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Tornado Warning 82, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2008, 7:06 PM CDT for Bond County, Fayette County, Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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
- Aug 5, 2008, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 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 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Walshville, IL | SEVERAL POWER POLES SNAPPED AT 6 FEET OFF THE GROUND |
| Aug 5, 7:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Woburn, IL | LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN FROM JUST SOUTH OF WOBURN TO VAN BURENSBURG IN SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY |
| Aug 5, 7:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Mulberry Grove, IL | POWER LINES DOWN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1853 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLSX 060006 TORLSX ILC005-051-135-060045- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0082.080806T0006Z-080806T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 706 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 701 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAYLOR SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LITCHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 59 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COFFEEN... WOBURN... VAN BURENSBURG... MULBERRY GROVE... VANDALIA... SHOBONIER... 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 3908 8905 3884 8908 3905 8967 3917 8962 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 291DEG 52KT 3907 8952 $$ TILLY
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 060030
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
730 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008
ILC135-060040-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-080806T0045Z/
MONTGOMERY IL-
730 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3889 8907 3889 8908 3884 8908 3892 8931
3893 8931 3903 8928 3903 8926 3911 8926
3908 8906 3908 8905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 288DEG 49KT 3897 8913
$$
ILC005-051-060045-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-080806T0045Z/
BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-
730 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
FAYETTE AND NORTHEASTERN BOND COUNTIES...
AT 726 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHAFTER...OR NEAR
VANDALIA...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
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 3889 8907 3889 8908 3884 8908 3892 8931
3893 8931 3903 8928 3903 8926 3911 8926
3908 8906 3908 8905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 288DEG 45KT 3897 8913
$$
TILLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 17 min |
| Aug 5, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair, Washington | 13 min |
| Aug 5, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion, Monroe and 3 more | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 9:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin | 4 hr |
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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.