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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1995, 6:24 PM CDT for Carroll County, Whiteside County, Illinois. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 1995, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, IL, Whiteside County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Rock Falls, IL | A small tornado touched down briefly causing little if any damage. A major outbreak of tornado and severe weather occurred across eastern Iowa and parts of northwest and west-central Illinois. There were no injuries or fatalities. Total damage estimates acr |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMLI 092325 RRA TORMLI ILC015-195-100030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 624 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES IA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS ...CARROLL COUNTY...NORTHERN WHITESIDE COUNTY AT 623 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED TORNADOS APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTH OF THOMSON MOVING NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. BY 635 PM...IT WILL REACH THOMSON...CLIP FAIR HAVEN...AND REACH MOUNT CARROLL BY 650 PM. TAKE COVENOW! THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF TORNADOS. A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND! TAKE SHELTER NOW! HELGESON &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 9, 1:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-034-035-091900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 103 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHEAST IOWA UNTIL 7PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST IOWA COUNTIES OF KEOKUK... JEFFERSON AND VAN BUREN UNTIL 7PM CDT. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF SIGOURNEY... FAIRFIELD AND KEOSAUQUA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WATCH AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE REST OF THE TWO STATE LATER THIS AFTERNOON ANBD EVENING. SOME OF THESE COULD BECOME SEVERE ALSO. HENDRICKS
Special weather statement, May 9, 3:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-034-035-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 307 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR KEOKUK... JEFFERSON AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST IOWA UNTIL 7PM CDT... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TWO STATE REGION UNTIL 9PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST IOWA COUNTIES OF KEOKUK... JEFFERSON AND VAN BUREN UNTIL 7PM CDT. ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TWO STATE REGION UNTIL 9PM CDT. THIS INCLUDES THE QUAD CITIES... BURLINGTON... DUBUQUE... FREEPORT... PRINCE*TON... MUSCATINE AND GENESEO. HENDRICKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock | 54 min |
| May 9, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 66 min |
| May 9, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 41 min |
| May 9, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Warren | 49 min |
| May 9, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau | 68 min |
| May 9, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 34 min |
| May 9, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 61 min |
| May 9, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 42 min |
| May 9, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Whiteside | 48 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.