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Tornado Warning 6, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 2006, 4:44 AM CST for Calhoun County, Greene County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 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, 4:44 AM CST (10:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2006, 5:15 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 021044 TORLSX ILC013-061-021115- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0006.060102T1044Z-060102T1115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 444 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 515 AM CST * AT 441 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 11 MILES WEST 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 3926 9075 3916 9056 3953 9014 3954 9056 $$ TRUETT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 021100 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 459 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 ILC013-021109- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060102T1115Z/ CALHOUN IL- 459 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CALHOUN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE AREA. HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM. LAT...LON 3940 9063 3928 9059 3953 9014 3954 9056 $$ ILC061-021115- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060102T1115Z/ GREENE IL- 459 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CST FOR NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY... AT 456 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO OVER WALKERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... PATTERSON...WHITE HALL...BARROW AND 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. LAT...LON 3940 9063 3928 9059 3953 9014 3954 9056 $$ TRUETT
000 WWUS53 KLSX 021117 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 516 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 ILC061-021126- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060102T1115Z/ GREENE IL- 516 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE TORNADIC. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM. LAT...LON 3940 9063 3928 9059 3953 9014 3954 9056 $$ TRUETT
The 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, 3:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey | 54 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, 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.