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Tornado Warning 4, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2016, 6:36 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 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, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Fayette County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.
368
WFUS53 KLSX 272336
TORLSX
ILC051-280000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0004.160427T2336Z-160428T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
636 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 636 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. ELMO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
LOOGOOTEE...AVENA...ST. JAMES...LA CLEDE AND ST. PETER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS NEAR EXIT 76.
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 3886 8893 3905 8897 3909 8881 3907 8880
3891 8881 3892 8869 3888 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 259DEG 29KT 3898 8886
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
CARNEY2 follow-up statements
638
WWUS53 KLSX 272345
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
645 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
ILC051-280000-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160428T0000Z/
FAYETTE IL-
645 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 645 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ST. ELMO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. ELMO AND ST. JAMES.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS NEAR EXIT 76.
LAT...LON 3895 8890 3903 8893 3909 8881 3907 8880
3891 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 255DEG 16KT 3899 8883
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
CARNEY521
WWUS53 KLSX 272357
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
657 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
ILC051-280007-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160428T0000Z/
FAYETTE IL-
657 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
700 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3895 8890 3903 8893 3909 8881 3907 8880
3891 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 259DEG 29KT 3899 8883
$$
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, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 28 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.