Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 10, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2014, 6:23 AM CDT for Clinton County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 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
- Apr 3, 2014, 6:23 AM CDT (11:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Clinton County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 511 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
159
WFUS53 KLSX 031123
TORLSX
ILC027-031200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0010.140403T1123Z-140403T1200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
623 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT
* AT 620 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BREESE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BOULDER AROUND 635 AM CDT.
SHATTUC AROUND 640 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HUEY...HOFFMAN AND FERRIN.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES CARLYLE LAKE RECREATIONAL AREA.
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 3854 8914 3851 8944 3867 8943 3873 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 1124Z 261DEG 47KT 3858 8942
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
TILLY2 follow-up statements
845
WWUS53 KLSX 031140
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
640 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014
ILC027-031200-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140403T1200Z/
CLINTON IL-
640 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY
UNTIL 700 AM CDT...
AT 637 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SHATTUC...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
CLINTON COUNTY.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES CARLYLE LAKE RECREATIONAL AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3852 8937 3868 8936 3873 8914 3856 8914
3854 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1139Z 261DEG 43KT 3863 8920
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
TILLY991
WWUS53 KLSX 031146
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
646 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014
ILC027-031156-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140403T1200Z/
CLINTON IL-
646 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN ST LOUIS.
LAT...LON 3852 8937 3868 8936 3873 8914 3856 8914
3854 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1146Z 261DEG 42KT 3863 8910
$$
TILLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 8:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Fayette | 5 days |
| Apr 3, 5:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 5:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 6:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Saint Clair | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 3:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair, Washington | 7 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.