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Tornado Warning 38, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 6:41 PM CST for Calhoun County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 12, 2006, 6:41 PM CST (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 7:07 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Calhoun County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 7:05 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Belleview, IL | ALONG HIGHWAY 96...TREES DOWN AROUND THE AREA. |
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 12, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 730 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 130042 TORLSX ILC013-130130- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0038.060313T0041Z-060313T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 641 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 730 PM CST * AT 639 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 20 MILES WEST OF BELLEVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3940 9093 3923 9073 3922 9060 3940 9065 $$ GLASS
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 130107 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 707 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ILC013-130117- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-060313T0130Z/ CALHOUN IL- 707 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3940 9093 3923 9073 3922 9060 3940 9065 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 63 min |
| Mar 12, 7:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 10:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 11:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 12:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 12:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 1:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 14 min |
| Mar 13, 1:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 2:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 2:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 2:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 3:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 3:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 4:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 33 min |
| Mar 13, 4:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 4:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 48 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.