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Tornado Warning 31, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2025, 5:56 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 10 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
- Apr 2, 2025, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2025, 6:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 Lincoln radar (KILX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 8:47 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 948 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1028 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
462
WFUS53 KLSX 022256
TORLSX
ILC051-022315-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0031.250402T2256Z-250402T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
556 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Fayette County in south central Illinois...
* Until 615 PM CDT.
* At 556 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Wrights Corner, or 13 miles northeast of
Vandalia, moving northeast at 75 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 tornado will be near...
Wrights Corner and St. Elmo around 600 PM CDT.
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 3922 8899 3922 8881 3904 8881 3900 8895
3921 8900
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 231DEG 63KT 3908 8891
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN
$$
191 follow-up statement
682
WWUS53 KLSX 022306 RRA
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
606 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
ILC051-022316-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-250402T2315Z/
Fayette IL-
606 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
...TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. A Tornado Warning still
remains in effect for southeastern Fayette County.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for a portion of
south central Illinois.
&&
LAT...LON 3922 8899 3922 8881 3904 8881 3900 8895
3921 8900
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 231DEG 63KT 3909 8890
$$
19The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 9:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 10:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Clinton | 40 days |
| Apr 2, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin | 13 min |
| Apr 2, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 2, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Montgomery | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Washington | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 15 min |
| Apr 2, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Washington | 15 min |
| Apr 2, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 24 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.