Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 6, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 2009, 11:06 AM CDT for Monroe County, Randolph County, Saint Clair County, Illinois; Jefferson County, Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min. 8 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, 11:06 AM CDT (16:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2009, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Monroe County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Jefferson County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 11:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Nnw Bloomsdale, MO | LARGE CONSTRUCTION CRANE BLOWN DOWN...CORRECTION FOR LOCATION AND TIME |
| Mar 8, 11:20 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Red Bud, IL | |
| Mar 8, 11:20 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Red Bud, IL | MEASURED 57 MPH GUST |
| Mar 8, 11:20 AM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Red Bud, IL | *** 1 INJ *** LARGE HAIL BROKE WINDOWS...WITH GLASS CAUSING INJURIES TO ONE OCCUPANT OF THE HOME |
| Mar 8, 11:25 AM CDT | TORNADO | Prairie, IL | 3 HOUSES DAMAGED...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN |
| Mar 8, 11:35 AM CDT | TORNADO | Baldwin, IL | *** 1 INJ *** MOBILE HOME DESTROYED BY TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Mar 8, 11:40 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bloomsdale, MO | LARGE CONSTRUCTION CRANE BLOWN DOWN...TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Mar 8, 11:40 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Marissa, IL | 50 MPH GUST |
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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 081606 TORLSX ILC133-157-163-MOC099-186-081645- /O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0006.090308T1606Z-090308T1645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1106 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI NORTHERN STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS SOUTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1145 AM CDT * AT 1100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 9 MILES WEST OF BLOOMSDALE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DE SOTO...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RED BUD... EVANSVILLE... BALDWIN... MARISSA... 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKERL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3837 8972 3799 8972 3794 9030 3814 9043 TIME...MOT...LOC 1606Z 254DEG 54KT 3808 9027 $$ GLASS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLSX 081619 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1119 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 MOC099-186-081630- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090308T1645Z/ STE. GENEVIEVE MO-JEFFERSON MO- 1120 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3817 9026 3837 8972 3799 8972 3797 9000 TIME...MOT...LOC 1620Z 254DEG 54KT 3814 9001 $$ ILC133-157-163-081645- /O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090308T1645Z/ RANDOLPH IL-MONROE IL-ST. CLAIR IL- 1120 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES... AT 1117 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AMES...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED BUD...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...PRAIRIE...PRESTON... WALSH...BALDWIN...HOUSTON...LENZBURG AND MARISSA. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 3817 9026 3837 8972 3799 8972 3797 9000 TIME...MOT...LOC 1620Z 254DEG 54KT 3814 9001 $$ GLASS
000 WWUS53 KLSX 081648 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1148 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ILC133-157-163-081658- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090308T1645Z/ RANDOLPH IL-MONROE IL-ST. CLAIR IL- 1148 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1145 AM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM. LAT...LON 3817 9026 3837 8972 3799 8972 3797 9000 TIME...MOT...LOC 1619Z 254DEG 54KT 3813 9003 $$ GLASS
The 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, 10:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 24 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.