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Tornado Warning 9, NWS St. Louis, MO

February 16, 2006Bond County, Illinois

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 16, 4:12 PM CSTHAIL 15 Nw Greenville, ILHAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
Feb 16, 4:12 PM CSTHAIL 15 Nw Greenville, ILHAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
Feb 16, 4:15 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGGreenville, ILMETAL 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 CSTTSTM WND GST 60Greenville, ILTREE BRANCHES DOWNED.
Feb 16, 4:20 PM CSTHAIL 15 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 16, 1:16 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 548 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 1:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Jersey47 min
Feb 16, 2:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison47 min
Feb 16, 3:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin39 min
Feb 16, 3:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery42 min
Feb 16, 3:33 PM CSTTornado WarningLSXMadison, Saint Clair42 min
Feb 16, 3:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe50 min
Feb 16, 3:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Madison42 min
Feb 16, 3:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Clair47 min
Feb 16, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Randolph45 min
Feb 16, 4:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton42 min
Feb 16, 4:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Clair, Washington43 min
Feb 16, 4:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette42 min
Feb 16, 5:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton, Washington23 min
Feb 16, 5:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXRandolph23 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.