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Tornado Warning 58, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 6, 2008Bond County, Clinton County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2008, 4:22 PM CDT for Bond County, Clinton County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 min. 5 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 6, 2008, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2008, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bond County, IL, Clinton County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 4:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 W Carlyle, ILTREE LIMBS DOWNED POWER POLES...LINES EAST OF BECKEMEYER ON PIPELINE ROAD.
Jun 6, 4:36 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 W Carlyle, ILTREE DAMAGE ALONG ROUTE 50 BETWEEN BECKEMEYER AND CARLYLE.
Jun 6, 4:36 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGGermantown, ILLARGE TREES DOWNED. TREE ALSO ON TOP OF VEHICLE.
Jun 6, 4:37 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 Ne Carlyle, IL
Jun 6, 4:40 PM CDTTORNADO3 Ne Carlyle, ILOCCURRED OVER CARLYLE LAKE

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 12:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 751 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 387 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 062122
TORLSX
ILC005-027-062145-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0058.080606T2122Z-080606T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
422 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 420 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR AVISTON...OR ABOUT
  NEAR BREESE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BECKEMEYER...
  CARLYLE...
  TAMALCO...
  BOULDER...

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 3865 8914 3850 8962 3864 8967 3866 8962
      3866 8960 3867 8961 3879 8926 3874 8926
      3874 8922
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 245DEG 33KT 3862 8955

$$

GKS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLSX 062137
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
436 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

ILC005-027-062145-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-080606T2145Z/
CLINTON IL-BOND IL-
436 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BOND AND CLINTON COUNTIES...

AT 433 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STOLLETOWN...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF CARLYLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 46 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...BOULDER...KEYESPORT 
...AND TAMALCO.

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 3865 8914 3850 8962 3864 8967 3866 8962
      3866 8960 3867 8961 3879 8926 3874 8926
      3874 8922
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 234DEG 40KT 3872 8934

$$

GKS

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams38 min
Jun 6, 2:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMonroe, Saint Clair39 min
Jun 6, 2:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXClinton, Madison, Saint Clair51 min
Jun 6, 2:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMadison, Saint Clair4 hr
Jun 6, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMonroe48 min
Jun 6, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Fayette, Madison, Montgomery43 min
Jun 6, 3:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Montgomery7 hr
Jun 6, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXClinton, Madison, Saint Clair47 min
Jun 6, 3:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMonroe, Saint Clair4 hr
Jun 6, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion42 min
Jun 6, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion40 min
Jun 6, 4:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion6 hr
Jun 6, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Clinton30 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.