Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 9, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2006, 3:56 PM CST for Bond County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 min. 5 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, 3:56 PM CST (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2006, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bond County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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, 4:12 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 5 Nw Greenville, IL | HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Feb 16, 4:12 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 5 Nw Greenville, IL | HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Feb 16, 4:15 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Greenville, IL | METAL PORCH SWING BLOWN INTO NEARBY FIELD ONE QUARTER MILE AWAY. NEIGHBORS MAILBOX WITH 200LB CONCRETE BASE PUSHED INTO MIDDLE OF DRIVEWAY. LOTS OF TREE BRANCHES DOWNED...UNKNOWN SIZE. |
| Feb 16, 4:15 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Greenville, IL | TREE BRANCHES DOWNED. |
| Feb 16, 4:20 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 5 S Pocahontas, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 162155 TORLSX ILC005-162245- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0009.060216T2156Z-060216T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 356 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 445 PM CST * AT 354 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES SOUTH OF SORENTO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RENO... GREENVILLE... WOBURN... 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 CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3903 8960 3875 8961 3875 8925 3904 8926 $$ TES
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 162229 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 427 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ILC005-162245- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060216T2245Z/ BOND IL- 427 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR BOND COUNTY... AT 423 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION OVER BEAVER CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... TAMALCO...PLEASANT MOUND AND SMITHBORO. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA UNTIL 8 PM CST. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 3903 8960 3875 8961 3875 8925 3904 8926 $$ TES
000 WWUS53 KLSX 162248 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 448 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ILC005-162258- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060216T2245Z/ BOND IL- 448 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BOND COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST. LAT...LON 3903 8960 3875 8961 3875 8925 3904 8926 $$ TES
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey | 47 min |
| Feb 16, 2:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 47 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, 3:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 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, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 47 min |
| Feb 16, 4:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 45 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 |
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.