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Tornado Warning 87, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2006, 2:56 PM CDT for Madison County, Saint Clair County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 1, 2006, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2006, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Madison County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Fairview Heights, IL | AT 2ND AVE AND HIGHWAY 50. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 011956 TORLSX ILC119-163-012045- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0087.060601T1956Z-060601T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 256 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 251 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER CASEYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLLINSVILLE... SWANSEA... OFALLON... SHILOH... TROY... LEBANON... SCOTT AFB... ST. JACOB... 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 3870 9010 3854 9010 3852 8972 3874 8973 $$ TRUETT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 012029 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 328 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2006 ILC119-163-012045- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-060601T2045Z/ ST. CLAIR IL-MADISON IL- 328 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN MADISON AND NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES... AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE ROTATION NEAR LEBANON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... SUMMERFIELD. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WAS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OVER NORTHEAST ST. CLAIR COUNTY. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3872 8995 3852 8997 3852 8971 3870 8971 $$ TRUETT
000 WWUS53 KLSX 012044 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 343 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2006 ILC119-163-012053- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-060601T2045Z/ ST. CLAIR IL-MADISON IL- 343 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MADISON AND NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST...AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST MADISON...AND NORTHERN SECTIOSN OF CLINTON COUNTY....BETWEEN 345 PM AND 415 PM. LAT...LON 3872 8995 3852 8997 3852 8971 3870 8971 $$ TRUETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 4 hr |
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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.