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Tornado Warning 45, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 12, 2006Adams County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 10:35 PM CST for Adams County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 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
Mar 12, 2006, 10:35 PM CST (04:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2006, 11:15 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Adams County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 12, 8:42 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 192 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2006-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2006-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 756 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
756 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1064 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 130435
TORLSX
ILC001-130515-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0045.060313T0435Z-060313T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1035 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1115 PM CST

* AT 1032 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
  TRACKING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF FALL CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FALL CREEK...
  QUINCY...
  PAYSON...
  CLAYTON...
  CAMP POINT...
  GOLDEN...

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 3992 9147 3973 9137 3991 9092 4020 9093
      4020 9111

$$

TRUETT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLSX 130459
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1058 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

ILC001-130515-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-060313T0515Z/
ADAMS IL-
1058 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CST FOR ADAMS
COUNTY...

AT 1057 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO OVER LIBERTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  
ALTHOUGH THE STORM HAS WEAKENED...RAPID INTENSIFICATION COULD OCCUR 
AT ANY TIME.  

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
CAMP POINT...CLAYTON...KELLERVILLE...GOLDEN AND LA PRAIRIE.  

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3992 9147 3973 9137 3991 9092 4020 9093
      4020 9111

$$

TRUETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 6:12 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXPike63 min
Mar 12, 6:41 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun26 min
Mar 12, 7:05 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXGreene37 min
Mar 12, 11:21 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXAdams, Brown39 min
Mar 13, 12:26 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun40 min
Mar 13, 12:52 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXGreene38 min
Mar 13, 1:24 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXMacoupin14 min
Mar 13, 1:52 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun38 min
Mar 13, 2:01 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXGreene44 min
Mar 13, 2:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin44 min
Mar 13, 2:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery49 min
Mar 13, 3:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison43 min
Mar 13, 3:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond40 min
Mar 13, 4:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Saint Clair33 min
Mar 13, 4:04 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXRandolph35 min
Mar 13, 4:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington48 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.