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Tornado Warning 38, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 4:07 PM CDT for Marion County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2014, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Marion County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 4:11 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Kell, IL | BARN ROOF PARTIALLY BLOWN OFF. CARPORT DAMAGED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.
331
WFUS53 KLSX 132107
TORLSX
ILC121-132145-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0038.141013T2107Z-141013T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
407 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 404 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVING
NORTH 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 BE NEAR...
SALEM AROUND 420 PM CDT.
OMEGA AROUND 425 PM CDT.
KINMUNDY AND STEPHEN FORBES STATION AROUND 430 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SELMAVILLE...TONTI...BRUBAKER
AND ALMA.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 57 FROM EXIT 109 TO EXIT 127.
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 3848 8883 3848 8901 3882 8902 3883 8871
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 191DEG 41KT 3849 8894
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BRITT2 follow-up statements
630
WWUS53 KLSX 132118
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
418 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
ILC121-132145-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-141013T2145Z/
MARION IL-
418 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MARION COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 416 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALEM...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OMEGA AND STEPHEN FORBES STATION AROUND 430 PM CDT.
KINMUNDY AROUND 435 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BRUBAKER AND ALMA.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 57 FROM EXIT 116 TO EXIT 127.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3850 8883 3855 8897 3882 8898 3883 8871
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 198DEG 39KT 3860 8886
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BRITT290 WWUS53 KLSX 132137 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 437 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 ILC121-132147- /O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-141013T2145Z/ MARION IL- 437 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MARION COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND 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 3850 8883 3855 8897 3882 8898 3883 8871 TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 198DEG 42KT 3889 8879 $$ BRITT
The 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, 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 |
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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.