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Tornado Warning 26, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2014, 5:54 PM CDT for Greene County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 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
- Jun 7, 2014, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2014, 6:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Greene County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
802
WFUS53 KLSX 072254
TORLSX
ILC061-072330-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0026.140607T2254Z-140607T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
554 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 554 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF CARROLLTON...AND MOVING EAST AT
30 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...
CARROLLTON AROUND 610 PM CDT.
GREENFIELD AROUND 630 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WALKERSVILLE...BELLTOWN...
BERDAN...WRIGHTS AND ROCKBRIDGE.
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 3946 9022 3927 9015 3920 9058 3936 9061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 256DEG 25KT 3929 9052
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
GLASS2 follow-up statements
091
WWUS53 KLSX 072309
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
609 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
ILC061-072330-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-140607T2330Z/
GREENE IL-
609 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY
UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 608 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CARROLLTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CARROLLTON AROUND 615 PM CDT.
GREENFIELD AROUND 630 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BELLTOWN...BERDAN AND WRIGHTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3922 9050 3938 9053 3946 9022 3927 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 256DEG 25KT 3932 9045
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
GLASS593 WWUS53 KLSX 072317 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 617 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 ILC061-072327- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-140607T2330Z/ GREENE IL- 617 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL GREENE 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. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. LAT...LON 3922 9050 3938 9053 3946 9022 3927 9015 TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 256DEG 25KT 3933 9038 $$ GLASS
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 30 min |
| Jun 7, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 27 min |
| Jun 7, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 17 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.