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Tornado Warning 66, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2008, 3:45 PM CDT for Bond County, Fayette County, Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 45 min. 6 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, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bond County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Montgomery County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 4:03 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Wnw Vandalia, IL | |
| Jun 27, 4:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | 2 N Vandalia, IL | |
| Jun 27, 4:17 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 N Vandalia, IL | |
| Jun 27, 4:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | 3 W Vandalia, IL | REPORT FROM VANDALIA LAKE. |
| Jun 27, 4:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 W Vandalia, IL | REPORT FROM VANDALIA LAKE. |
| Jun 27, 4:26 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Vandalia, IL | TWO 6 DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN AND NUMEROUS OTHER TREE LIMBS DOWN SOUTH OF I 70 AND NORTH OF VANDALIA. |
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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 272046
TORLSX
ILC005-051-135-272130-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0066.080627T2045Z-080627T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
345 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 339 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR WOBURN...OR ABOUT 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VANDALIA...
RAMSEY...
BROWNSTOWN...
WRIGHTS CORNER...
ST. ELMO...
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 3887 8935 3904 8943 3922 8894 3922 8881
3921 8880 3901 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 248DEG 27KT 3899 8928
$$
GLASS1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 272105
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
404 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
ILC005-135-272114-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-080627T2130Z/
MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-
404 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BOND AND SOUTHEASTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
LAT...LON 3901 8881 3892 8927 3908 8926 3922 8894
3922 8881 3921 8880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 252DEG 25KT 3901 8915
$$
ILC051-272130-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-080627T2130Z/
FAYETTE IL-
404 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
FAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHAFTER...OR ABOUT
NEAR VANDALIA...MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...RAMSEY...
BROWNSTOWN...AVENA...ST. ELMO AND WRIGHTS CORNER.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SPOTTERS HAVE
REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM.
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 3901 8881 3892 8927 3908 8926 3922 8894
3922 8881 3921 8880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 252DEG 25KT 3901 8915
$$
TILLYThe 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, 12:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 29 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, 3:57 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.