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Tornado Warning 33, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2013, 8:52 PM CDT for Bond County, Madison County, Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 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
- May 31, 2013, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2013, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bond County, IL, Madison County, IL, Montgomery County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 9:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sorento, IL | POWER POLES SNAPPED |
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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.
785
WFUS53 KLSX 010152
TORLSX
ILC005-119-135-010215-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0033.130601T0152Z-130601T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
852 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN 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 ALHAMBRA...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. THIS STORM PRODUCED DAMAGE IN
HARTFORD.
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...
GREENVILLE...POCAHONTAS...SORENTO...RENO...BEAVER CREEK...
TAMALCO...COFFEEN...WOBURN...MULBERRY GROVE...VAN BURENSBURG...
GRANTFORK...NEW DOUGLAS...SHILOH HILL...PIERRON...OLD RIPLEY...
PANAMA...DUDLEYVILLE...DONNELLSON...SMITHBORO AND PLEASANT MOUND.
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 3875 8926 3874 8952 3874 8959 3873 8960
3873 8974 3899 8972 3916 8925
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 255DEG 50KT 3889 8973
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
GLASS1 follow-up statement
542
WWUS53 KLSX 010202
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
902 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
ILC119-010212-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130601T0215Z/
MADISON IL-
902 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3874 8952 3874 8959 3875 8960 3887 8960
3887 8963 3892 8964 3899 8964 3916 8925
3875 8926
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 255DEG 50KT 3893 8956
$$
ILC005-135-010215-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130601T0215Z/
MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-
902 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOND AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 900 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RENO...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. SEMI TRUCKS HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED
ALONG I-55 AT HAMEL.
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...
GREENVILLE...RENO...BEAVER CREEK...TAMALCO...WOBURN...COFFEEN...
MULBERRY GROVE...VAN BURENSBURG...PANAMA...DUDLEYVILLE...
DONNELLSON...SMITHBORO...PLEASANT MOUND...CHAPMAN AND FILLMORE.
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 3874 8952 3874 8959 3875 8960 3887 8960
3887 8963 3892 8964 3899 8964 3916 8925
3875 8926
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 255DEG 50KT 3893 8956
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, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 25 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.