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Tornado Warning 65, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 27, 2008Greene County, Pike County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2008, 1:22 PM CDT for Greene County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 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 27, 2008, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2008, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Greene County, IL, Pike County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 27, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2008-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 301 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 2008-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1261 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KLSX 271822
TORLSX
ILC061-149-271845-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0065.080627T1822Z-080627T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
122 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
  SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  MILTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PITTSFIELD...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MILTON...
  BEDFORD...
  MONTEZUMA...

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 3956 9058 3953 9058 3952 9044 3942 9075
      3950 9081 3962 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 245DEG 19KT 3949 9070

$$

TILLY
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLSX 271843
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
142 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

ILC061-149-271852-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-080627T1845Z/
GREENE IL-PIKE IL-
142 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS 
WILL EXPIRE AT 145 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM.

LAT...LON 3956 9058 3953 9058 3952 9044 3942 9075
      3950 9081 3962 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 246DEG 18KT 3953 9056

$$

TILLY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike34 min
Jun 27, 4:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXWashington3 hr
Jun 27, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams, Pike56 min
Jun 27, 12:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdams, Pike29 min
Jun 27, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams, Brown, Pike52 min
Jun 27, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBrown, Pike27 min
Jun 27, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery43 min
Jun 27, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette, Montgomery45 min
Jun 27, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison, Saint Clair46 min
Jun 27, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton, Saint Clair, Washington27 min
Jun 27, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery33 min
Jun 27, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Fayette, Montgomery45 min
Jun 27, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton, Saint Clair, Washington48 min
Jun 27, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXWashington38 min
Jun 27, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton, Marion48 min
Jun 27, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXFayette29 min
Jun 27, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion30 min
Jun 27, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXWashington21 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.