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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Nov 1, 2000, 3:59 PM CST for Benton County, Buchanan County, Iowa. It was in force for 71 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 1, 2000, 3:59 PM CST (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2000, 5:10 PM CST
- In force
- 71 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 5:09 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 57 E | Center Pt, IA | Severe winds toppled several trees. |
| Nov 1, 5:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Urbana, IA | Several large tree limbs were blown down. |
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDVN 012200 TORMLI IAC011-019-012310- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 359 PM CST WED NOV 1 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA * UNTIL 510 PM CST * AT 355 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTERS INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO JUST NORTH OF VINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BRANDON BY 405 PM CST. INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT BY 415 PM CST. INDEPENDENCE BY 420 PM CST. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR BENTON COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4210 9229 4210 9184 4248 9159 4266 9207 HLADIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 3:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 63 min |
| Nov 1, 5:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Linn | 44 min |
| Nov 1, 5:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 63 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.