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Tornado Warning 76, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 16, 2006Fayette County, Montgomery County, Illinois

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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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 16, 2:45 PM CDTHAIL 1Taylor Springs, IL
Apr 16, 2:55 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Fillmore, IL
Apr 16, 3:35 PM CDTHAIL 0.885 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 16, 11:17 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 841 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$
BYRD
1 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

$$
BYRD

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette, Montgomery51 min
Apr 16, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXFayette49 min
Apr 16, 3:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Fayette43 min
Apr 16, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXFayette24 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.