILLE.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 4020 9150 3996 9146 3976 9133 3976 9092
      4019 9092

$$

TES

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 192245
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
538 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

ILC001-192248-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050919T2230Z/
ADAMS IL-
538 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ADAMS 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 8 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4021 9152 3997 9148 3976 9137 3977 9093
      4019 9092

$$

TES

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, 3:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette	30 min
Sep 19, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.