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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Quad Cities, IA

August 9, 1995Scott County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 1995, 6:55 PM CDT for Scott County, Iowa. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 1995, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Scott County, IA

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 10 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2688 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2688 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMLI 092357
TORMLI
IAC163-100030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
655 PM CDT WED AUG 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 LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA
 
   ...SCOTT COUNTY
 
AT 655 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER PERSONNEL OBSERVED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
NEAR MAYSVILLE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE
TOWARD WALCOTT.
 
ABANDON MOBILE HOMES!  GO INSIDE A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING!
AS A LAST RESORT...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
 
HENDRICKS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNScott46 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.