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Tornado Warning 27, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2014, 6:54 PM CDT for Madison County, Illinois. It was in force for 17 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, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2014, 7:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Madison County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.
749
WFUS53 KLSX 072354
TORLSX
ILC119-080045-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0027.140607T2354Z-140608T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
654 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 653 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ALTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DORSEY AND FOSTERBURG.
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 3892 9013 3898 9015 3900 9003 3900 8998
3892 8995
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 256DEG 12KT 3894 9012
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KANOFSKY2 follow-up statements
905
WWUS53 KLSX 080007
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
707 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
ILC119-080045-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140608T0045Z/
MADISON IL-
707 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL MADISON
COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 705 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BETHALTO...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DORSEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 9004 3899 9006 3900 9005 3900 9003
3900 8998 3892 8995
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 256DEG 12KT 3895 9007
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
KANOFSKY682
WWUS53 KLSX 080011
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
711 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
ILC119-080021-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140608T0045Z/
MADISON IL-
711 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3892 9004 3899 9006 3900 9005 3900 9003
3900 8998 3892 8995
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 256DEG 12KT 3895 9005
$$
KANOFSKYThe 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, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene | 23 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.