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Tornado Warning 30, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2009, 4:14 PM CDT for Adams County, Brown County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 min. 5 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
- Jun 2, 2009, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2009, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | Clayton, IL | BRIEF TORNADO REPORTED WITH MINOR TREE DAMAGE |
| Jun 2, 4:28 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 1 Sw Clayton, IL | |
| Jun 2, 4:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Sw Mound Station, IL | TIN RIPPED OFF A BARN...3 TO 4 FT DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED...HAIL DAMAGE TO SIDE OF HOUSE |
| Jun 2, 4:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | Mound Station, IL | RELAYED THROUGH ILLINOIS STATE POLICE FROM BROWN COUNTY. TORNADO NEAR MOUND STATION (TIMEWELL). NO REPORT OF DAMAGE. |
| Jun 2, 4:40 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 1 Sw Camp Point, IL | SPOTTER REPORTS PEA SIZE HAIL AND 0.80 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 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 022114 TORLSX ILC001-009-022145- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0030.090602T2114Z-090602T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 414 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... WESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 411 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF CAMP POINT...OR 17 MILES EAST OF QUINCY...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLAYTON...BUCKHORN...KELLERVILLE AND MOUND STATION. 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS. && LAT...LON 4006 9079 3984 9081 3990 9113 4006 9107 TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 272DEG 9KT 3996 9107 $$ TES
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLSX 022132 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 432 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 ILC001-009-022145- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-090602T2145Z/ BROWN IL-ADAMS IL- 432 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR EASTERN ADAMS AND WESTERN BROWN COUNTIES... AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KELLERVILLE...OR 23 MILES EAST OF QUINCY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERAL REPORTS HAVE COME IN FROMS SPOTTERS OF A WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM AND PERSISTENT ROTATION. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY MOMENT...SO IF IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BUCKHORN AROUND 445 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MOUND STATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4006 9079 3984 9081 3990 9113 4006 9107 TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 272DEG 17KT 3996 9094 $$ TES
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 2:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Fayette, Marion | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Brown | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 5:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 6 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.