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Tornado Warning 44, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2013, 12:09 PM CST for Randolph County, Illinois. It was in force for 21 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
- Nov 17, 2013, 12:09 PM CST (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Randolph County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 8:40 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 269 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.
350
WFUS53 KLSX 171809
TORLSX
ILC157-171830-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0044.131117T1809Z-131117T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1209 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CST
* AT 1209 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BREMEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
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...
STEELEVILLE AND PERCY.
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 3787 8965 3784 8966 3780 8969 3784 8974
3785 8979 3788 8980 3790 8984 3790 8986
3799 8989 3808 8959 3795 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 251DEG 54KT 3795 8969
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BRITT1 follow-up statement
273
WWUS53 KLSX 171823 RRA
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1223 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
ILC157-171834-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-131117T1830Z/
RANDOLPH IL-
1223 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1230 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM.
LAT...LON 3787 8965 3784 8966 3780 8969 3784 8974
3785 8979 3788 8980 3790 8984 3790 8986
3799 8989 3808 8959 3795 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 251DEG 54KT 3802 8944
$$
CVKINGThe 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, 11:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.