Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 3, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2016, 6:32 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 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, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Montgomery County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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 113 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.
891
WFUS53 KLSX 272332
TORLSX
ILC135-280000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0003.160427T2332Z-160428T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
632 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 632 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER RAYMOND...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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 MONTGOMERY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
OHLMAN...HARVEL...WENONAH AND WAGGONER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3934 8918 3922 8954 3937 8966 3946 8953
3935 8953 3935 8919
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 238DEG 16KT 3934 8953
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CARNEY2 follow-up statements
905
WWUS53 KLSX 272341
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
641 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
ILC135-280000-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160428T0000Z/
MONTGOMERY IL-
641 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
AT 641 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RAYMOND...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAYMOND...HARVEL...OHLMAN AND WENONAH.
LAT...LON 3934 8918 3925 8953 3937 8960 3940 8953
3935 8953 3935 8919
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 252DEG 12KT 3933 8948
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CARNEY149
WWUS53 KLSX 272351
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
651 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
ILC135-280000-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160428T0000Z/
MONTGOMERY IL-
651 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
AT 651 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MORRISONVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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...
OHLMAN AND WENONAH.
LAT...LON 3934 8918 3928 8950 3935 8953 3935 8919
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 260DEG 10KT 3933 8945
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette | 34 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.