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Tornado Warning 36, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2015, 8:26 PM CDT for Madison County, Illinois. It was in force for 10 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 28, 2015, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2015, 8:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Madison County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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 28, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
085
WFUS53 KLSX 290126 RRA
TORLSX
ILC119-290200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0036.150629T0126Z-150629T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
826 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 823 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOOD RIVER...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR HARTFORD.
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...
EDWARDSVILLE AND CARPENTER.
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 8985 3875 8992 3882 9011 3893 9006
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 279DEG 16KT 3887 9003
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
KANOFSKY1 follow-up statement
694 WWUS53 KLSX 290136 SVSLSX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 836 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ILC119-290146- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150629T0200Z/ MADISON IL- 836 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. LAT...LON 3892 8985 3875 8992 3882 9011 3893 9006 TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 279DEG 16KT 3886 8997 $$ KANOFSKY
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 37 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.