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Tornado Warning 49, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2008, 3:39 AM CDT for Randolph County, Saint Clair County, Washington County, Illinois. It was in force for 21 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 4, 2008, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 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, 3:48 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | Lively Grove, 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 4, 2:06 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 238 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 040840 TORLSX ILC157-163-189-040900- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0049.080604T0839Z-080604T0900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 339 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS NORTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS SOUTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 338 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR MARISSA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPARTA. A SECOND AREA OF STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARTA. BOTH WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TILDEN... COULTERVILLE... LIVELY GROVE... 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 8961 3804 8975 3837 8981 3840 8959 TIME...MOT...LOC 0839Z 275DEG 44KT 3822 8978 $$ BRITT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 040902 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 401 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 ILC157-163-189-040911- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080604T0900Z/ RANDOLPH IL-WASHINGTON IL-ST. CLAIR IL- 401 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR...SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 400 AM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A SEPARATE TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 430 AM. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3804 8961 3804 8975 3837 8981 3840 8959 TIME...MOT...LOC 0839Z 275DEG 44KT 3822 8978 $$ 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, 3:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.