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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Quad Cities, IA

August 19, 1994Clayton County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1994, 3:01 PM CDT for Clayton County, Iowa. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1994, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1994, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Clayton County, IA

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 287 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1994-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 526 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1994-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
526 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJackson32 min
Aug 18, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDubuque37 min
Aug 19, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClayton42 min
Aug 19, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClayton32 min
Aug 19, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDubuque28 min
Aug 19, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDubuque38 min
Aug 19, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJackson25 min
Aug 19, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJackson36 min
Aug 19, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJackson33 min
Aug 19, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDubuque, Jackson40 min
Aug 19, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClinton44 min
Aug 19, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJo Daviess29 min
Aug 19, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNWhiteside57 min
Aug 19, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNGrant39 min
Aug 19, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNGrant34 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.