Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 23, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2009, 2:49 PM CDT for Adams County, Pike County, Illinois; Marion County, Ralls County, Missouri. It was in force for 26 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
- May 15, 2009, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2009, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, IL, Pike County, IL, Marion County, MO, Ralls County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:58 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Hannibal, MO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1193 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 578 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 151949 TORLSX ILC001-149-MOC127-173-152015- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0023.090515T1949Z-090515T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 249 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI... NORTHEASTERN RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PALMYRA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HANNIBAL...FALL CREEK...PAYSON...BARRY...BEVERLY...MARBLEHEAD... ILASCO...SEEHORN...HULL...ADAMS...PLAINVILLE...RICHFIELD... KINDERHOOK...LIBERTY AND KINGSTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR 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 3992 9100 3970 9096 3965 9157 3983 9160 TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 261DEG 32KT 3975 9147 $$ CARNEY
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 152005
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
305 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009
MOC127-173-152016-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090515T2015Z/
RALLS MO-MARION MO-
305 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND NORTHEASTERN RALLS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3970 9096 3970 9097 3967 9130 3972 9137
3980 9138 3985 9144 3992 9100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 260DEG 35KT 3976 9127
$$
ILC001-149-152015-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090515T2015Z/
PIKE IL-ADAMS IL-
305 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ADAMS AND NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
AT 306 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SEEHORN...OR 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF HANNIBAL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAYSON...BARRY...BEVERLY...HULL...PLAINVILLE...ADAMS...
KINDERHOOK...RICHFIELD...KINGSTON AND LIBERTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3970 9096 3970 9097 3967 9130 3972 9137
3980 9138 3985 9144 3992 9100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 260DEG 35KT 3976 9127
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 12:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 4 days |
| May 15, 12:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 5 days |
| May 15, 12:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 5 days |
| May 15, 12:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 6 days |
| May 15, 12:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 6 days |
| May 15, 12:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 7 days |
| May 15, 12:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 7 days |
| May 15, 12:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 8 days |
| May 15, 12:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Madison | 10 days |
| May 15, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 47 min |
| May 15, 2:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 5 hr |
| May 15, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 47 min |
| May 15, 3:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Brown | 8 days |
| May 15, 4:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Brown | 4 hr |
| May 15, 4:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 6 hr |
| May 15, 5:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Brown, Pike | 6 hr |
| May 15, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 63 min |
| May 15, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 35 min |
| May 15, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Pike | 39 min |
| May 15, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Pike | 51 min |
| May 15, 6:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene | 5 hr |
| May 15, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey, Madison, Saint Clair | 46 min |
| May 14, 9:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 5 days |
| May 15, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 48 hr |
| May 15, 10:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Knox | 6 hr |
| May 15, 11:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Knox | 6 hr |
| May 15, 11:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 6 hr |
| May 15, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis | 25 min |
| May 15, 2:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Shelby | 6 hr |
| May 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby | 45 min |
| May 15, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Monroe, Pike, Ralls | 42 min |
| May 15, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau | 47 min |
| May 15, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 31 min |
| May 15, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway | 19 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.