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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 14, 1998Lee County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1998, 4:00 PM CDT for Lee County, Iowa. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 14, 1998, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1998, 5:05 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Lee County, IA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 1998-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 1998-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

465 
WFUS1 KMLI 142101 RRA
TORMLI
IAC111-142205-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
400 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES IA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IOWA

* UNTIL 505 PM CDT

* AT 400 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 24
  MILES WEST OF FT MADISON OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROTON MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CROTON                                     AROUND 415 PM CDT
  ARGYLE                                     AROUND 420 PM CDT
  NEW BOSTON                                 AROUND 430 PM CDT
  DONNELLSON                                 AROUND 430 PM CDT
  FT MADISON                                 AROUND 450 PM CDT

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

PIERCE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNVan Buren66 min
Jun 14, 4:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNBenton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Linn, Washington5 hr
Jun 14, 4:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNHenry, Jefferson5 hr
Jun 14, 4:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNKeokuk5 hr
Jun 14, 5:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNLee, Van Buren5 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Iowa, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes in 1998

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.