Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1997, 5:10 PM CDT for Jo Daviess County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1997, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jo Daviess County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
068 WUUS1 KMLI 182211 RRA SVRMLI ILC085-182300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 510 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN JO DAVIESS COUNTY - IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * THIS STORM WILL REACH NEAR MENOMINEE AROUND 520 PM CDT GALENA AROUND 525 PM CDT COUNCIL HILL AROUND 535 PM CDT SCALES MOUND AROUND 545 PM CDT ELIZABETH AROUND 545 PM CDT * AT 510 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY QUAD CITIES IA DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS IN THE VICINITY OF DUBUQUE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. HENDRICKS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 18, 1:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 1:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 145 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997 THE SPECIAL 18Z KDVN SOUNDING TELLS THE STORY SO FAR...THERE IS ABOUT A 4.6C CAP. HOWEVER...THANX TO HELP FROM DMX THE MODIFIED SOUNDING WITH 86/MID-UPPER60S AND SOME COOLING AROUND 800MB...THAT EQUALS A 0.6C CAP AND 3700J/KG. THE SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM NORTH CENTRAL IA TO SOUTHWEST KS. LI/S NOW DOWN TO -8 WITH MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE INCREASING AHEAD OF BOUNDARY. THE INGREDIENTS ARE IN PLACE FOR RAPID SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WHEN THE CAP BREAKS THIS AFTERNOON. THE 12Z ETA/NGM INITIALIZED ALRIGHT AND AT 18Z WERE DOING A DECENT JOB. OVERNIGHT...THE BOUNDARY WILL PLOW THROUGH THE AREA WITH THE COLD AIR LAGGING BEHIND ABOUT 6 HOURS. EXPECT A LINE OF TSRA TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH BRIEF CLEARING BEHIND IT AND THEN COLD AIR ADVECTION STRATOCU LATER TONIGHT. A COMBINATION OF FWC/FAN GUIDANCE IS ACCEPTED. CID 53/++ IOW 54/++ DBQ 50/++ MLI 57/++ BRL 56/++ HELGESON
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 18, 4:46 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 441 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE(CDT) ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 0405 PM 2 NORTH VINTON IA 1.75 INCH HAIL 05/18/97 BENTON GOLF BALL SIZE 0440 PM NEAR LISBON IA TORNADO 05/18/97 LINN 0444 PM COUNTY E45 & X45 IA FUNNEL ALOFT 05/18/:97 JONES STIMACH
Local storm report, May 18, 4:59 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 459 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE(CDT) ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 0500 PM PEOSTA IA 1.OO INCH HAIL 05/18/97 DUBUQUE 0450 PM FARLEY IA 0.75 INCH HAIL 05/18/97 DUBUQUE 0450 PM WORTHINGTON IA 0.75 INCH HAIL 05/18/97 DUBUQUE STIMACH
Special weather statement, May 18, 5:01 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
ILZ001-002-007-009-016>018-026-034-035-190400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 501 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 11PM... SOME COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... JO DAVIESS...STEPHENSON...CARROLL...WHITESIDE...ROCK ISLAND ...HENRY...MERCER...BUREAU...PUTNAM...HENDERSON...WARREN...HANCOCK ...AND MCDONOUGH. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...FREEPORT...GENESEO...PRINCETON...MOLINE...MONMOUTH...AND MACOMB. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SAFE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BERG
Local storm report, May 18, 5:04 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 459 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE(CDT) ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 0500 PM PEOSTA IA 1.OO INCH HAIL 05/18/97 DUBUQUE 0450 PM FARLEY IA 0.75 INCH HAIL 05/18/97 DUBUQUE 0450 PM WORTHINGTON IA 0.75 INCH HAIL 05/18/97 DUBUQUE STIMACH
Local storm report, May 18, 5:06 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 506 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE(CDT) ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 0505 PM 3 N OXFORD JUNCTION IA 1.75 INCH HAIL 05/18/97 JONES GOLF BALL STIMACH
Local storm report, May 18, 5:09 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 506 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 1997 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE(CDT) ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 0505 PM 3 N OXFORD JUNCTION IA 1.75 INCH HAIL 05/18/97 JONES GOLF BALL STIMACH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Whiteside | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.