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Tornado Warning 77, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2008, 7:41 PM CDT for Adams County, Brown County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 27, 2008, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:11 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mound Station, IL | NUMEROUS TREES AND LIMBS DOWN IN MOUND STATION. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 566 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1193 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 280041
TORLSX
ILC001-009-280130-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0077.080728T0041Z-080728T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
741 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 9 MILES NORTH OF MENDON...
OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 46 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOLDEN...
CAMP POINT...
CLAYTON...
BUCKHORN...
MOUNT STERLING...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
70 MPH.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
LAT...LON 4020 9092 4011 9091 4011 9070 4008 9070
4007 9067 4005 9068 4003 9061 3999 9060
3998 9057 3984 9067 3984 9069 4013 9152
4021 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 289DEG 40KT 4020 9131
$$
CARNEY2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 280055
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
755 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
ILC001-009-280130-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-080728T0130Z/
BROWN IL-ADAMS IL-
755 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
ADAMS AND BROWN COUNTIES...
AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODVILLE...OR 20
MILES NORTHEAST OF QUINCY...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 53 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...GOLDEN...CLAYTON...
MOUND STATION...BUCKHORN...MOUNT STERLING...COOPERTOWN...RIPLEY AND
VERSAILLES.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
LAT...LON 4020 9092 4011 9091 4011 9070 4008 9070
4007 9067 4005 9068 4003 9061 3999 9060
3998 9057 3984 9067 3984 9069 4013 9152
4021 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 291DEG 46KT 4013 9110
$$
CARNEY000
WWUS53 KLSX 280131
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
831 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
ILC001-009-280140-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-080728T0130Z/
BROWN IL-ADAMS IL-
830 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ADAMS AND BROWN COUNTIES EXPIRES
AT 830 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE
ROTATING AND IS NOT AN IMMEDIATE THREAT FOR TORNADOES. HOWEVER...A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ADAMS AND BROWN
COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM TONIGHT.
LAT...LON 4020 9092 4011 9091 4011 9070 4008 9070
4007 9067 4005 9068 4003 9061 3999 9060
3998 9057 3984 9067 3984 9069 4013 9152
4021 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 291DEG 46KT 3997 9056
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 8:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Pike | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Pike | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison and 3 more | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 3:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Madison | 7 days |
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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.