Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 30, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2007, 7:54 PM CDT for Greene County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 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, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2007, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Greene County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 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 030054
TORLSX
ILC061-030200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0030.071003T0054Z-071003T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
754 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 749 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 11 MILES WEST OF WHITE
HALL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITE HALL...
ROODHOUSE...
ATHENSVILLE...
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 3941 9015 3931 9062 3935 9063 3936 9062
3944 9062 3952 9049 3953 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 248DEG 27KT 3940 9056
$$
MILLER/CVKING2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 030111
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
811 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
ILC061-030200-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-071003T0200Z/
GREENE IL-
811 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY...
AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE HALL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...ROODHOUSE AND RURAL
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3953 9015 3949 9015 3942 9041 3949 9044
3953 9027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 247DEG 31KT 3946 9038
$$
MILLER/CVKING000
WWUS53 KLSX 030130
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
831 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
ILC061-030141-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-071003T0200Z/
GREENE IL-
831 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3953 9015 3949 9015 3942 9041 3949 9044
3953 9027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 247DEG 31KT 3953 9017
$$
MILLER/CVKINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 43 min |
| Oct 2, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.