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Tornado Warning 36, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2025, 2:35 AM CDT for Marion County, Illinois. It was in force for 14 min. 2 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 19, 2025, 2:35 AM CDT (07:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2025, 2:49 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Marion County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2:38 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Brubaker, IL | A couple of outbuildings were destroyed along Kinmundy Road just south of Williams Road. Time estimated by radar. |
| Apr 19, 2:39 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stephen Forbes Station, IL | Mutiple trees down around Forbes State Park. Time estimated by radar. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 624 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1213 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted.
232
WFUS53 KLSX 190735
TORLSX
ILC121-190800-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0036.250419T0735Z-250419T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
235 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Marion County in south central Illinois...
* Until 300 AM CDT.
* At 235 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 6 miles northeast of Salem, 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Salem, Kinmundy, Omega, Stephen Forbes Station, Iuka, Alma and
Brubaker.
This includes Interstate 57 in Illinois near exit 127.
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 3882 8870 3859 8870 3857 8895 3877 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0735Z 245DEG 56KT 3869 8890
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
Kimble1 follow-up statement
783 WWUS53 KLSX 190749 SVSLSX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service St Louis MO 249 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025 ILC121-190759- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-250419T0800Z/ Marion IL- 249 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025 ...TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area. && LAT...LON 3882 8870 3859 8870 3857 8895 3877 8899 TIME...MOT...LOC 0735Z 245DEG 56KT 3869 8889 $$ Kimble
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Fayette, Marion | 44 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.