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Tornado Warning 64, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 1:19 AM CDT for Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 41 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
- Oct 26, 2010, 1:19 AM CDT (06:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2010, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Pike County, IL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 405 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
551
WFUS53 KLSX 260619
TORLSX
ILC001-009-149-260700-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0064.101026T0619Z-101026T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
119 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 115 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF BARRY...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF
LOUISIANA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEVERLY...BUCKHORN...MOUNT STERLING...BAYLIS...NEW SALEM...
FISHHOOK...PERRY...CHAMBERSBURG...VERSAILLES...COOPERTOWN AND
RIPLEY.
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 4010 9070 4008 9070 4007 9067 4005 9068
4003 9061 3999 9060 3999 9052 3997 9051
3991 9054 3988 9058 3984 9057 3976 9061
3956 9107 3967 9113 4011 9071
TIME...MOT...LOC 0619Z 221DEG 43KT 3966 9101
$$
BRITT2 follow-up statements
577
WWUS53 KLSX 260630
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
130 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
ILC001-009-149-260700-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-101026T0700Z/
PIKE IL-BROWN IL-ADAMS IL-
130 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS...BROWN
AND NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 200 AM
CDT...
AT 125 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARRY...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF PITTSFIELD...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUCKHORN...MOUNT STERLING...FISHHOOK...PERRY...CHAMBERSBURG...
VERSAILLES...COOPERTOWN AND RIPLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN ST LOUIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3964 9096 3976 9104 4011 9071 4010 9070
4008 9070 4007 9067 4005 9068 4003 9061
3999 9060 3999 9052 3997 9051 3991 9054
3988 9058 3984 9057 3976 9061
TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 219DEG 42KT 3976 9091
$$
BRITT813
WWUS53 KLSX 260644
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
144 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
ILC001-149-260652-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-101026T0700Z/
PIKE IL-ADAMS IL-
144 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS AND NORTHEASTERN PIKE
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THE REST OF THE
NIGHT...AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT.
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 4011 9071 4008 9070 4007 9067 4005 9068
4003 9061 3999 9060 3999 9052 3997 9051
3995 9053 3991 9054 3988 9058 3984 9057
3985 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 218DEG 43KT 3988 9079
$$
ILC009-260700-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-101026T0700Z/
BROWN IL-
144 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BROWN COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM
CDT...
AT 139 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF BUCKHORN...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF
PITTSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUCKHORN...MOUNT STERLING...VERSAILLES...COOPERTOWN AND RIPLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN ST LOUIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4011 9071 4008 9070 4007 9067 4005 9068
4003 9061 3999 9060 3999 9052 3997 9051
3995 9053 3991 9054 3988 9058 3984 9057
3985 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 218DEG 43KT 3988 9079
$$
BRITTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 31 min |
| Oct 26, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 47 min |
| Oct 26, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 51 min |
| Oct 26, 1:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Brown | 19 min |
| Oct 26, 3:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 41 min |
| Oct 26, 3:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Pike | 41 min |
| Oct 26, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, Randolph and 1 more | 66 min |
| Oct 26, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Marion and 2 more | 57 min |
| Oct 26, 4:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Clair | 23 min |
| Oct 26, 5:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 5:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 23 min |
| Oct 26, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Montgomery, Washington | 45 min |
| Oct 26, 5:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 21 min |
| Oct 26, 6:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 17 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.