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Tornado Warning 78, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 3:32 PM CDT for Bond County, Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 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, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bond County, IL, Fayette County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 3:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 7 Nnw Mulberry Grove, IL | |
| Apr 16, 3:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Nnw Vandalia, IL | |
| Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 N Vandalia, IL | STATE POLICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST NORTH OF VANDALIA. |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 162032 TORLSX ILC005-051-162115- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0078.060416T2032Z-060416T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 332 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 329 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER WOBURN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MULBERRY GROVE... SHAFTER... VANDALIA... BROWNSTOWN... 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 3902 8943 3891 8941 3895 8881 3911 8881 $$ BYRD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 162055 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 353 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ILC005-162103- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-060416T2115Z/ BOND IL- 353 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BOND COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED EAST OUT OF BOND COUNTY...SO THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. LAT...LON 3908 8925 3897 8916 3897 8882 3916 8881 $$ ILC051-162115- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-060416T2115Z/ FAYETTE IL- 353 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY... AT 349 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO OVER SHAFTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... BROWNSTOWN...AVENA...ST. ELMO AND WRIGHTS CORNER. 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 3908 8925 3897 8916 3897 8882 3916 8881 $$ 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, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 49 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.