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Tornado Warning 22, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 11, 2006, 9:42 PM CST for Monroe County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 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
- Mar 11, 2006, 9:42 PM CST (03:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2006, 10:21 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Monroe County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 9:45 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Fults, IL | ROOF DAMAGE |
| Mar 11, 9:45 PM CST | TORNADO | Fults, IL | ROOF OFF THE POST OFFICE...TREES DOWN...OTHER BUILDINGS HAVE DAMAGE - TROOPER IN ROUTE TO CHECK ON DAMAGE |
| Mar 11, 9:54 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Burksville, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 120343 TORLSX ILC133-120430- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0022.060312T0342Z-060312T0430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 942 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1030 PM CST * AT 940 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW DESIGN...WEST OF FULTS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FULTS... RENAULT... NEW DESIGN... 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND EASTERN MISSOURI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3822 9036 3810 9020 3825 8991 3833 9005 $$ BYRD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 120421 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1021 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ILC133-120431- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-060312T0430Z/ MONROE IL- 1021 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3822 9036 3810 9020 3825 8991 3833 9005 $$ CVKING
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 8:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 21 min |
| Mar 11, 9:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 51 min |
| Mar 11, 10:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 62 min |
| Mar 11, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 60 min |
| Mar 11, 10:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 41 min |
| Mar 11, 11:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 28 min |
| Mar 11, 11:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 38 min |
| Mar 11, 11:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 15 min |
| Mar 12, 12:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 19 min |
| Mar 12, 1:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 20 min |
| Mar 12, 1:57 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 11:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.