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Tornado Warning 77, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 3:26 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 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
- Apr 16, 2006, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Fayette County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 11:17 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 162027 TORLSX ILC051-162115- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0077.060416T2026Z-060416T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 326 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 325 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER RAMSEY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY... WRIGHTS CORNER... 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 3921 8920 3908 8920 3909 8882 3921 8882 $$ BYRD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 162049 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 347 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ILC051-162115- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-060416T2115Z/ FAYETTE IL- 347 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY... AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF WRIGHTS CORNER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... RURAL PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY. ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3921 8891 3911 8892 3910 8882 3921 8882 $$ BYRD
The 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, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette, Montgomery | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.