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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 16, 1995Hancock County, McDonough County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 5:06 PM CDT for Hancock County, McDonough County, Illinois. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hancock County, IL, McDonough County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-330 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 16, 3:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
IAZ040-162045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
308 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY HAIL UP
TO HALF AN INCH WILL ENTER BUCHANAN COUNTY AROUND 325 PM.  THIS STORM
WILL ENTER THE COUNTY BETWEEN FAIRBANK AND JESUP... AND MOVE TO NEAR
HAZLETON BY 345 PM.

HIRSCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDelaware25 min
May 16, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDubuque63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.