Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2016, 6:29 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 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
- Apr 27, 2016, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 7:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Fayette County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
462
WUUS53 KLSX 272329
SVRLSX
ILC051-280015-
/O.NEW.KLSX.SV.W.0024.160427T2329Z-160428T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
629 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 629 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BROWNSTOWN...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. ELMO...BROWNSTOWN...AVENA...LOOGOOTEE AND ST. JAMES.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 68 AND 76.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3888 8901 3905 8907 3913 8881 3891 8881
3891 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 255DEG 16KT 3899 8895
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CARNEY1 follow-up statement
946
WWUS53 KLSX 280003
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
703 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
ILC051-280013-
/O.CAN.KLSX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160428T0015Z/
FAYETTE IL-
703 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3888 8901 3905 8907 3913 8881 3891 8881
3891 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 255DEG 16KT 3903 8876
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 34 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.