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Tornado Warning 48, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 4, 2008Monroe County, Randolph County, Saint Clair County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2008, 3:11 AM CDT for Monroe County, Randolph County, Saint Clair County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min. 7 reports 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 4, 2008, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2008, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Monroe County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 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 4, 3:30 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	New Athens, IL	3 TO 4 INCH LIMBS AND WIRES DOWN FROM NEW ATHENS TO MARISSA....APPROX TIME 330 TO 340 AM
Jun 4, 3:31 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Se Red Bud, IL	INTENSE WINDS...HOUSE SHAKING...CORRECTION TO LOCATION
Jun 4, 3:31 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Red Bud, IL	INTENSE WINDS...HOUSE SHAKING
Jun 4, 3:35 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Se Red Bud, IL	POLE BARN WAS SHIFTED OFF ITS FOUNDATION...TWO OVERHEAD DOORS CAVED IN AND PART OF THE ROOF PEELED OFF. ALSO...HOME SUFFERED MINOR DAMGE TO GUTTERS AND PORCH.
Jun 4, 3:35 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Evansville, IL	10 INCH DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED OFF AT THE GROUND...TIME ESTIMATED
Jun 4, 3:40 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Baldwin, IL	TREES DOWN
Jun 4, 3:44 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Evansville, IL	10 INCH DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED OFF AT THE GROUND

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 4, 2:06 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 253 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 040811
TORLSX
ILC133-157-163-040845-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0048.080604T0811Z-080604T0845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
311 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
  NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
  SOUTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 310 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW
  DESIGN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRYSTAL CITY...MOVING EAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW DESIGN...
  RED BUD...
  EVANSVILLE...
  BALDWIN...

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 3804 8975 3811 9024 3816 9029 3823 9034
      3837 8981
TIME...MOT...LOC 0811Z 271DEG 44KT 3817 9022

$$

BRITT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 040827
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
326 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

ILC133-157-163-040845-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-080604T0845Z/
RANDOLPH IL-MONROE IL-ST. CLAIR IL-
326 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ST. CLAIR...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES...

AT 324 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR AMES.  A 
SECOND AREA OF STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTH OF RED
BUD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...EVANSVILLE...
PRESTON...WALSH...BALDWIN AND HOUSTON.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER
NOW

LAT...LON 3804 8975 3809 9007 3829 9008 3837 8981
TIME...MOT...LOC 0826Z 275DEG 41KT 3813 9000

$$

BRITT

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 040847
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
343 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

ILC133-157-163-040853-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-080604T0845Z/
RANDOLPH IL-MONROE IL-ST. CLAIR IL-
343 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ST. CLAIR...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE 
AND NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 345 AM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

A SEPARATE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RANDOLPH AND 
SOUTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 4 AM CDT.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH 
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3804 8975 3809 9007 3829 9008 3837 8981
TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 275DEG 41KT 3811 8975

$$

BRITT

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, 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, 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, 3:39 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.