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Tornado Warning 41, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 3, 2008Calhoun County, Greene County, Pike County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2008, 7:57 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Greene County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 48 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: Jun 3, 2008, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Pike County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 8:10 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Hillview, IL

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
Jun 3, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.9
Supercell composite: 14.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 040057
TORLSX
ILC013-061-149-040145-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0041.080604T0057Z-080604T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
757 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
  NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
  SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO 6 MILES EAST OF BELLEVIEW...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF ELSBERRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 26 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHITE HALL...

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 3942 9030 3927 9075 3929 9078 3943 9085
      3953 9058 3953 9055
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 246DEG 23KT 3937 9066

$$

GLASS

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Pike	49 min
Jun 3, 8:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Greene, Jersey	49 min
Jun 3, 8:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Pike	4 hr
Jun 3, 8:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Greene, Macoupin	38 min
Jun 3, 9:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Jersey	39 min
Jun 3, 9:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Greene, Jersey, Macoupin	47 min
Jun 3, 9:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Saint Clair	36 days
Jun 3, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Montgomery	35 min
Jun 3, 11:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Pike	50 min
Jun 4, 12:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Pike	6 hr
Jun 4, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair	50 min
Jun 4, 3:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair	34 min
Jun 4, 3:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington	21 min
Jun 4, 3:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Washington	28 min
Jun 4, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette	14 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.