Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Watches in 2006
Tornado Watch 3
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 2, 2006, 2:15 AM CST for 31 counties in Illinois; 34 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2006, 2:15 AM CST (08:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2006, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 65 counties
Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pike County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Boone County, MO, Butler County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Marion County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Perry County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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.
Warnings issued inside it
21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Osage | 51 min |
| Jan 2, 2:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren | 44 min |
| Jan 2, 2:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 3:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 42 min |
| Jan 2, 3:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 45 min |
| Jan 2, 3:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin | 47 min |
| Jan 2, 3:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 3:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 3:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey | 54 min |
| Jan 2, 4:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 51 min |
| Jan 2, 4:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 40 min |
| Jan 2, 4:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 4:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jan 2, 4:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron | 25 min |
| Jan 2, 4:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene | 31 min |
| Jan 2, 4:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Louis | 50 min |
| Jan 2, 5:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Jan 2, 5:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 27 min |
| Jan 2, 5:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 6:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Madison | 39 min |
| Jan 2, 7:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Jackson, Saline, Wayne, White | 4 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 020806
SEL3
SPC WW 020806
ILZ000-MOZ000-021400-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 3
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
205 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS
EASTERN MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 205 AM UNTIL 800 AM CST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF ALTON
ILLINOIS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF CARBONDALE ILLINOIS. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 2...
DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
DEVELOPING/INTENSIFYING AHEAD OF STRONG UPPER LOW NOW MOVING INTO
WRN MO. ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL SHIFT EWD ACROSS NRN MO THROUGH
DAYBREAK...WITH A SLOW NWD MOVEMENT TO WARM FRONT NOW EXTENDING E-W
NORTH OF I-70. WIND PROFILES REMAIN QUITE STRONG AND WILL SUPPORT
SUPERCELLS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES AS STORMS ROOT NEAR THE SURFACE.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER
CELLS.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.
...EVANS
395,0884 372,0873 372,0905 395,0922SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 10:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 2, 1:25 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton and 14 more | 95 min |
| Jan 2, 3:01 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more | 59 min |
| Jan 2, 4:31 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 47 more | 59 min |
| Jan 2, 5:38 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 2, 7:14 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 30 more | 31 min |
| Jan 2, 7:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 7:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 93 min |
| Jan 2, 10:21 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Edgar, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland and 1 more | 84 min |
| Jan 2, 11:30 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 32 more | 90 min |
| Jan 2, 11:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford and 41 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 2, 12:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, Clinton and 21 more | 92 min |
| Jan 2, 2:53 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford and 39 more | 97 min |
| Jan 2, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Fleming and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:55 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clark and 32 more | 95 min |
| Jan 2, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 1, 7:55 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Camden, Carter, Christian, Crawford, Dallas and 23 more | 2 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.