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Tornado Warning 2, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2024, 7:32 AM CDT for Jersey County, Illinois. It was in force for 20 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
- Mar 14, 2024, 7:32 AM CDT (12:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2024, 7:52 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Jersey County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 7:44 AM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Fidelity, IL | An EF-0 tornado with maximum winds of 85 mph and a width of 75 yards was surveyed south of Fidelity, IL. The tornado touched down southwest of Fidelity in Jersey County, lasting for 4 minutes before lifting southeast of Fidelity in Macoupin County, IL. Damage |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 461 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
588
WFUS53 KLSX 141232
TORLSX
ILC083-141315-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0002.240314T1232Z-240314T1315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
732 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Jersey County in southwestern Illinois...
* Until 815 AM CDT.
* At 732 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Jerseyville, moving east at 35 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...
Jerseyville around 740 AM CDT.
Brighton around 750 AM CDT.
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 3902 9047 3917 9045 3916 9015 3904 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 1232Z 280DEG 30KT 3909 9041
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Byrd1 follow-up statement
857 WWUS53 KLSX 141252 SVSLSX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service St Louis MO 752 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024 ILC083-141301- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240314T1315Z/ Jersey IL- 752 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JERSEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until noon CDT for southwestern Illinois. Remember, a Tornado Warning still remains in effect for far eastern Jersey county until 830 AM. && LAT...LON 3902 9047 3917 9045 3916 9015 3904 9015 TIME...MOT...LOC 1250Z 280DEG 30KT 3906 9021 $$ Byrd
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 47 min |
| Mar 14, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 50 min |
| Mar 14, 7:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 50 min |
| Mar 14, 7:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey, Madison | 22 min |
| Mar 14, 7:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 27 min |
| Mar 14, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 43 min |
| Mar 14, 7:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin | 29 min |
| Mar 14, 7:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Mar 14, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 50 min |
| Mar 14, 8:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 11 min |
| Mar 14, 8:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Saint Clair | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 14 min |
| Mar 14, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 39 min |
| Mar 14, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 63 min |
| Mar 14, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 14, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey | 54 min |
| Mar 14, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe | 39 min |
| Mar 14, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 65 min |
| Mar 14, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 25 min |
| Mar 14, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Madison | 59 min |
| Mar 14, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 27 min |
| Mar 14, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 40 min |
| Mar 14, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Montgomery | 53 min |
| Mar 14, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 65 min |
| Mar 14, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 43 min |
| Mar 14, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 50 min |
| Mar 14, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Clair, Washington | 47 min |
| Mar 14, 5:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Bond, Madison | 25 min |
| Mar 14, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 50 min |
| Mar 14, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 32 min |
| Mar 14, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette | 51 min |
| Mar 14, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 50 min |
| Mar 14, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 30 min |
| Mar 14, 6:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Bond, Madison | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Montgomery | 18 min |
| Mar 14, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 21 min |
| Mar 14, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 51 min |
| Mar 14, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 27 min |
| Mar 14, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Monroe, Saint Clair, Washington | 64 min |
| Mar 14, 6:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 27 min |
| Mar 14, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.