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Tornado Warning 34, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 1:22 PM CDT for Madison County, Saint Clair County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 min. 2 reports 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
- Oct 13, 2014, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2014, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Madison County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 1:23 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nnw Freeburg, IL | DAMAGE TO SEVERAL ROOFS AND TREES NEAR THE BEND IN SR13-15 NEAR JEFFERSON ROAD. POSSIBLY MAPLE HILLS AND LAKE HILLS SUBDIVISIONS |
| Oct 13, 1:51 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nnw Freeburg, IL | DAMAGE TO SEVERAL ROOFS AND TREES NEAR THE BEND IN SR13-15 NEAR JEFFERSON ROAD. POSSIBLY MAPLE HILLS AND LAKE HILLS SUBDIVISIONS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 10:29 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
845
WFUS53 KLSX 131822
TORLSX
ILC119-163-131845-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0034.141013T1822Z-141013T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
122 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 118 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FREEBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
SCOTT AFB AND SHILOH AROUND 130 PM CDT.
LEBANON AROUND 135 PM CDT.
TROY AROUND 140 PM CDT.
ST. JACOB AROUND 145 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SUMMERFIELD.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS NEAR EXIT 21.
INTERSTATE 64 IN ILLINOIS FROM EXIT 12 TO EXIT 34.
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 3865 8963 3865 8971 3856 8970 3832 8988
3840 9009 3881 8988 3870 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 206DEG 41KT 3846 8992
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
BRITT2 follow-up statements
441
WWUS53 KLSX 131834
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
134 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
ILC119-163-131845-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-141013T1845Z/
MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-
134 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR AND
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT...
AT 132 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHILOH...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LEBANON AROUND 140 PM CDT.
ST. JACOB AROUND 145 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SUMMERFIELD.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS NEAR EXIT 21.
INTERSTATE 64 IN ILLINOIS FROM EXIT 14 TO EXIT 34.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3865 8963 3865 8971 3856 8970 3841 8981
3851 9003 3881 8988 3870 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 202DEG 33KT 3856 8988
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
BRITT271
WWUS53 KLSX 131849
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
149 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
ILC119-163-131857-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-141013T1845Z/
MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-
149 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR AND SOUTHEASTERN
MADISON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
HOWEVER...A NEW TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN MADISON
COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT.
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 3865 8963 3865 8971 3856 8970 3841 8981
3851 9003 3881 8988 3870 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 202DEG 33KT 3856 8988
$$
BRITTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 28 min |
| Oct 13, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 32 min |
| Oct 13, 2:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Oct 13, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 16 min |
| Oct 13, 3:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Montgomery, Washington | 5 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 38 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.