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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 13, 1995Van Buren County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 4:30 AM CDT for Van Buren County, Iowa. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 4:30 AM CDT (09:30 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Van Buren County, IA

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1995-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1320 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMLI 130930
SVRMLI
IAC177-131030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
430 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES IA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST IOWA
 
   ...VAN BUREN COUNTY
 
AT 430 AM CDT... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILTON. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH AND WILL REACH MILTON BY 435 AM... AND KEOSAUQUA BY 445 AM.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN MILTON OR KEOSAUQUA... TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.
 
GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!  A
TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES.
 
HENDRICKS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 10:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNLee, Van Buren32 min
May 13, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNLee, Van Buren65 min
May 13, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLee62 min
May 13, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDes Moines51 min

Nearby

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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.