Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 24, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2008, 4:57 PM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 48 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
- Mar 31, 2008, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2008, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clinton County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 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 312157 TORLSX ILC027-133-157-163-189-312245- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0024.080331T2157Z-080331T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 457 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS EXTREME NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR NEW DESIGN...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF WATERLOO...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RED BUD... SMITHTON... NEW ATHENS... FREEBURG... MARISSA... TILDEN... LIVELY GROVE... NEW MEMPHIS... OKAWVILLE... NASHVILLE... THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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 3870 8949 3822 8916 3820 9022 3842 9026 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 259DEG 47KT 3828 9012 $$ MILLER
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 312212 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 511 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ILC157-312221- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080331T2245Z/ RANDOLPH IL- 511 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3822 8916 3823 9002 3850 9003 3870 8949 TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 268DEG 44KT 3826 8993 $$ ILC027-133-163-189-312245- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080331T2245Z/ WASHINGTON IL-MONROE IL-ST. CLAIR IL-CLINTON IL- 511 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR WESTERN CLINTON...EASTERN ST. CLAIR...EASTERN MONROE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 508 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HECKER...OR ABOUT NEAR RED BUD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. RADAR ALSO SHOWED ANOTHER STRONG CIRCULATION JUST SOUTH OF FREEBURG...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...MARISSA... LENZBURG...LIVELY GROVE...STONE CHURCH...ELKTON...OAKDALE...CORDES... POSEN AND NASHVILLE. 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 3822 8916 3823 9002 3850 9003 3870 8949 TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 268DEG 44KT 3826 8993 $$ MILLER
000 WWUS53 KLSX 312229 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 529 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ILC133-163-312239- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080331T2245Z/ MONROE IL-ST. CLAIR IL- 529 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN ST. CLAIR AND EASTERN MONROE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3822 8916 3822 8971 3850 8971 3870 8949 TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 268DEG 44KT 3827 8965 $$ ILC027-189-312245- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080331T2245Z/ WASHINGTON IL-CLINTON IL- 529 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR WESTERN CLINTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LIVELY GROVE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF SPARTA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...ELKTON...OAKDALE... CORDES...ADDIEVILLE...POSEN...NASHVILLE AND BEAUCOUP. 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 3822 8916 3822 8971 3850 8971 3870 8949 TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 268DEG 44KT 3827 8965 $$ MILLER
000 WWUS53 KLSX 312243 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 543 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ILC027-189-312253- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080331T2245Z/ WASHINGTON IL-CLINTON IL- 543 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN CLINTON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 545 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM. LAT...LON 3822 8916 3822 8971 3850 8971 3870 8949 TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 268DEG 44KT 3828 8943 $$ MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 9:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Fayette | 5 days |
| Mar 31, 1:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 24 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 24 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 24 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jersey | 32 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 32 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.