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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Quad Cities, IA

July 27, 1995Linn County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 1995, 6:29 PM CDT for Linn County, Iowa. It was in force for 61 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: Jul 27, 1995, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Whole counties

County Linn County, IA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 27, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Robins, IA

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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMLI 272330
TORMLI
IAC113-280030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
629 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES IA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA
 
   ...LINN COUNTY
 
AT 628 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDAR RAPIDS MOVING EAST A|T 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL
REACH LAFAYETTE AND ALBURNETT BEFORE 635 PM...AND ROGERS BEFORE 645 PM.
THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES. ACT NOW TO SAVE YOUR LIFE!
 
GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!
 
ZOGG

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

Local storm report, Jul 27, 12:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT              ...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1230 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995

...PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT FOR THURSDAY /JULY 27 1995/...

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE(CDT)  ....COUNTY LOCATION....

315 PM     FAIRBANKS                 IA   3/4 INCH HAIL
07/27/95   BUCHANAN

350 PM     1 3/4 W OF LAMONT         IA   TORNADO ON GROUND
07/27/95   BUCHANAN

401 PM     DUNDEE                    IA   3/4 INCH HAIL
07/27/95   DELAWARE

401 PM     MANCHESTER                IA   3/4 INCH HAIL
07/27/95   DELAWARE

401 PM     DUNDEE                    IA   60 MPH WINDS
07/27/95   DELAWARE

401 PM     MANCHESTER                IA   60 MPH WINDS
07/27/95   DELAWARE

418 PM     1 E OF DUNDEE             IA   TORNADO ON GROUND
07/27/95   DELAWARE

430 PM     GALENA                    IL   TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NORTHWEST
07/27/95   JO DAVIESS                     OF GALENA

435 PM     MANCHESTER                IA   EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND
07/27/95   DELAWARE                       POWER LINES DOWN

441 PM     MANCHESTER                IA   TORNADO ON GROUND MOVING
07/27/95   DELAWARE                       TOWARD DELHI

441 PM     LAMONT                    IA   HEAVY DAMAGE TO OUT-BUILDINGS
07/27/95   BUCHANAN                       REPORTED

448 PM     DELHI                     IA   TORNADO DISSIPATED NEAR
07/27/95   DELAWARE                       DELHI

508 PM     MANCHESTER                IA   60 MPH WINDS IN MANCHESTER
07/27/95   DELAWARE

518 PM     BENNETT                   IA   TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
07/27/95   CEDAR

521 PM     MONTICELLO                IA   POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
07/27/95   JONES

525 PM     CASCADE                   IA   GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
07/27/95   DUBUQUE

528 PM     3-5 SOUTH OF ELWOOD       IA   TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
07/27/95   CLINTON

534 PM     2 NW OF DONAHUE           IA   GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
07/27/95   SCOTT

536 PM     3 SW OF DE WITT           IA   60 MPH WINDS 1/2 MILE WEST
07/27/95   CLINTON/SCOTT                  OF STEPHENSON BRIDGE ON
                                          WAPSIPINICON RIVER

538 PM     3 SW OF DE WITT           IA   TORNADO ON GROUND AT
07/27/95   CLINTON/SCOTT                  STEPHENSON BRIDGE

541 PM     GRAND MOUND               IA   GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
07/27/95   CLINTON

542 PM     DIXON                     IA   TORNADO ON GROUND NW OF
07/27/95   SCOTT                          DIXON

543 PM     DONAHUE                   IA   TORNADO ON GROUND NW OF
07/27/95   SCOTT                          DONAHUE AND AT INTERSECTION
                                          OF 180TH AND 290TH STREETS

546 PM     GRAND MOUND               IA   GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
07/27/95   CLINTON

549 PM     GRAND MOUND               IA   TORNADO ON GROUND BETWEEN
07/27/95   CLINTON                        GRAND MOUND AND DE WITT

550 PM     GRAND MOUND               IA   BASEBALL SIZED HAIL
07/27/95   CLINTON

550 PM     DE WITT                   IA   BASEBALL SIZED HAIL
07/27/95   CLINTON

551 PM     LAKE GEORGE               IL   2 INCH HAIL
07/27/95   ROCK ISLAND

551 PM     BUFFALO                   IL   2 INCH HAIL
07/27/95   ROCK ISLAND

554 PM     1 SW OF DE WITT           IA   TORNADO ON GROUND
07/27/95   CLINTON

557 PM     MONTICELLO                IA   HEAVY DAMAGE REPORTED IN
07/27/95   JONES                          MONTICELLO...24 MOBILE HOMES
                                          DESTROYED...3 PERMANENT HOMES
                                          DESTROYED...NUMEROUS HOMES
                                          AND BUSINESSES DAMAGED

