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Tornado Warning 77, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Dec 31, 2010, 9:43 AM CST for Adams County, Brown County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 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
- Dec 31, 2010, 9:43 AM CST (15:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2010, 10:15 AM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 7:29 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
669
WFUS53 KLSX 311543
TORLSX
ILC001-009-311615-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0077.101231T1543Z-101231T1615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
943 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1015 AM CST
* AT 939 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF BEVERLY...OR 20 MILES EAST OF
QUINCY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUCKHORN...MOUNT STERLING...KELLERVILLE...MOUND STATION...
COOPERTOWN AND RIPLEY.
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 4011 9070 4008 9070 4007 9067 4005 9068
4003 9061 4001 9061 3999 9060 3999 9052
3996 9053 3983 9102 3990 9111 4011 9078
TIME...MOT...LOC 1543Z 237DEG 56KT 3990 9095
$$
CVKING2 follow-up statements
073
WWUS53 KLSX 311558
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
958 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
ILC001-311608-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-101231T1615Z/
ADAMS IL-
958 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4011 9070 4008 9070 4007 9067 4005 9068
4003 9064 4003 9061 3999 9060 3999 9052
3996 9053 3992 9092 3999 9092 4011 9078
TIME...MOT...LOC 1558Z 232DEG 31KT 3998 9086
$$
ILC009-311615-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-101231T1615Z/
BROWN IL-
958 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY
UNTIL 1015 AM CST...
AT 956 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCKHORN...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RUSHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT STERLING...MOUND STATION...RIPLEY AND COOPERTOWN.
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 4011 9070 4008 9070 4007 9067 4005 9068
4003 9064 4003 9061 3999 9060 3999 9052
3996 9053 3992 9092 3999 9092 4011 9078
TIME...MOT...LOC 1558Z 232DEG 31KT 3998 9086
$$
CVKING775
WWUS53 KLSX 311607
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1007 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
ILC009-311618-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-101231T1615Z/
BROWN IL-
1007 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1015
AM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN ST LOUIS.
LAT...LON 4011 9070 4008 9070 4007 9067 4005 9068
4003 9064 4003 9061 3999 9060 3999 9052
3996 9053 3992 9092 3999 9092 4011 9078
TIME...MOT...LOC 1608Z 232DEG 31KT 4003 9077
$$
CVKINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 10:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 38 min |
| Dec 31, 11:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 60 min |
| Dec 31, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 45 min |
| Dec 31, 11:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 53 min |
| Dec 31, 11:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 51 min |
| Dec 31, 11:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe and 2 more | 61 min |
| Dec 31, 12:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Montgomery | 67 min |
| Dec 31, 12:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair and 1 more | 48 min |
| Dec 31, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 49 min |
| Dec 31, 1:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Washington | 50 min |
| Dec 31, 1:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 61 min |
| Dec 31, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 60 min |
| Dec 31, 2:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Washington | 53 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.