Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 64, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2008, 12:31 PM CDT for Adams County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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 27, 2008, 12:31 PM CDT (17:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, IL, Pike County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 12:37 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Plainville, IL | PENNY SIZE HAIL AND 50 MPH WIND GUSTS OBSERVED. |
| Jun 27, 12:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 7 E Liberty, 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 27, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 699 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 271732 TORLSX ILC001-149-271800- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0064.080627T1731Z-080627T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1231 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 100 PM CDT * AT 1228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARRY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF HANNIBAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 33 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BEVERLY... 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. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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. LAT...LON 4005 9092 3977 9092 3968 9105 3981 9122 TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 236DEG 29KT 3978 9107 $$ PRZYBYLINSKI
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 271743 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1239 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ILC001-149-271800- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-080627T1800Z/ PIKE IL-ADAMS IL- 1239 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS AND NORTHERN PIKE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... AT 1237 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ADAMS COUNTY ILLINOIS REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL AND ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE TOWN OF PLAINVILLE ILLINOIS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE TORNADOES. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4005 9092 3977 9092 3968 9105 3981 9122 TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 236DEG 29KT 3981 9100 $$ PRZYBYLINSKI
000 WWUS53 KLSX 271758 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1256 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ILC001-149-271806- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-080627T1800Z/ PIKE IL-ADAMS IL- 1256 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS AND NORTHERN PIKE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS EXPIRES AT 100 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THE AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM SOUTHWEST BROWN THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8:00 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4005 9092 3977 9092 3968 9105 3981 9122 TIME...MOT...LOC 1756Z 236DEG 29KT 3989 9085 $$ PRZYBYLINSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 4:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 52 min |
| Jun 27, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Pike | 23 min |
| Jun 27, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown, Pike | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Montgomery | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Montgomery | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 21 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.