Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 44, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2008, 8:52 PM CDT for Greene County, Macoupin County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 3, 2008, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2008, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, IL, Macoupin County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 040152
TORLSX
ILC061-117-040230-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0044.080604T0152Z-080604T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
852 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
NORTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR ATHENSVILLE...OR
ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF WHITE HALL...MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALMYRA...
VIRDEN...
GIRARD...
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 3938 8971 3930 9026 3949 9033 3953 9021
3953 8970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 251DEG 25KT 3944 9018
$$
GLASS3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 040202 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 902 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ILC061-040212- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-080604T0230Z/ GREENE IL- 902 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3938 8971 3932 9014 3953 9015 3953 8970 TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 253DEG 27KT 3946 9008 $$ ILC117-040230- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-080604T0230Z/ MACOUPIN IL- 902 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY... AT 858 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTTVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF WHITE HALL...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...PALMYRA...MODESTO... NILWOOD...VIRDEN AND GIRARD. 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 3938 8971 3932 9014 3953 9015 3953 8970 TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 253DEG 27KT 3946 9008 $$ GLASS
000
WWUS53 KLSX 040218
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
919 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
ILC117-040230-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-080604T0230Z/
MACOUPIN IL-
919 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MACOUPIN COUNTY...
AT 917 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR MODESTO...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF VIRDEN...MOVING EAST AT 31
MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...NILWOOD...VIRDEN AND
GIRARD.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3951 8970 3938 8971 3935 8998 3953 9003
3953 8970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 253DEG 27KT 3950 8992
$$
GLASS000
WWUS53 KLSX 040229
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
928 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
ILC117-040238-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-080604T0230Z/
MACOUPIN IL-
928 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MACOUPIN COUNTY EXPIRES AT
930 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 200 AM.
LAT...LON 3951 8970 3938 8971 3935 8998 3953 9003
3953 8970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 253DEG 27KT 3952 8984
$$
GLASSThe 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, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 48 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, 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 |
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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.