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Tornado Warning 86, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 24, 2006Bond County, Fayette County, Montgomery County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2006, 5:51 PM CDT for Bond County, Fayette County, Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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: May 24, 2006, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bond County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Montgomery County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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
May 24, 5:54 PM CDT	TORNADO	Woburn, IL	2 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WOBURN AND TRAVELED JUST NORTH OF TOWN. NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED...POWER LINES SNAPPED. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
May 24, 5:55 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Ne Woburn, IL	SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED EXTENSIVE ROOF DAMAGE 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOBURN.

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
May 24, 2:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1421 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 242253
TORLSX
ILC005-051-135-242330-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0086.060524T2251Z-060524T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
551 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  SOUTHEAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WOBURN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOBURN...
  COFFEEN...
  VAN BURENSBURG...
  RAMSEY...
  VANDALIA...

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 800 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3908 8948 3891 8940 3903 8882 3921 8881
      3923 8898

$$

TRUETT

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 242329
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
630 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

ILC005-051-135-242339-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-060524T2330Z/
MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-
630 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN FAYETTE...NORTHEASTERN BOND AND 
SOUTHEAST MONTGOMERY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA.   .

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH 
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

LAT...LON 3908 8948 3891 8940 3903 8882 3921 8881
      3923 8898

$$

TRUETT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 1:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Pike	46 min
May 24, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Greene, Jersey, Macoupin	52 min
May 24, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	15 min
May 24, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Montgomery	14 min
May 24, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Jersey, Madison	42 min
May 24, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Montgomery	50 min
May 24, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe	43 min
May 24, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison	50 min
May 24, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Fayette	38 min
May 24, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Saint Clair	61 min
May 24, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	55 min
May 24, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Fayette, Marion	39 min
May 24, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Clair, Washington	45 min
May 24, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	46 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.