Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 27, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2007, 6:20 PM CDT for Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois. 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
- Oct 2, 2007, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Pike County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Oct 2, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 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 022320
TORLSX
ILC001-009-149-030000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0027.071002T2320Z-071003T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
620 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
BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES NORTH OF
BEVERLY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PITTSFIELD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUCKHORN...
MOUNT STERLING...
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 4007 9067 4004 9065 4003 9061 3999 9059
3999 9054 3998 9052 3990 9055 3988 9058
3982 9058 3978 9102 3991 9104 4009 9072
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 246DEG 33KT 3987 9096
$$
MILLER/CVKING2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 022341
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
641 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
ILC001-009-149-030000-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-071003T0000Z/
PIKE IL-BROWN IL-ADAMS IL-
641 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS...BROWN AND NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN WEST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT STERLING...OR
ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...COOPERTOWN AND LA
GRANGE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4007 9067 4004 9065 4003 9061 3999 9059
3999 9054 3998 9052 3990 9055 3988 9058
3982 9058 3978 9102 3991 9104 4009 9072
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 246DEG 33KT 3995 9073
$$
MILLER/CVKING000
WWUS53 KLSX 022359
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
658 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
ILC001-009-149-030008-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-071003T0000Z/
PIKE IL-BROWN IL-ADAMS IL-
658 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS...BROWN AND
NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS EXPIRES AT 700 PM
CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.
LAT...LON 4007 9067 4004 9065 4003 9061 3999 9059
3999 9054 3998 9052 3990 9055 3988 9058
3982 9058 3978 9102 3991 9104 4009 9072
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 246DEG 33KT 4001 9054
$$
MILLER/CVKINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 55 min |
| Oct 2, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 59 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.