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Tornado Warning 68, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2008, 4:59 PM CDT for Washington County, Illinois. It was in force for 21 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, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 5:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Washington County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 272159 TORLSX ILC189-272230- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0068.080627T2159Z-080627T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 459 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 2 MILES SOUTH OF BEACOUP...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NASHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ASHLEY... 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 3829 8935 3837 8935 3840 8915 3823 8915 TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 270DEG 30KT 3831 8924 $$ TILLY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 272220 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 520 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ILC189-272230- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-080627T2230Z/ WASHINGTON IL- 520 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM. LAT...LON 3829 8935 3837 8935 3840 8915 3823 8915 TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 267DEG 26KT 3832 8906 $$ 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, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 30 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.