Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 95, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 2006, 11:59 AM CDT for Washington County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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
- Jul 21, 2006, 11:59 AM CDT (16:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2006, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Washington County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 12:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hoyleton, IL | DAMAGE TO SILOS AND OTHER FARM BUILDINGS. LOCATION OF THE DAMAGE WAS BETWEEN HOYLETON AND IRVINGTON ILLINOIS. |
| Jul 21, 12:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hoyleton, IL | SEVERAL TREES ON HOMES IN TOWN...DAMAGE TO ROOF AND SIDE OF HOMES...EST WIND OF 80 TO 90 MPH. |
| Jul 21, 12:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hoyleton, IL | NUMEROUS LARGE TREES UPROOTED...LARGE TREES HAVE DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES. |
| Jul 21, 12:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | Hoyleton, IL | TRAINED SPOTTER OBSERVED A TORNADO IN AN OPEN FIELD 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF HOYLETON 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 9:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 801 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 211659 TORLSX ILC189-211745- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0095.060721T1659Z-060721T1745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1159 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1245 PM CDT * AT 1156 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF IRVINGTON...OR ABOUT NEAR BREESE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... IRVINGTON... 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND EASTERN MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3851 8930 3847 8952 3832 8915 3850 8915 $$ CVKING
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 211708 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1208 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 ILC189-211745- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-060721T1745Z/ WASHINGTON IL- 1208 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 1206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW MINDEN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF CARLYLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... IRVINGTON AND RICHVIEW. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3851 8930 3847 8952 3832 8915 3850 8915 $$ CVKING
000 WWUS53 KLSX 211741 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1241 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 ILC189-211751- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-060721T1745Z/ WASHINGTON IL- 1241 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1245 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM. LAT...LON 3851 8930 3847 8952 3832 8915 3850 8915 $$ CVKING
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 10:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 10:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 10:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 10:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Washington | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 11:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 11:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 38 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.