Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 114, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 2006, 6:39 PM CDT for Washington County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2006, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2006, 7:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 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), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 1:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 222339 TORLSX ILC189-230030- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0114.060922T2339Z-060923T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 639 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 730 PM CDT * AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES EAST OF LIVELY GROVE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NASHVILLE... ASHLEY... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND EASTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3842 8966 3821 8962 3822 8915 3850 8918 $$ GKS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 222350 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 650 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ILC189-230030- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0114.000000T0000Z-060923T0030Z/ WASHINGTON IL- 650 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 647 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CORDES...OR ABOUT NEAR NASHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... HUEGELY...BEAUCOUP...DU BOIS...HOYLETON...ASHLEY...RICHVIEW AND RADOM. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3842 8966 3821 8962 3822 8915 3850 8918 $$ GKS
000 WWUS53 KLSX 230014 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 714 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ILC189-230024- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0114.000000T0000Z-060923T0030Z/ WASHINGTON IL- 714 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... 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 8966 3821 8962 3822 8915 3850 8918 $$ 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, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 45 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.