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Tornado Warning 30, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2013, 8:31 PM CDT for Greene County, Jersey County, Macoupin County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 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
- May 31, 2013, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 2269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.6
- Supercell composite
- 15.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
003
WFUS53 KLSX 010131
TORLSX
ILC061-083-117-010200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0030.130601T0131Z-130601T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
831 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
CENTRAL MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 827 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KEMPER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENFIELD...PALMYRA...CHESTERFIELD AND HETTICK.
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 3948 9003 3930 8983 3917 9015 3928 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 243DEG 27KT 3924 9017
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
GLASS1 follow-up statement
957
WWUS53 KLSX 010145
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
845 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
ILC061-083-010155-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-130601T0200Z/
JERSEY IL-GREENE IL-
845 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENE AND NORTHEASTERN
JERSEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3930 8983 3917 9014 3926 9015 3937 9015
3948 9003
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 240DEG 45KT 3931 8995
$$
ILC117-010200-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-130601T0200Z/
MACOUPIN IL-
845 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MACOUPIN COUNTY
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
AT 840 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF CARLINVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALMYRA.
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 3930 8983 3917 9014 3926 9015 3937 9015
3948 9003
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 240DEG 45KT 3931 8995
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
GLASSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey, Madison | 45 min |
| May 31, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 31 min |
| May 31, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 37 min |
| May 31, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 48 min |
| May 31, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 34 min |
| May 31, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Madison | 27 min |
| May 31, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery and 2 more | 55 min |
| May 31, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 25 min |
| May 31, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Madison, Montgomery | 23 min |
| May 31, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 34 min |
| May 31, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 23 min |
| May 31, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Marion, Montgomery | 32 min |
| May 31, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 54 min |
| May 31, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 47 min |
| May 31, 10:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 6 hr |
| May 31, 11:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Monroe, Randolph and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Marion, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Monroe, Randolph and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Marion, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Marion, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.