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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 1995, 7:07 PM CDT for Cedar County, Jones County, Iowa. It was in force for 68 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, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cedar County, IA, Jones County, IA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Atalissa To, IA | A vary dynamic weather pattern was in place across Iowa. The air mass was very unstable with total total indices of 61, K indices over 30, and helicity values over 600 m2-s-2. Soundings at 1200 UTC already indicated lifted indices of -7° C. Moisture pooling |
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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 2692 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 534 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 100.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMLI 280009 TORMLI IAC031-105-280115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 707 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES IA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA ...CEDAR COUNTY...JONES COUNTY AT 705 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING JONES AND CEDAR COUNTIES OF IOWA...NEAR LISBON ON HIGHWAY 30. THIS STORM WILL REACH MECHANICSVILLE AND MARTELLE BY 715 PM...AND STANWOOD AND MOORLEY BY 725 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN A CAR...GO INSIDE A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING! AS A LAST RESORT...L(IE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. 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, 6:29 PM CDT, 38 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.
HOOPERLocal storm report, Jul 27, 6:30 PM CDT, 37 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
THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
HOOPER
WWUS34KMLI 0#The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Scott | 63 min |
| Jul 27, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Muscatine | 59 min |
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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.