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Tornado Warning 9, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 8, 2022Fayette County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2022, 8:25 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 17 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: Jul 8, 2022, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2022, 8:42 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Fayette County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 693 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

062 
WFUS53 KLSX 090125
TORLSX
ILC051-090215-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0009.220709T0125Z-220709T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
825 PM CDT Fri Jul 8 2022

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Fayette County in south central Illinois...

* Until 915 PM CDT.
    
* At 825 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Ramsey, moving southeast at 15 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.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Vandalia around 840 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include St.
Elmo and Brownstown.

This includes Interstate 70 in Illinois between exits 63 and 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 3912 8913 3919 8901 3900 8883 3887 8908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 320DEG 12KT 3907 8904 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

Carney

1 follow-up statement

633 
WWUS53 KLSX 090142
SVSLSX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
842 PM CDT Fri Jul 8 2022

ILC051-090152-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-220709T0215Z/
Fayette IL-
842 PM CDT Fri Jul 8 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been 
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe 
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

LAT...LON 3912 8913 3919 8901 3900 8883 3887 8908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 320DEG 12KT 3903 8899 

$$

Carney

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 7:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Madison, Saint Clair	109 min
Jul 8, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Fayette, Montgomery	40 min
Jul 8, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion	50 min
Jul 8, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	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.