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Tornado Warning 23, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 19, 2005Pike County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 2005, 5:37 PM CDT for Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 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: Sep 19, 2005, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pike County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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
Sep 19, 5:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Griggsville, IL	SEVERAL LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN AND BLOCKING ROAD 2 MILES NORTH OF TOWN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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: 357 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 433 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 545 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 11.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 192237
TORLSX
ILC149-192300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0023.050919T2237Z-050919T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  GRIGGSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GRIGGSVILLE

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.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3986 9092 3977 9092 3966 9116 3964 9064
      3985 9058

$$

TES

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 192251
SVSLSX

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

ILC149-192300-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050919T2300Z/
PIKE IL-
550 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN PIKE
COUNTY...

AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO OVER CHAMBERSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...VALLEY CITY.

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 3986 9092 3977 9092 3966 9116 3964 9064
      3985 9058

$$

TES

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 192301
SVSLSX

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

ILC149-192311-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050919T2300Z/
PIKE IL-
601 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PIKE 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 11 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3986 9092 3977 9092 3966 9116 3964 9064
      3985 9058

$$

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, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Adams	40 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, 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.