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Tornado Warning 46, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2010, 2:36 PM CDT for Bond County, Fayette County, Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2010, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2010, 2:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 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), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 15, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 630 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
550
WFUS53 KLSX 151936
TORLSX
ILC005-051-135-152015-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0046.100615T1936Z-100615T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
236 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOBURN...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF GREENVILLE...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VAN BURENSBURG...RAMSEY...WRIGHTS CORNER...CHAPMAN...FILLMORE...
SHAFTER...BINGHAM AND BAYLE CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3893 8940 3906 8954 3924 8914 3922 8913
3922 8884 3919 8880 3904 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 247DEG 36KT 3901 8933
$$
CARNEY1 follow-up statement
026
WWUS53 KLSX 151959
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
259 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
ILC005-051-135-152009-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-100615T2015Z/
MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-
259 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN FAYETTE...NORTHEASTERN BOND AND
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN ST LOUIS.
LAT...LON 3893 8940 3906 8954 3924 8914 3922 8913
3922 8884 3919 8880 3904 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 247DEG 36KT 3909 8907
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Madison, Saint Clair | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Madison, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 2:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 27 min |
| Jun 15, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 3:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Clinton, Fayette, Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 15 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.