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Tornado Warning 22, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 4:31 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Illinois; Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 19, 2011, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, IL, Pike County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 4:40 PM CDT | HAIL 4.5 | Clarksville, MO | REPORT CAME IN VIA TWITTER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
158
WFUS53 KLSX 192131
TORLSX
ILC013-MOC163-192215-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0022.110419T2131Z-110419T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
431 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
EASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR CLARKSVILLE...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LOUISIANA. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS TORNADIC STORM AS WELL AS VERY
LARGE HAIL. TAKE SHELTER NOW.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARKSVILLE...BELLEVIEW AND KAMPSVILLE.
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 3940 9067 3939 9062 3937 9062 3936 9062
3929 9061 3931 9097 3933 9098 3936 9098
3938 9091 3937 9089 3938 9071
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 266DEG 25KT 3937 9096
$$
TILLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Pike | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 6:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 6:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 7:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 7:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 8:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 11:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey | 85 days |
| Apr 19, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Pike | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin, Madison | 61 min |
| Apr 19, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 64 min |
| Apr 19, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Moniteau, Osage | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 3:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Gasconade, Osage | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 3:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Moniteau | 21 min |
| Apr 19, 3:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 4 more | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren, Washington | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 8:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 30 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 19 days |
| Apr 19, 11:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis | 30 days |
| Apr 19, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Montgomery, Pike | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Osage | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Osage | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Callaway, Montgomery, Warren | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Saint Charles, Warren | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Saint Charles, Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Warren | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison, Reynolds, Saint Francois, Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Saint Charles | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 6:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Franklin, Warren | 5 hr |
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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.