Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 10, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2007, 5:48 PM CDT for Madison County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 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
- May 4, 2007, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Madison County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 5:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 E Wood River, IL | AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 3 MILES EAST OF WOOD RIVER NEAR INTERSTATE 255 IN AN OPEN FIELD. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 965 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 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 042248 TORLSX ILC119-042315- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0010.070504T2248Z-070504T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 548 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 545 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR GLEN CARBON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GLEN CARBON... EDWARDSVILLE... MARYVILLE... TROY... CARPENTER... 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. LAT...LON 3877 9013 3865 9000 3882 8975 3894 8997 $$ SCHROEDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 26 min |
| May 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 30 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.