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Tornado Warning 76, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 2:44 PM CDT for Fayette County, Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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 16, 2006, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fayette County, IL, Montgomery County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Taylor Springs, IL | |
| Apr 16, 2:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Fillmore, IL | |
| Apr 16, 3:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Se Coffeen, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 11:17 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 841 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 161945
TORLSX
ILC051-135-162030-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0076.060416T1944Z-060416T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
244 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER TAYLOR SPRINGS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COFFEEN...
CHAPMAN...
FILLMORE...
WITT...
NOKOMIS...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3915 8961 3903 8955 3903 8927 3911 8914
3935 8915 3935 8922
$$
BYRD1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 162004
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
303 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
ILC051-135-162030-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-060416T2030Z/
MONTGOMERY IL-FAYETTE IL-
303 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO BETWEEN CHAPMAN AND FILLMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
FILLMORE...BINGHAM...BAYLE CITY AND RAMSEY.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3918 8937 3903 8936 3912 8905 3921 8905
3921 8915 3929 8914 3925 8922
$$
BYRDThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 24 min |
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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.