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Tornado Warning 5, NWS St. Louis, MO

January 2, 2006Greene County, Jersey County, Illinois

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 2, 2:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-01-02Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

TRUETT
1 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

$$

TRUETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 3:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Pike42 min
Jan 2, 3:15 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun45 min
Jan 2, 4:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Pike51 min
Jan 2, 4:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Jersey43 min
Jan 2, 4:44 AM CSTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene31 min
Jan 2, 5:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXGreene, Macoupin34 min
Jan 2, 6:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Madison39 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2006Every tornado warning in 2006Tornadoes in 2006

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.