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Tornado Warning 60, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2025, 7:11 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 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 30, 2025, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2025, 7:38 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 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), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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 30, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
358
WFUS53 KLSX 010011
TORLSX
ILC051-010100-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0060.250501T0011Z-250501T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
711 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Fayette County in south central Illinois...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 711 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Brownstown, or 9 miles east of Vandalia,
moving northeast at 25 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.
* Locations impacted include...
St. Elmo, Brownstown, Wrights Corner, Avena, St. Peter, St. James
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 8881 3887 8886 3902 8904 3922 8882
3922 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 230DEG 22KT 3894 8894
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
Jaja2 follow-up statements
476
WWUS53 KLSX 010031
SVSLSX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
731 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025
ILC051-010100-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-250501T0100Z/
Fayette IL-
731 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
FAYETTE COUNTY...
At 731 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over St. Elmo, or 16 miles east of Vandalia, moving
northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
Locations impacted include...
St. Elmo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built
building away from windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home,
or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3897 8881 3907 8891 3914 8881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 230DEG 22KT 3894 8894
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
Jaja451 WWUS53 KLSX 010038 SVSLSX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service St Louis MO 738 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025 ILC051-010048- /O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-250501T0100Z/ Fayette IL- 738 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 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 Effingham County. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for a portion of south central Illinois. && LAT...LON 3907 8891 3914 8881 3897 8881 TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 230DEG 22KT 3902 8881 $$ Jaja
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 19 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.