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Tornado Warning 33, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2025, 6:19 PM CDT for Randolph County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 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, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2025, 6:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Randolph County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 265 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.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 022319
TORLSX
ILC157-030000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0033.250402T2319Z-250403T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
619 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Eastern Randolph County in southwestern Illinois...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 619 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 9 miles southeast of St. Mary, or 12 miles
south of Chester, moving northeast at 65 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...
Chester around 630 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by the tornado include Rockwood, Welge,
Shiloh Hill, Blair and Eden.
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 3822 8960 3822 8959 3796 8960 3786 8966
3783 8966 3782 8968 3780 8967 3783 8972
3785 8974 3785 8979 3786 8980 3788 8980
3791 8984 3787 8990 3787 8992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 218DEG 56KT 3774 8989
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN
$$
192 follow-up statements
738
WWUS53 KLSX 022345
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
645 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
ILC157-030000-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-250403T0000Z/
Randolph IL-
645 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
RANDOLPH COUNTY...
At 645 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Percy, or 8 miles southeast of Sparta, moving
northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
Other locations impacted by the tornado include Blair and Eden.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built
building away from windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home,
or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3808 8960 3796 8960 3805 8975 3822 8960
3822 8959 3818 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 214DEG 53KT 3776 8988
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN
$$
19573
WWUS53 KLSX 022349
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
649 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
ILC157-022359-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-250403T0000Z/
Randolph IL-
649 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
...TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for a portion of
southwest Illinois.
&&
LAT...LON 3808 8960 3796 8960 3805 8975 3822 8960
3822 8959 3818 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 214DEG 53KT 3807 8961
$$
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, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Fayette | 10 min |
| Apr 2, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 15 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.