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Tornado Warning 41, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 2024, 6:41 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 min. 3 reports 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
- Apr 18, 2024, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2024, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Fayette County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 6:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Hagerstown, IL | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 SW Hagerstown. Trees downed across Illinois Route 140 at 300 St and just east of Hagerstown. Time estimated from radar. |
| Apr 18, 6:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Hagerstown, IL | Trees downed across Illinois Route 140 at 300 St and just east of Hagerstown. |
| Apr 18, 7:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brownstown, IL | Trees downed in the Brownstown area. Time estimated from radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KLSX 182341
TORLSX
ILC051-190030-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0041.240418T2341Z-240419T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
641 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Fayette County in south central Illinois...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 641 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing a tornado
were located along a line extending from near Coffeen to near
Woburn to Greenville to Jamestown, 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...
Vandalia around 655 PM CDT.
Ramsey and Shobonier around 700 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these tornadic storms include
Brownstown, Herrick, St. Elmo and Wrights Corner.
This also includes Ramsey Lake State Park.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 in Illinois between exits 61 and 76.
Interstate 57 in Illinois near exit 135.
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 3883 8870 3882 8913 3874 8914 3874 8925
3922 8925 3922 8881 3891 8881 3892 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 248DEG 40KT 3905 8941 3900 8938 3886 8939 3873
8949
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
CVKING2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KLSX 190019
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
719 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
ILC051-190030-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-240419T0030Z/
Fayette IL-
719 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
FAYETTE COUNTY...
At 719 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes
were located along a line extending from near Herrick to Wrights
Corner to near Brownstown to near Kinmundy, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
St. Elmo and Farina.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 in Illinois between exits 68 and 76.
Interstate 57 in Illinois near exit 135.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3883 8870 3883 8901 3922 8914 3922 8881
3891 8881 3892 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 272DEG 30KT 3920 8891 3914 8890 3896 8890 3882
8892
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
CVKING443
WWUS53 KLSX 190028
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
728 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
ILC051-190038-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-240419T0030Z/
Fayette IL-
728 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730
PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
south central Illinois.
&&
LAT...LON 3883 8870 3883 8901 3922 8914 3922 8881
3891 8881 3892 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 248DEG 40KT 3923 8880 3917 8879 3899 8879 3885
8881
$$
CVKINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Pike | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene | 57 min |
| Apr 18, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 58 min |
| Apr 18, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin | 29 min |
| Apr 18, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Madison | 27 min |
| Apr 18, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 65 min |
| Apr 18, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 53 min |
| Apr 18, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 66 min |
| Apr 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 5:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Greene, Macoupin | 2 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Madison | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair, Washington | 65 min |
| Apr 18, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 77 min |
| Apr 18, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.