Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 69, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 5:15 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 30 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, 5:15 AM CDT (10:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2010, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bond County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Montgomery County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 3:28 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 325 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.
538
WFUS53 KLSX 261015
TORLSX
ILC005-027-051-135-261045-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0069.101026T1015Z-101026T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
515 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 545 AM CDT
* AT 512 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JAMESTOWN...OR 7 MILES EAST OF HIGHLAND...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...VANDALIA...BEAVER CREEK...SORENTO...RENO...TAMALCO...
BOULDER...WOBURN...MULBERRY GROVE...VAN BURENSBURG...SHOBONIER...
DUDLEYVILLE...KEYESPORT...PANAMA...SMITHBORO...DONNELLSON...
PLEASANT MOUND...PITTSBURG...HAGERSTOWN AND CHAPMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3883 8900 3883 8914 3863 8915 3858 8960
3886 8960 3887 8963 3899 8964 3915 8924
3890 8878
TIME...MOT...LOC 1016Z 231DEG 53KT 3880 8949
$$
GLASS2 follow-up statements
972
WWUS53 KLSX 261030
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
530 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
ILC005-027-051-135-261045-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-101026T1045Z/
MONTGOMERY IL-CLINTON IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-
530 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN FAYETTE...EASTERN
BOND...NORTHEASTERN CLINTON AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES
UNTIL 545 AM CDT...
AT 526 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MULBERRY GROVE...OR NEAR GREENVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VANDALIA...VAN BURENSBURG...SHOBONIER...HAGERSTOWN...CHAPMAN...
SHAFTER...FILLMORE...BINGHAM...ST. PAUL AND LOOGOOTEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3883 8900 3883 8914 3863 8915 3860 8952
3875 8950 3885 8950 3906 8945 3915 8924
3890 8878
TIME...MOT...LOC 1029Z 233DEG 54KT 3892 8928
$$
GLASS642
WWUS53 KLSX 261047
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
547 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
ILC005-027-051-135-261057-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-101026T1045Z/
MONTGOMERY IL-CLINTON IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-
547 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FAYETTE...EASTERN BOND...
NORTHEASTERN CLINTON AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM.
LAT...LON 3883 8900 3883 8914 3863 8915 3860 8952
3875 8950 3885 8950 3906 8945 3915 8924
3890 8878
TIME...MOT...LOC 1030Z 233DEG 54KT 3893 8926
$$
GLASSThe 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, 1:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 41 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, 5:19 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.