Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 5, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2006, 3:51 AM CST for Greene County, Jersey County, Illinois. It was in force for 54 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
- Jan 2, 2006, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2006, 4:45 AM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 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 020951
TORLSX
ILC061-083-021045-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0005.060102T0951Z-060102T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
351 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
WESTERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 445 AM CST
* AT 345 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CARROLLTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARROLLTON
WHITE HALL
ROODHOUSE
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 800 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND EASTERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3931 9063 3913 9061 3898 9056 3948 9017
3954 9051
$$
TRUETT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 021014
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
413 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006
ILC083-021023-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060102T1045Z/
JERSEY IL-
413 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JERSEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE AREA.
HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL THREATEN EARLY THIS MORNING...AND A
TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM.
LAT...LON 3931 9063 3917 9061 3918 9041 3948 9017
3954 9051
$$
ILC061-021045-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060102T1045Z/
GREENE IL-
413 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CST FOR GREENE
COUNTY...
AT 410 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE A
TORNADO BETWEEN HAYPRESS AND OLD KANE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
CARROLLTON...HAYPRESS...BELLTOWN...BERDAN...WALKERSVILLE...WHITE
HALL...PATTERSON...ROODHOUSE AND BARROW.
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 3931 9063 3917 9061 3918 9041 3948 9017
3954 9051
$$
TRUETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 3:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 42 min |
| Jan 2, 3:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 45 min |
| Jan 2, 4:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 51 min |
| Jan 2, 4:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 4:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene | 31 min |
| Jan 2, 5:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 6:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Madison | 39 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.