Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 73, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2006, 5:14 PM CDT for Greene County, Jersey County, Macoupin County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 2, 2006, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 5:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Medora, IL | IN MEDORA AND WEST OF SHIPMAN...POLE BARNS AND LARGE OUTBUILDINGS COMPLETELY DESTROYED...POWER POLES SNAPPED ON HWY 16 AND TREES BLOCKING THE ROAD. ON FS ROAD NEAR MEDORA THERE ARE MOBILE HOMES EITHER BLOWN ON THEIR SIDE OR COMPLETELY DESTROYED. |
| Apr 2, 5:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Piasa, IL | ROAD BLOCKED FROM DEBRIS ON RTE 16 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 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 022214 TORLSX ILC061-083-117-022300- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0073.060402T2214Z-060402T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 514 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS NORTHERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER OLD KANE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KEMPER... CARLINVILLE... GIRARD... THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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 3923 9040 3908 9039 3917 8970 3947 8971 $$ BRITT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 022240 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 538 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006 ILC061-083-022248- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-060402T2300Z/ JERSEY IL-GREENE IL- 538 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GREENE AND JERSEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION HAS MOVED EAST OF THE GREENE AND JERSEY COUNTIES. ADDTIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE... AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3934 9000 3917 8984 3917 8970 3948 8971 $$ ILC117-022300- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-060402T2300Z/ MACOUPIN IL- 538 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR MACOUPIN COUNTY... AT 530 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED STRONG ROTATION IN THE CLOUDS NEAR ROYAL LAKES AND ALSO NEAR BUNKER HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... ATWATER...STANDARD CITY AND NILWOOD. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 3934 9000 3917 8984 3917 8970 3948 8971 $$ BRITT
000 WWUS53 KLSX 022259 RRA SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 558 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006 ILC117-022308- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-060402T2300Z/ MACOUPIN IL- 558 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MACOUPIN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3934 9000 3917 8984 3917 8970 3948 8971 $$ BRITT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Washington | 55 min |
| Apr 2, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 36 min |
| Apr 2, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 46 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.