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Tornado Warning 12, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 9, 2015Macoupin County, Montgomery County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2015, 7:04 PM CDT for Macoupin County, Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 min. 7 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: Apr 9, 2015, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Macoupin County, IL, Montgomery County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 9, 7:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Benld, IL	4 PINE TREES DOWN.
Apr 9, 7:07 PM CDT	HAIL 3	Gillespie, IL
Apr 9, 7:17 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Dorchester, IL
Apr 9, 7:19 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Dorchester, IL
Apr 9, 7:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 Sse Bunker Hill, IL
Apr 9, 7:22 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	S Gillespie, IL	FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED A HALF MILE SOUTH OF GILLESPIE.
Apr 9, 7:24 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 Se Gillespie, IL	FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED BETWEEN GILLESPIE AND BENLD.

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
Apr 9, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 356 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 15.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

015 
WFUS53 KLSX 100004
TORLSX
ILC117-135-100030-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0012.150410T0004Z-150410T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
704 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 703 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHIPMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

  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...
  GILLESPIE...LITCHFIELD...WILSONVILLE...BENLD...MOUNT OLIVE...
  PRUETT...DORCHESTER...WHITE CITY AND HORNSBY.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS FROM EXIT 44 TO EXIT 52.

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 3924 8966 3902 8961 3903 9007 3917 9009
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 258DEG 38KT 3910 8996

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

KANOFSKY

1 follow-up statement

457 
WWUS53 KLSX 100020
SVSLSX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
720 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

ILC117-135-100030-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-150410T0030Z/
MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-
720 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY
AND SOUTHEASTERN MACOUPIN COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 719 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BENLD...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

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...
LITCHFIELD...MOUNT OLIVE AND WALSHVILLE.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS FROM EXIT 44 TO EXIT 52.

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 3903 8994 3919 9000 3924 8966 3902 8961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 268DEG 39KT 3909 8975

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

KANOFSKY

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison	13 min
Apr 9, 7:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Montgomery	34 min
Apr 9, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison, Montgomery	37 min
Apr 9, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery	30 min
Apr 9, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Fayette, Montgomery	51 min
Apr 9, 8:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Fayette	14 min
Apr 9, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette	30 min
Apr 9, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	39 min
Apr 10, 12:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Fayette	67 hr

Nearby

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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.