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Tornado Warning 41, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2019, 11:22 AM CDT for Greene County, Macoupin 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
- Jun 21, 2019, 11:22 AM CDT (16:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2019, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Greene County, IL, Macoupin County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 11:38 AM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | White Hall, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
961
WFUS53 KLSX 211622
TORLSX
ILC061-117-211700-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0041.190621T1622Z-190621T1700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1122 AM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Greene County in southwestern Illinois...
Northwestern Macoupin County in southwestern Illinois...
* Until noon CDT.
* At 1121 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing a tornado
were located along a line extending from near Alsey to near White
Hall to 7 miles northeast of Hardin, moving east at 45 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.
* These dangerous storms will be near...
White Hall, Carrollton and Roodhouse around 1125 AM CDT.
Greenfield and Athensville around 1140 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these tornadic storms include Wrights,
Walkersville, Woody, Belltown, Berdan, Rockbridge, Patterson, Eldred,
Barrow and Scottville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This line of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3952 9002 3927 9013 3918 9060 3940 9052
3952 9052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 262DEG 40KT 3952 9043 3937 9045 3922 9052
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CVKING2 follow-up statements
875
WWUS53 KLSX 211634 RRA
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1134 AM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019
ILC061-117-211700-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-190621T1700Z/
Greene IL-Macoupin IL-
1134 AM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR EASTERN
GREENE AND NORTHWESTERN MACOUPIN COUNTIES...
At 1134 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes
were located along a line extending from near Murrayville to near
Greenfield to near Old Kane, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
These dangerous storms will be near...
Athensville around 1140 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these tornadic storms include Wrights,
Rockbridge, Scottville and Berdan.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This line of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3952 9002 3927 9013 3920 9049 3952 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1634Z 262DEG 40KT 3954 9024 3939 9026 3924 9033
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CVKING529
WWUS53 KLSX 211648 RRA
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1148 AM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019
ILC061-117-211700-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-190621T1700Z/
Greene IL-Macoupin IL-
1148 AM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL GREENE AND NORTHWESTERN MACOUPIN COUNTIES...
At 1148 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes
were located along a line extending from near Franklin to near
Palmyra to near Kemper, moving east at 45 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.
These tornadic storms will remain over mainly rural areas of east
central Greene and northwestern Macoupin Counties, including the
following locations... Scottville and Rockbridge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This line of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3952 9002 3927 9013 3927 9028 3952 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 262DEG 40KT 3956 9004 3941 9007 3926 9014
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CVKINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 66 min |
| Jun 21, 10:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 10:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Pike | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 10:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 11:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 66 min |
| Jun 21, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 3:35 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 19 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 9 more | 21 hr |
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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.