Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 19, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2007, 5:35 PM CDT for Randolph County, Illinois; Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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
- Sep 6, 2007, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 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 062235
TORLSX
ILC157-MOC186-062315-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0019.070906T2235Z-070906T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
535 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR ROCKY RIDGE...OR
ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF STE. GENEVIEVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLOOMSDALE...
STE. GENEVIEVE...
EVANSVILLE...
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 3795 9037 3813 9006 3813 9004 3815 9003
3821 8992 3806 8970 3779 9021
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 236DEG 19KT 3793 9025
$$
GLASS2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 062253
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
553 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2007
ILC157-MOC186-062315-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070906T2315Z/
RANDOLPH IL-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-
553 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR STE.
GENEVIEVE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...
AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STE. GENEVIEVE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...KELLOGG...STE.
GENEVIEVE...PRAIRIE DU ROCHER...MODOC...ROOTS...ELLIS GROVE...
EVANSVILLE...WALSH AND PRESTON.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3795 9037 3813 9006 3813 9004 3815 9003
3821 8992 3806 8970 3779 9021
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 246DEG 23KT 3798 9011
$$
GLASS000
WWUS53 KLSX 062320
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
620 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2007
ILC157-MOC186-062330-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070906T2315Z/
RANDOLPH IL-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-
620 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR STE. GENEVIEVE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 615 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
ACROSS STE. GENEVIEVE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES THROUGH 645
PM...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
LAT...LON 3795 9037 3813 9006 3813 9004 3815 9003
3821 8992 3806 8970 3779 9021
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 246DEG 23KT 3798 9011
$$
GLASSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin | 34 min |
| Sep 6, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Madison | 44 min |
| Sep 6, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 52 min |
| Sep 6, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison | 39 min |
| Sep 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison, Reynolds | 45 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.