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Tornado Watch 215
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 22, 2019, 10:26 PM CDT for 51 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Indiana; 20 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2019, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2019, 6:28 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 76 counties
Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Greene County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Washington County, IL, Will County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Lake County, IN, Newton County, IN, Porter County, IN, Callaway County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 50%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 80%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 50%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Warnings issued inside it
54 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Logan, Mason, Tazewell | 47 min |
| May 22, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell | 42 min |
| May 22, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 52 min |
| May 22, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 43 min |
| May 22, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 41 min |
| May 22, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Cole, Moniteau | 54 min |
| May 22, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren | 50 min |
| May 22, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Cole | 52 min |
| May 22, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 50 min |
| May 22, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 48 min |
| May 22, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Pike | 46 min |
| May 22, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 26 min |
| May 22, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Warren | 39 min |
| May 22, 11:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Osage | 47 min |
| May 22, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 35 min |
| May 22, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 49 min |
| May 23, 12:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Callaway, Osage | 35 min |
| May 23, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 49 min |
| May 23, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 30 min |
| May 23, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin, Madison | 45 min |
| May 23, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Mason, Menard and 2 more | 39 min |
| May 23, 12:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Livingston | 38 min |
| May 23, 12:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Logan | 20 min |
| May 23, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Gasconade, Montgomery, Warren | 58 min |
| May 23, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Sangamon, Shelby | 46 min |
| May 23, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery, Warren | 38 min |
| May 23, 12:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Livingston | 48 min |
| May 23, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, McLean, Piatt | 45 min |
| May 23, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Livingston | 63 min |
| May 23, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Macon, Piatt | 47 min |
| May 23, 1:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren | 33 min |
| May 23, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Macoupin, Montgomery | 38 min |
| May 23, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 50 min |
| May 23, 1:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jersey | 6 hr |
| May 23, 1:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 33 min |
| May 23, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 26 min |
| May 23, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 52 min |
| May 23, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Will | 65 min |
| May 23, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Montgomery | 47 min |
| May 23, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin, Madison | 38 min |
| May 23, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and 1 more | 46 min |
| May 23, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 51 min |
| May 23, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland, Edgar | 44 min |
| May 23, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Montgomery | 58 min |
| May 23, 3:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby | 6 hr |
| May 23, 3:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Fayette, Montgomery | 6 hr |
| May 23, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 49 min |
| May 23, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Marion | 44 min |
| May 23, 3:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Marion | 36 min |
| May 23, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 44 min |
| May 23, 4:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 33 min |
| May 23, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham, Jasper | 28 min |
| May 23, 4:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington | 31 min |
| May 23, 4:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Effingham, Jasper | 5 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 14 more | 63 min |
| May 22, 9:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass and 37 more | 92 min |
| May 23, 1:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clinton and 37 more | 97 min |
| May 23, 3:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Edgar | 55 min |
| May 23, 2:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 12 more | 96 min |
| May 23, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clay and 43 more | 4 hr |
| May 22, 7:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 21 more | 88 min |
| May 22, 9:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Jasper and 2 more | 56 min |
| May 22, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 23 more | 8 hr |
| May 23, 12:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Camden, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Greene and 12 more | 91 min |
Nearby
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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.