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Tornado Warning 3, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jan 29, 2013, 3:42 PM CST for Calhoun County, Greene County, Jersey County, Illinois; Lincoln County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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
- Jan 29, 2013, 3:42 PM CST (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2013, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Lincoln County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 12:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 375 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
- 285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
859
WFUS53 KLSX 292142
TORLSX
ILC013-061-083-MOC113-292215-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0003.130129T2142Z-130129T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
342 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
WESTERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 415 PM CST
* AT 340 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WINFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE
HOMES COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR
SNAPPED. VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEECHVILLE...BATCHTOWN...MEPPEN...NUTWOOD...FIELDON AND OTTERVILLE.
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 3924 9054 3909 9030 3893 9066 3900 9076
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 232DEG 44KT 3898 9071
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CVKING2 follow-up statements
411
WWUS53 KLSX 292155
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
355 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
MOC113-292204-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130129T2215Z/
LINCOLN MO-
355 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3907 9065 3924 9054 3909 9030 3895 9061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 232DEG 44KT 3907 9056
$$
ILC013-061-083-292215-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130129T2215Z/
JERSEY IL-CALHOUN IL-GREENE IL-
355 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN GREENE...
CALHOUN AND WESTERN JERSEY COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CST...
AT 352 PM CST...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED ALONG THE
ILLINOIS RIVER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...POTENTIAL TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE HOMES
COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.
VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FIELDON AND OTTERVILLE.
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 3907 9065 3924 9054 3909 9030 3895 9061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 232DEG 44KT 3907 9056
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CVKING128 WWUS53 KLSX 292201 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 401 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ILC013-061-083-292211- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130129T2215Z/ JERSEY IL-CALHOUN IL-GREENE IL- 401 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GREENE...CALHOUN AND WESTERN JERSEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM. LAT...LON 3907 9065 3924 9054 3909 9030 3895 9061 TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 232DEG 44KT 3912 9047 $$ CVKING
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 1:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 40 min |
| Jan 29, 10:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 52 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway | 48 min |
| Jan 29, 1:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Jan 29, 1:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Jan 29, 2:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Osage | 48 min |
| Jan 29, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Warren | 38 min |
| Jan 29, 3:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Warren | 33 min |
| Jan 29, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles | 30 min |
| Jan 29, 4:08 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | Knox, Lewis, Shelby | 23 hr |
Nearby
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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.