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Tornado Warning 13, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2016, 5:07 PM CDT for Randolph 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
- Sep 16, 2016, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 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), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:14 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Chester, IL | 6 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 271 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.
060
WFUS53 KLSX 162207
TORLSX
ILC157-162245-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0013.160916T2207Z-160916T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
507 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.
* AT 507 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
CHESTER AROUND 515 PM CDT.
BREMEN AROUND 525 PM CDT.
STEELEVILLE AROUND 540 PM CDT.
PERCY AROUND 545 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
KASKASKIA...WELGE...ROCKWOOD 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 3785 8966 3783 8966 3783 8967 3781 8967
3785 8974 3785 8979 3787 8980 3788 8980
3791 8984 3787 8990 3788 8995 3794 8994
3795 8992 3797 8994 3800 8994 3803 8959
3795 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 279DEG 20KT 3794 8989
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CARNEY2 follow-up statements
167
WWUS53 KLSX 162220
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
520 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
ILC157-162245-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160916T2245Z/
RANDOLPH IL-
520 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY...
AT 520 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BREMEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
STEELEVILLE AROUND 530 PM CDT.
PERCY AROUND 535 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
KASKASKIA...WELGE...ROCKWOOD AND NEW PALESTINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3785 8966 3783 8966 3783 8967 3781 8967
3785 8974 3785 8979 3787 8980 3788 8980
3791 8984 3787 8990 3788 8995 3794 8994
3795 8992 3797 8994 3800 8994 3803 8959
3795 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 257DEG 28KT 3796 8977
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CARNEY164
WWUS53 KLSX 162245
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
545 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
ILC157-162254-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160916T2245Z/
RANDOLPH IL-
545 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 545 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3785 8966 3783 8966 3783 8967 3781 8967
3785 8974 3785 8979 3787 8980 3788 8980
3791 8984 3787 8990 3788 8995 3794 8994
3795 8992 3797 8994 3800 8994 3803 8959
3795 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 279DEG 20KT 3796 8977
$$
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, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 33 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 |
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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.