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Tornado Warning 50, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2008, 3:53 AM CDT for Washington County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 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 4, 2008, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 4:21 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Washington County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 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 4, 2:06 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 040855
TORLSX
ILC189-040930-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0050.080604T0853Z-080604T0930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
353 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 430 AM CDT
* AT 351 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NASHVILLE. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR
OKAWVILLE. THESE ROTATIONS WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NASHVILLE...
ASHLEY...
NEW MINDEN...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER
NOW
LAT...LON 3822 8915 3821 8959 3847 8959 3848 8952
3847 8951 3847 8949 3846 8948 3848 8946
3850 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0853Z 268DEG 46KT 3824 8955
$$
BRITT2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 040908 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 406 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 ILC189-040930- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-080604T0930Z/ WASHINGTON IL- 406 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 401 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION NEAR POSEN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF NASHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...DU BOIS...RADOM... ASHLEY AND RICHVIEW. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3822 8915 3822 8945 3848 8946 3850 8914 TIME...MOT...LOC 0906Z 268DEG 46KT 3824 8934 $$ BRITT
000 WWUS53 KLSX 040921 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 420 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 ILC189-040930- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-080604T0930Z/ WASHINGTON IL- 420 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE ROTATION IN THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3822 8915 3822 8945 3848 8946 3850 8914 TIME...MOT...LOC 0920Z 268DEG 46KT 3825 8911 $$ 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, 3:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.