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Tornado Warning 43, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 11:56 AM CST for Bond County, Clinton County, Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 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
- Nov 17, 2013, 11:56 AM CST (17:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bond County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 12:20 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Brownstown, IL | SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTS POWER LINES DOWN ALONG AVENA ROAD BETWEEN BROWNSTOWN AND SAINT ELMO. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 8:40 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1021 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.7
- Supercell composite
- 11.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
325
WFUS53 KLSX 171756
TORLSX
ILC005-027-051-171830-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0043.131117T1756Z-131117T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1156 AM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTH CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CST
* AT 1152 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAVER CREEK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VANDALIA...TAMALCO...MULBERRY GROVE...SHOBONIER...BROWNSTOWN...
DUDLEYVILLE...KEYESPORT...PLEASANT MOUND...PITTSBURG...
HAGERSTOWN...AVENA AND LOOGOOTEE.
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 3891 8885 3882 8903 3883 8913 3877 8914
3862 8945 3876 8955 3910 8900
TIME...MOT...LOC 1756Z 237DEG 41KT 3876 8939
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BRITT1 follow-up statement
702
WWUS53 KLSX 171828
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1228 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
ILC005-027-051-171838-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-131117T1830Z/
FAYETTE IL-BOND IL-CLINTON IL-
1228 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLINTON...SOUTHEASTERN BOND
AND SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3891 8885 3882 8903 3883 8913 3877 8914
3862 8945 3876 8955 3910 8900
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 237DEG 41KT 3896 8900
$$
BRITTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 11:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery | 41 min |
| Nov 17, 11:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 19 min |
| Nov 17, 11:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 24 min |
| Nov 17, 11:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 37 min |
| Nov 17, 11:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 19 min |
| Nov 17, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 26 min |
| Nov 17, 11:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Washington | 37 min |
| Nov 17, 12:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 21 min |
| Nov 17, 12:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 46 min |
| Nov 17, 12:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Madison, Montgomery | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.