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Tornado Warning 57, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 3:43 PM CDT for Clinton County, Madison County, Saint Clair County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 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 6, 2008, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clinton County, IL, Madison County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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 6, 4:36 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Germantown, IL | LARGE TREES DOWNED. TREE ALSO ON TOP OF VEHICLE. |
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 6, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 751 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 407 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 062044
TORLSX
ILC027-119-163-062130-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0057.080606T2043Z-080606T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
343 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MILLSTADT...OR ABOUT NEAR WATERLOO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 49 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILLSTADT...
SMITHTON...
MASCOUTAH...
SCOTT AFB...
NEW BADEN...
TRENTON...
AVISTON...
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
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL
THIS STORM IS NEAR...MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION NOW.
LAT...LON 3831 9002 3833 9003 3836 9008 3843 9015
3849 9022 3875 8972 3851 8950
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 241DEG 43KT 3838 9016
$$
TILLY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 062126
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
426 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
ILC027-119-163-062136-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-080606T2130Z/
ST. CLAIR IL-CLINTON IL-MADISON IL-
426 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON...SOUTHWESTERN
CLINTON AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 430 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM
LAT...LON 3831 9002 3833 9003 3836 9008 3843 9015
3849 9022 3875 8972 3851 8950
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 241DEG 43KT 3863 8959
$$
GKSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 2:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Madison, Montgomery | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 3:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Montgomery | 7 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton | 30 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.