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Tornado Warning 32, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2013, 8:50 PM CDT for Macoupin County, Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports 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
- May 31, 2013, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2013, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Macoupin County, IL, Montgomery County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Gillespie, IL | POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH A WINDOW BLOWN OUT |
| May 31, 8:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | Gillespie, IL | ROOF OF GYMNASIUM BLOWN OFF...25-30 HOMES HAD ROOFS BLOWN OFF |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
190
WFUS53 KLSX 010150
TORLSX
ILC117-135-010215-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0032.130601T0150Z-130601T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
850 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 849 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GILLESPIE...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...
LITCHFIELD...NOKOMIS...RAYMOND...WITT...HORNSBY...HONEY BEND...
BUTLER...HARVEL...COALTON...WENONAH AND OHLMAN.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES LAKE LOU YAEGER.
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 3902 8983 3917 8996 3940 8953 3936 8952
3935 8922 3931 8918
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 238DEG 46KT 3914 8980
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, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 29 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, 8:52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.