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Tornado Warning 67, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 27, 2008Fayette County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2008, 4:31 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 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, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Fayette County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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.

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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 272130
TORLSX
ILC051-272200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0067.080627T2131Z-080627T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES NORTH OF
  BROWNSTOWN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF VANDALIA...MOVING EAST
  AT 33 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WRIGHTS CORNER...

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 3897 8902 3911 8906 3921 8881 3901 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 254DEG 28KT 3908 8891

$$

TILLY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KLSX 272202
SVSLSX

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

ILC051-272212-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-080627T2200Z/
FAYETTE IL-
502 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 500
PM CDT...

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

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

LAT...LON 3897 8902 3911 8906 3921 8881 3901 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 254DEG 28KT 3908 8891

$$

TILLY

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, 12:31 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, 3:45 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, 4:55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.