Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 34, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 7:40 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 35 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 18, 2007, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bond County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Marion County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 8:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Sw St. Peter, IL | UNCONFIRMED REPORT RELAYED BY STATE POLICE. |
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 18, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2442 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 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 190040
TORLSX
ILC005-027-051-121-190115-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0034.071019T0040Z-071019T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
740 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NORTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR BOULDER...OR ABOUT 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF CARLYLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PATOKA...
SHOBONIER...
KINMUNDY...
FARINA...
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.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER
NOW
LAT...LON 3859 8925 3875 8937 3903 8880 3893 8880
3892 8878 3893 8877 3893 8870 3892 8869
3883 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 239DEG 49KT 3871 8921
$$
CARNEY2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 190056
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
756 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
ILC005-027-051-121-190115-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-071019T0115Z/
CLINTON IL-MARION IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-
756 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
FAYETTE...SOUTHEASTERN BOND...NORTHERN MARION AND NORTHEASTERN
CLINTON COUNTIES...
AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. PAUL...OR ABOUT
12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VANDALIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...ST. PETER...
LOOGOOTEE...ST. JAMES...FARINA AND LA CLEDE.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER
NOW
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3859 8925 3875 8937 3903 8880 3893 8880
3892 8878 3893 8877 3893 8870 3892 8869
3883 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 235DEG 51KT 3885 8896
$$
CARNEY000
WWUS53 KLSX 190116
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
816 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
ILC005-027-051-121-190126-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-071019T0115Z/
CLINTON IL-MARION IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-
816 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FAYETTE...SOUTHEASTERN BOND...
NORTHERN MARION AND NORTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 815 PM
CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM.
LAT...LON 3859 8925 3875 8937 3903 8880 3893 8880
3892 8878 3893 8877 3893 8870 3892 8869
3883 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 235DEG 51KT 3885 8896
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Montgomery | 13 min |
| Oct 18, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Washington | 49 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.