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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 1995, 8:33 PM CDT for Henry County, Illinois. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1995, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 280134 TORMLI ILC073-280230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 833 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES IA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS ...HENRY IL COUNTY AT 831 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR COLONA. THE STORMS WILL REACH CAMBRIDGE BY 900 PM. 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, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 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, 2 hours 3 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#Special weather statement, Jul 27, 8:05 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-034-035-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 805 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH #870 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MOST OF EASTERN IOWA AND A SMALL PORTION OF EXTREME NORTHWEST ILLINOIS... TORNADO WATCH #870 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL IOWA COUNTIES...EXCEPT CEDAR...CLINTON...SCOTT...AND MUSCATINE. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR JO DAVIESS COUNTY OF ILLINOIS AS WELL. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR THE REST OF THE REGION...INCLUDING THE QUAD CITIES. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. ZOGG
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 8:08 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-034-035-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 805 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH #870 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MOST OF EASTERN IOWA AND A SMALL PORTION OF EXTREME NORTHWEST ILLINOIS... TORNADO WATCH #870 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL IOWA COUNTIES...EXCEPT CEDAR...CLINTON...SCOTT...AND MUSCATINE. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR JO DAVIESS COUNTY OF ILLINOIS AS WELL. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR THE REST OF THE REGION...INCLUDING THE QUAD CITIES. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA...YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SEVERE THUNDER2STORMS. TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. ZOGG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | McDonough | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henderson | 63 min |
| Jul 27, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Warren | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.