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Tornado Warning 24, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2007, 5:35 PM CDT for Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 55 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
- Oct 2, 2007, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2007, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Pike County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Liberty, IL | A COUPLE OF LARGE TREES DOWN IN TOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 1131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 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 022236
TORLSX
ILC001-009-149-022330-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0024.071002T2235Z-071002T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
535 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
WESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 531 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF FALL CREEK...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF
PALMYRA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FALL CREEK...
PAYSON...
MARBLEHEAD...
CAMP POINT...
COLUMBUS...
LIBERTY...
CLAYTON...
GOLDEN...
BUCKHORN...
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 3986 9067 3963 9125 3974 9137 3980 9138
3985 9144 3989 9145 3990 9143 3992 9143
4019 9100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 238DEG 40KT 3976 9145
$$
MILLER/CVKING2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 022300
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
558 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
ILC001-009-149-022330-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-071002T2330Z/
PIKE IL-BROWN IL-ADAMS IL-
558 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
ADAMS...SOUTHWESTERN BROWN AND NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN WEST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PAYSON...OR ABOUT
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HANNIBAL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...LIBERTY...
RICHFIELD...KINGSTON...BEVERLY...KELLERVILLE...FISHHOOK...CLAYTON...
BUCKHORN AND MOUND STATION.
A SECOND ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED ON RADAR SOUTH OF PAYSON IN
BETWEEN PLAINVILLE AND SEEHORN. THIS ROTATION COULD BECOME TORNADIC
AS WELL AS IT MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. LOCATIONS IMPACTED ARE
PLAINVILLE AND RICHFIELD.
THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE...PLEASE TAKE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3986 9067 3963 9124 3964 9125 4000 9130
4007 9118 4014 9108 4014 9107 4018 9103
4019 9100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 253DEG 37KT 3983 9120
$$
MILLER/CVKING000 WWUS53 KLSX 022312 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 611 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007 ILC001-009-149-022330- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-071002T2330Z/ PIKE IL-BROWN IL-ADAMS IL- 611 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS...SOUTHWESTERN BROWN AND NORTHERN PIKE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 610 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED STRONG ROTATION NEAR KINGSTON. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGSTON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF QUINCY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...KELLERVILLE... FISHHOOK...MOUND STATION AND BUCKHORN. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY 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 3986 9067 3969 9111 3989 9119 4005 9086 TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 254DEG 39KT 3985 9105 $$ MILLER/CVKING
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 59 min |
| Oct 2, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 40 min |
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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.