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Tornado Warning 8, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2006, 3:33 PM CST for City of Saint Louis, Missouri; Madison County, Saint Clair County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 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
- Feb 16, 2006, 3:33 PM CST (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2006, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Madison County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 3:50 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Collinsville, IL | |
| Feb 16, 4:00 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Collinsville, IL | |
| Feb 16, 4:15 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Troy, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 1:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 548 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 589 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 162132 TORLSX ILC119-163-MOC510-162215- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0008.060216T2133Z-060216T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 333 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 415 PM CST * AT 329 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER ST. LOUIS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VENICE... MADISON... GRANITE CITY... FAIRMONT CITY... PONTOON BEACH... MARYVILLE... GLEN CARBON... TROY... MARINE... 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 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3871 9029 3854 9029 3851 8973 3881 8979 $$ GLASS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 162145 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 346 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 MOC510-162156- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060216T2215Z/ ST. LOUIS CITY MO- 346 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ST. LOUIS CITY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3875 9019 3860 9019 3851 8973 3881 8979 $$ ILC119-163-162215- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060216T2215Z/ ST. CLAIR IL-MADISON IL- 346 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN MADISON AND NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES... AT 344 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO OVER FAIRMONT CITY...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... GLEN CARBON...OFALLON...TROY...KUHN...LEBANON...ST. JACOB AND MARINE. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL 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 3875 9019 3860 9019 3851 8973 3881 8979 $$ GLASS
000 WWUS53 KLSX 162220 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 420 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ILC119-163-162230- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060216T2215Z/ ST. CLAIR IL-MADISON IL- 420 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MADISON AND NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST. LAT...LON 3875 9019 3860 9019 3851 8973 3881 8979 $$ TES
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 1:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Warren | 41 min |
| Feb 16, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Feb 16, 2:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 48 min |
| Feb 16, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade | 49 min |
| Feb 16, 2:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis | 50 min |
| Feb 16, 2:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | City of Saint Louis | 47 min |
| Feb 16, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 3:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 40 min |
| Feb 16, 4:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington | 44 min |
| Feb 16, 4:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 48 min |
| Feb 16, 4:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 45 min |
| Feb 16, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison | 61 min |
| Feb 16, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison | 35 min |
| Feb 16, 5:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 44 min |
| Feb 16, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 39 min |
| Feb 16, 3:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 42 min |
| Feb 16, 3:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 50 min |
| Feb 16, 3:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Madison | 42 min |
| Feb 16, 3:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond | 49 min |
| Feb 16, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 47 min |
| Feb 16, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton | 42 min |
| Feb 16, 4:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair, Washington | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 4:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 42 min |
| Feb 16, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Washington | 23 min |
| Feb 16, 5:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 23 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.