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Tornado Warning 12, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2012, 12:59 PM CDT for Washington County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 23, 2012, 12:59 PM CDT (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Washington County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
389
WFUS53 KLSX 231759
TORLSX
ILC189-231845-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0012.120323T1759Z-120323T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1259 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 1253 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR TAMAROA...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF DU
QUOIN. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS AND
SOME DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...AT 1248 PM...GOLF BALL
HAIL AT DU QUOIN WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHLEY...IRVINGTON...DU BOIS...RADOM AND RICHVIEW.
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.
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 3821 8915 3821 8925 3848 8922 3847 8914
3822 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 197DEG 28KT 3814 8918
$$
TES2 follow-up statements
165
WWUS53 KLSX 231816
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
116 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
ILC189-231845-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120323T1845Z/
WASHINGTON IL-
116 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
UNTIL 145 PM CDT...
AT 111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...MOST RECENTLY IN DU
QUOIN. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
TAMAROA...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF DU QUOIN...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
IN ADDITION...THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHLEY...IRVINGTON...RADOM AND RICHVIEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN ST LOUIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3821 8915 3821 8925 3848 8922 3847 8914
3822 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 201DEG 24KT 3822 8912
$$
TES989
WWUS53 KLSX 231850
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
150 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
ILC189-231900-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120323T1845Z/
WASHINGTON IL-
150 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA TO THE EAST.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM 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 3821 8915 3821 8925 3848 8922 3847 8914
3822 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 201DEG 24KT 3823 8912
$$
TESThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 43 min |
| Mar 23, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene | 14 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.