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Tornado Warning 50, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 12, 2006Adams County, Brown County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 11:21 PM CST for Adams County, Brown County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 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, 11:21 PM CST (05:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2006, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 8:42 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 130523
TORLSX
ILC001-009-130600-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0050.060313T0521Z-060313T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1121 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
  BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST

* AT 1117 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
  TRACKING A TORNADO 2 MILES EAST OF WEST ELY.  THE STORM PRODUCING
  THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

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

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 4021 9152 3971 9135 3994 9056 4010 9069
      4010 9092 4018 9093

$$

TRUETT

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 130534
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1133 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

ILC001-009-130600-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-060313T0600Z/
BROWN IL-ADAMS IL-
1133 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR ADAMS
AND BROWN COUNTIES...

AT 1132 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER 
BURTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
FOWLER...LIBERTY...COLUMBUS...COATSBURG...PALOMA...CAMP POINT...
GOLDEN...LA PRAIRIE...CLAYTON AND CHATTON.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 4021 9152 3971 9135 3994 9056 4010 9069
      4010 9092 4018 9093

$$

CVKING

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 130546
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1146 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

ILC001-009-130600-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-060313T0600Z/
BROWN IL-ADAMS IL-
1146 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR ADAMS
AND BROWN COUNTIES...

AT 1142 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO OVER COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

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

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 4021 9152 3971 9135 3994 9056 4010 9069
      4010 9092 4018 9093

$$

CVKING

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 130555
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1154 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

ILC001-009-130600-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-060313T0600Z/
BROWN IL-ADAMS IL-
1154 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FOR ADAMS
AND BROWN COUNTIES...

AT 1152 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO OVER CLAYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...EXTREME 
NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHWEST ADAMS 
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CLAYTON.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 4021 9152 3971 9135 3994 9056 4010 9069
      4010 9092 4018 9093

$$

CVKING

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 130602
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1202 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

ILC001-009-130608-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-060313T0600Z/
BROWN IL-ADAMS IL-
1202 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ADAMS AND BROWN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

HOWEVER...THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS NOT OVER.  ADDITIONAL STRONG 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 
UNTIL 4 AM.

LAT...LON 4021 9152 3971 9135 3994 9056 4010 9069
      4010 9092 4018 9093

$$

CVKING

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, 6:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Calhoun	26 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 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

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.