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Tornado Warning 35, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 1:43 PM CDT for Madison County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 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
- Oct 13, 2014, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2014, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 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), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 10:29 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
011
WFUS53 KLSX 131843
TORLSX
ILC119-131915-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0035.141013T1843Z-141013T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
143 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 140 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TROY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
MARINE AND HIGHLAND AROUND 150 PM CDT.
ALHAMBRA AROUND 205 PM CDT.
LIVINGSTON AROUND 210 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FRUIT...KAUFMAN AND GRANTFORK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS FROM EXIT 21 TO EXIT 30.
INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS FROM EXIT 23 TO EXIT 37.
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 8971 3866 9000 3900 8983 3900 8981
3894 8964 3888 8964 3887 8960 3880 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 214DEG 33KT 3872 8983
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BRITT2 follow-up statements
071
WWUS53 KLSX 131854
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
154 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
ILC119-131915-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-141013T1915Z/
MADISON IL-
154 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MADISON COUNTY
UNTIL 215 PM CDT...
AT 151 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MARINE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ALHAMBRA AND WORDEN AROUND 205 PM CDT.
LIVINGSTON AROUND 210 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KAUFMAN AND HAMEL.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS FROM EXIT 21 TO EXIT 30.
INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS FROM EXIT 23 TO EXIT 37.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3865 8971 3865 8972 3874 8996 3900 8983
3900 8980 3894 8964 3888 8964 3887 8960
3880 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 201DEG 32KT 3882 8980
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BRITT911
WWUS53 KLSX 131912
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
212 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
ILC119-131922-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-141013T1915Z/
MADISON IL-
212 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MADISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 215
PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
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 8971 3865 8972 3874 8996 3900 8983
3900 8980 3894 8964 3888 8964 3887 8960
3880 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 201DEG 32KT 3897 8973
$$
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, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.