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Tornado Warning 12, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2016, 3:57 PM CDT for Randolph County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 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
- Sep 16, 2016, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Randolph County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 908 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted.
396
WFUS53 KLSX 162057
TORLSX
ILC157-162130-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0012.160916T2057Z-160916T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
357 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.
* AT 356 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER STE. GENEVIEVE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
EVANSVILLE AROUND 425 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ROOTS... KELLOGG...PRESTON...ELLIS GROVE...WALSH AND NEW PALESTINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3795 8993 3796 8992 3796 8993 3797 8994
3796 8999 3801 9005 3801 9006 3802 9008
3815 8980 3794 8978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 253DEG 11KT 3800 9002
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CARNEY2 follow-up statements
984
WWUS53 KLSX 162110
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
410 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
ILC157-162130-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160916T2130Z/
RANDOLPH IL-
410 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
RANDOLPH COUNTY...
AT 410 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR STE. GENEVIEVE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: ROOTS...
ELLIS GROVE AND NEW PALESTINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3795 8993 3796 8992 3796 8993 3797 8994
3796 8998 3802 9001 3809 8979 3794 8978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 265DEG 12KT 3800 8995
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CARNEY492
WWUS53 KLSX 162120
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
420 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
ILC157-162130-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160916T2130Z/
RANDOLPH IL-
420 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 430
PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3795 8993 3796 8992 3796 8993 3797 8994
3796 8998 3802 9001 3809 8979 3794 8978
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 253DEG 11KT 3800 8995
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 9:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Bond, Madison | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 12:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Macoupin | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Monroe | 48 min |
| Sep 16, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Randolph | 38 min |
| Sep 16, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 47 min |
| Sep 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 30 min |
| Sep 16, 4:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 30 min |
| Sep 16, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 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.