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Tornado Warning 34, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2025, 6:28 PM CDT for Washington County, Illinois. It was in force for 15 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, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2025, 6:43 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Washington County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 210 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.
932
WFUS53 KLSX 022328
TORLSX
ILC189-030000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0034.250402T2328Z-250403T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
628 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Washington County in south central Illinois...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 628 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 14 miles southwest of Ashley, or 15 miles
south of Nashville, moving northeast at 50 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 Du Bois, Radom and
Richview.
This includes Interstate 64 in Illinois near exit 61.
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 3842 8915 3821 8915 3821 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 228DEG 44KT 3814 8931
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN
$$
192 follow-up statements
484
WWUS53 KLSX 022337
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
637 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
ILC189-030000-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-250403T0000Z/
Washington IL-
637 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
At 637 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Du Bois, or 13 miles southeast of Nashville, moving
northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
This tornado will be near...
Ashley around 640 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by the tornado include Du Bois, Radom and
Richview.
This includes Interstate 64 in Illinois near exit 61.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built
building away from windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home,
or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3842 8915 3821 8915 3821 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 227DEG 47KT 3816 8929
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN
$$
19889 WWUS53 KLSX 022343 SVSLSX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service St Louis MO 643 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025 ILC189-022353- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-250403T0000Z/ Washington IL- 643 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025 ...TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... 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 south central Illinois. && LAT...LON 3842 8915 3821 8915 3821 8935 TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 227DEG 47KT 3824 8918 $$ 19
The 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, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Randolph | 30 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.