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Tornado Warning 112, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 22, 2006Washington County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 2006, 5:30 PM CDT for Washington County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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 22, 2006, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 2006, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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
Sep 22, 5:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	10 W Nashville, IL
Sep 22, 5:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Addieville, IL
Sep 22, 5:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Hoyleton, 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
Sep 22, 1:16 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 213 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 831 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 571 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 612 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 222230
TORLSX
ILC189-222315-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0112.060922T2230Z-060922T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
530 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  LIVELY GROVE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF NASHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
  50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NASHVILLE...
  ASHLEY...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND EASTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3842 8970 3822 8966 3822 8916 3850 8919

$$

GKS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 222248
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
547 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

ILC189-222315-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0112.000000T0000Z-060922T2315Z/
WASHINGTON IL-
547 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NASHVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEEING A FUNNEL 
CLOUD IN THIS AREA. 

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
ASHLEY AND RICHVIEW.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

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 3842 8970 3822 8966 3822 8916 3850 8919

$$

GKS

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 222307
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
607 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

ILC189-222317-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0112.000000T0000Z-060922T2315Z/
WASHINGTON IL-
607 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH 
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.

LAT...LON 3842 8970 3822 8966 3822 8916 3850 8919

$$

GKS

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 22, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown	42 min
Sep 22, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	47 min
Sep 22, 4:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Washington	30 min
Sep 22, 4:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Pike	28 min
Sep 22, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Monroe	41 min
Sep 22, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Brown, Pike	26 min
Sep 22, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Clair, Washington	49 min
Sep 22, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Clair	46 min
Sep 22, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Monroe	47 min
Sep 22, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Saint Clair	24 min
Sep 22, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	52 min
Sep 22, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Washington	35 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.