Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 5, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 2009, 10:51 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Jersey County, Illinois; Lincoln County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 min. 4 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
- Mar 8, 2009, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2009, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Lincoln County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 10:55 AM CDT | TORNADO | 1 W Nutwood, IL | TORNADO SPOTTED NEAR COON CREEK WITH DAMAGE |
| Mar 8, 10:59 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Fieldon, IL | |
| Mar 8, 11:00 AM CDT | TORNADO | Fieldon, IL | TORNADO SPOTTED NEAR FIELDON |
| Mar 8, 11:02 AM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S Nutwood, IL | POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE JUST NORTH OF ROSEDALE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:32 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 081551
TORLSX
ILC013-083-MOC113-081615-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0005.090308T1551Z-090308T1615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1051 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
* AT 1049 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 4 MILES EAST OF
WINFIELD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST. PAUL...MOVING EAST AT
60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRAFTON...
JERSEYVILLE...
KEMPER...
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 3924 9015 3900 9015 3900 9027 3897 9028
3896 9040 3897 9045 3895 9048 3893 9066
3894 9068 3892 9073 3903 9080 3918 9036
3918 9032 3919 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1551Z 249DEG 53KT 3899 9063
$$
CARNEY2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLSX 081602
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1102 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
ILC013-MOC113-081612-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090308T1615Z/
CALHOUN IL-LINCOLN MO-
1102 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN AND CALHOUN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. A
TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM.
LAT...LON 3924 9015 3900 9015 3899 9045 3900 9056
3906 9059 3907 9059 3910 9061 3911 9059
3910 9058 3918 9036 3918 9032 3919 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1602Z 249DEG 53KT 3907 9044
$$
ILC083-081615-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090308T1615Z/
JERSEY IL-
1102 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR JERSEY
COUNTY...
AT 1100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FIELDON...OR 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF JERSEYVILLE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...JERSEYVILLE...
MCCLUSKY...DELHI...FIDELITY AND KEMPER.
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.
LAT...LON 3924 9015 3900 9015 3899 9045 3900 9056
3906 9059 3907 9059 3910 9061 3911 9059
3910 9058 3918 9036 3918 9032 3919 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1602Z 249DEG 53KT 3907 9044
$$
CARNEY000
WWUS53 KLSX 081608
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1108 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
ILC083-081615-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090308T1615Z/
JERSEY IL-
1107 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR JERSEY
COUNTY...
AT 1106 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS
NEAR NUTWOOD AND FIELDON ALONG HIGHWAY 16 IN JERSEY COUNTY. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JERSEYVILLE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...FIDELITY AND KEMPER.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3924 9015 3900 9015 3899 9045 3900 9056
3906 9059 3907 9059 3910 9061 3911 9059
3910 9058 3918 9036 3918 9032 3919 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1607Z 248DEG 56KT 3913 9034
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 9:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Adams | 8 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Mar 8, 11:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin | 13 min |
| Mar 8, 11:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 43 min |
| Mar 8, 12:16 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 10 min |
| Mar 8, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage | 38 min |
| Mar 8, 9:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery and 2 more | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Osage | 26 min |
| Mar 8, 9:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 10:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 10:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren | 26 min |
| Mar 8, 10:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 10:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 2:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 5 days |
| Mar 8, 2:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 4 days |
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.