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Tornado Warning 66, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 13, 2006Randolph County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2006, 4:04 AM CST for Randolph County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2006, 4:04 AM CST (10:04 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2006, 4:39 AM CST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Randolph County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 13, 4:21 AM CST	HAIL 0.75	5 W Baldwin, IL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 13, 1:06 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 262 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: 730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 5.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 131004
TORLSX
ILC157-131045-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0066.060313T1004Z-060313T1045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
404 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 445 AM CST

* AT 402 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  EVANSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EVANSVILLE...
  SPARTA...
  TILDEN...
  COULTERVILLE...

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 700 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 3792 8997 3794 8995 3797 8996 3797 8999
      3807 9013 3814 9004 3821 9001 3821 8960
      3805 8961 3789 8991

$$

CARNEY

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 131017
SVSLSX

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

ILC157-131045-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-060313T1045Z/
RANDOLPH IL-
417 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CST FOR RANDOLPH
COUNTY...

AT 412 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO OVER EVANSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
SPARTA...EDEN...TILDEN AND COULTERVILLE.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3792 8997 3794 8995 3797 8996 3797 8999
      3807 9013 3814 9004 3821 9001 3821 8960
      3805 8961 3789 8991

$$

CARNEY

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 131039
SVSLSX

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

ILC157-131049-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-060313T1045Z/
RANDOLPH IL-
439 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH 
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST.

LAT...LON 3792 8997 3794 8995 3797 8996 3797 8999
      3807 9013 3814 9004 3821 9001 3821 8960
      3805 8961 3789 8991

$$

CARNEY

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 12, 11:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown	39 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, 4:27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.