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Tornado Warning 38, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 12, 2005, 7:39 PM CST for Calhoun County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2005, 7:39 PM CST (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2005, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calhoun County, IL, Pike County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 3:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 130139
TORLSX
ILC013-149-130215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
737 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 815 PM CST
* AT 733 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER CLARKSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEBO
BELLEVIEW
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 1000 PM CST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 3943 9102 3928 9084 3927 9061 3940 9062
3956 9058 3964 9062 3970 9068
$$
GKSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 54 min |
| Jan 12, 9:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene | 39 min |
| Jan 12, 9:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 47 min |
| Jan 12, 11:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 47 min |
| Jan 13, 12:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.