Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 12, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 11:44 PM CDT for Adams County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2007, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2007, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Adams County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 080445 TORLSX ILC001-080515- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0012.070608T0444Z-070608T0515Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1144 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT * AT 1139 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES WEST OF PAYSON... OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF QUINCY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PAYSON... ADAMS... LIBERTY... BURTON... CAMP POINT... CLAYTON... GOLDEN... 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 3988 9141 3978 9136 3990 9093 4016 9093 $$ BYRD
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 080501 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1159 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ILC001-080515- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070608T0515Z/ ADAMS IL- 1159 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY... AT 1156 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMP POINT...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF QUINCY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE....KELLERVILLE AND CLAYTON. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3998 9121 3981 9125 3987 9092 4016 9093 $$ BYRD
000 WWUS53 KLSX 080505 CCA SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1159 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ILC001-080515- /O.COR.KLSX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070608T0515Z/ ADAMS IL- 1159 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY... AT 1156 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LIBERTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE....KELLERVILLE AND CLAYTON. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 3998 9121 3981 9125 3987 9092 4016 9093 $$ BYRD
000 WWUS53 KLSX 080516 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1216 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ILC001-080526- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070608T0515Z/ ADAMS IL- 1216 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1215 AM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3998 9121 3981 9125 3987 9092 4016 9093 $$ TES
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown, Pike | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.