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Tornado Warning 79, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2006, 4:11 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 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, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 4:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 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), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 162112 TORLSX ILC051-162145- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0079.060416T2111Z-060416T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 411 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 408 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 2 MILES NORTH OF BROWNSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ST. ELMO... 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 3912 8908 3898 8903 3897 8881 3918 8881 $$ BYRD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 162135 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 435 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ILC051-162145- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-060416T2145Z/ FAYETTE IL- 435 PM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. LAT...LON 3912 8908 3898 8903 3897 8881 3918 8881 $$ 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, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette | 43 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.