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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1995, 6:42 PM CDT for Bureau County, Whiteside County, Illinois. It was in force for 48 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, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bureau 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 092344 TORMLI ILC011-195-100030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 642 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 NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS ...NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS ...EASTERN WHITESIDE COUNTY AT 640 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE TOWN OF WALNUT...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH...AND MOVE ALONG EXREMEM EASTERN PART OF WHITESIDE THROUGH 715 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN STERLING...ROCK FALLS...OR DEERE GROVE...TAKE SHELTER NOW. GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! MEYER
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, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Carroll, Whiteside | 66 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.