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Tornado Warning 19, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2025, 11:37 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 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
- Mar 14, 2025, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2025, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Fayette County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -343 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
500
WFUS53 KLSX 150437
TORLSX
ILC051-150500-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0019.250315T0437Z-250315T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1137 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Fayette County in south central Illinois...
* Until midnight CDT.
* At 1137 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Shobonier, or 7 miles southeast of
Vandalia, moving northeast at 75 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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 tornado will be near...
Vandalia and Shobonier around 1140 PM CDT.
St. Elmo and Brownstown around 1145 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by the tornado include St. Paul, Avena, St.
James and Loogootee.
This includes Interstate 70 in Illinois between exits 68 and 76.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built
building away from 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 3891 8878 3882 8887 3882 8905 3892 8914
3916 8881 3891 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 228DEG 65KT 3890 8903
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
192 follow-up statements
783
WWUS53 KLSX 150446
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1146 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025
ILC051-150500-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-250315T0500Z/
Fayette IL-
1146 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR EASTERN
FAYETTE COUNTY...
At 1146 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over St. Elmo, or 13 miles east of Vandalia, moving
northeast at 85 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
This tornado will be near...
St. Elmo and Brownstown around 1145 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by the tornado include St. Peter, St.
James, Avena and Loogootee.
This includes Interstate 70 in Illinois near exit 76.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built
building away from windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home,
or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3891 8878 3882 8887 3882 8892 3904 8897
3916 8881 3891 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 229DEG 71KT 3888 8902
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
19099
WWUS53 KLSX 150455
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1155 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025
ILC051-150505-
/O.EXP.KLSX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-250315T0500Z/
Fayette IL-
1155 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025
...TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT FOR EASTERN FAYETTE
COUNTY...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. A Severe
Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for eastern Fayette
county until 12:15 AM.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for a portion of
south central Illinois.
&&
LAT...LON 3916 8881 3891 8881 3891 8878 3882 8887
3882 8892 3904 8897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 229DEG 71KT 3899 8886
$$
19The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 55 min |
| Mar 14, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 25 min |
| Mar 14, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 31 min |
| Mar 14, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 50 min |
| Mar 14, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown, Calhoun, Pike | 48 min |
| Mar 14, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 32 min |
| Mar 14, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 32 min |
| Mar 14, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 50 min |
| Mar 14, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin, Madison | 51 min |
| Mar 14, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 40 min |
| Mar 14, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 43 min |
| Mar 14, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 48 min |
| Mar 14, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 48 min |
| Mar 14, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 52 min |
| Mar 14, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair, Washington | 49 min |
| Mar 14, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 35 min |
| Mar 14, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Mar 14, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 24 min |
| Mar 14, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Montgomery | 52 min |
| Mar 14, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Mar 14, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion | 35 min |
| Mar 14, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair, Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 14, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Washington | 23 min |
| Mar 14, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 32 min |
| Mar 14, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph | 15 min |
| Mar 14, 11:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 21 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.