Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 69, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2008, 3:19 PM CDT for Brown County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 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
- Jul 8, 2008, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2008, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Brown County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1492 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 082019
TORLSX
ILC009-082045-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0069.080708T2019Z-080708T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
319 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 316 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT
STERLING...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 29 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL EASTERN BROWN COUNTY
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 4000 9060 3999 9060 3999 9051 3997 9051
3995 9053 3991 9054 3988 9058 3984 9058
3984 9080 3985 9081 3999 9083 4001 9062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 263DEG 25KT 3991 9069
$$
CARNEY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 082040
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
340 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
ILC009-082050-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-080708T2045Z/
BROWN IL-
340 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 345
PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4000 9060 3999 9060 3999 9051 3997 9051
3995 9053 3991 9054 3988 9058 3984 9058
3984 9080 3985 9081 3999 9083 4001 9062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 263DEG 25KT 3993 9050
$$
CARNEY/MCKINNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jersey and 9 more | 14 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 3:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Adams | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 4:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 3 days |
| Jul 8, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 41 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.