600 PM     WARREN                    IL   TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
07/27/95   JO DAVIESS

607 PM     ROCK ISLAND               IL   QUARTER SIZED HAIL
07/27/95   ROCK ISLAND

625 PM     LOWDEN                    IA   60 MPH WINDS
07/27/95   CEDAR

626 PM     ROCK ISLAND               IL   HIGH WINDS AT INTERSECTION
07/27/95   ROCK ISLAND                    OF 33RD STREET AND 29TH AVE

627 PM     CLINTON AIRPORT           IA   BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND 60
07/27/95   CLINTON                        MPH WINDS

645 PM     SHERRAND                  IL   BRIEF TOUCHDOWN SOUTH SIDE
07/27/95   MERCER                         OF SHERRAND

645 PM     ROBINS                    IA   BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NEAR ROBINS
07/27/95   LINN

700 PM     MT VERNON                 IA   FUNNEL CLOUD
07/27/95   LINN

710 PM     2 E OF ALBANY             IL   DAMAGE TO RESIDENTS
07/27/95   WHITESIDE

720 PM     3 W OF ELDRIDGE           IA   DIME SIZED HAIL COVERING
07/27/95   SCOTT                          THE GROUND

726 PM     DAVENPORT                 IA   1 INCH HAIL AT INTERSECTION
07/27/95   SCOTT                          OF DIVISION AND KIMBERLY

727 PM     ELDRIDGE                  IA   1 INCH HAIL IN ELDRIDGE
07/27/95   SCOTT

735 PM     NWS DVN                   IA   GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
07/27/95   SCOTT

744 PM     BETTENDORF                IA   DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
07/27/95   SCOTT                          NWS EMPLOYEE

745 PM     WEST LIBERTY              IA   TORNADO ON GROUND WEST OF
07/27/95   SCOTT                          WEST LIBERTY

751 PM     ATALISSA                  IA   TORNADO ON GROUND NORTH OF
07/27/95   MUSCATINE                      ATALISSA

800 PM     MOSCOW                    IA   CONFIRMED DAMAGE REPORTED
07/27/95   MUSCATINE                      WEST OF MOSCOW

842 PM     2 1/2 E OF SMITHSHIRE     IL   TORNADO ON THE GROUND
07/27/95   WARREN

925 PM     OQUAWKA FIRE DEPT         IL   TORNADO ON THE GROUND
07/27/95   HENDERSON

PIERCE/HIRSCH/HOLSTEN

Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA
630 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995

...PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT FOR WEDNESDAY /JULY 27 1995/...

TIME (CDT)   .....CITY LOCATION...      STATE    ...EVENT/REMARKS...
             ...COUNTY LOCATION...

1540               LANCASTER             WI      NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
07/27/95           GRANT                         AND UTILITY POLES/
                                                 LINES DOWN. ALL
                                                 DAMAGE WAS INSIDE
                                                 THE CITY LIMITS AND
                                                 FROM THUNDERSTORM
                                                 WINDS. REPORTED BY
                                                 SHERIFF.

1520 PM            MILLVILLE             WI      TREES DOWN IN THE
07/27/95           GRANT                         CITY LIMITS FROM
                                                 THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
                                                 REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

1425               LUANA                 IA      DIME SIZE HAIL IN THE
07/27/95           CLAYTON                       CITY LIMITS. REPORTED
                                                 BY STATE POLICE.

1540               GARNAVILLO            IA      TREE LIMBS AND POWER
07/27/95           CLAYTON                       LINES BLOWN DOWN BY
                  j                               THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
                                                 REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

HOOPER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clayton	35 min
Jul 27, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware	59 min
Jul 27, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clayton	40 min
Jul 27, 3:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware	59 min
Jul 27, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar	67 min
Jul 27, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Delaware	61 min
Jul 27, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton	65 min
Jul 27, 5:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Dubuque, Jones	63 min
Jul 27, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jackson	58 min
Jul 27, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Scott	56 min
Jul 27, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Buchanan	55 min
Jul 27, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Cedar, Jones	60 min
Jul 27, 6:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Scott	57 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Iowa, 1995 Every tornado warning in 1995 Tornadoes 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.