Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT for Dubuque County, Jackson County, Iowa. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2001, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Dubuque County, IA, Jackson County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 2314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 16.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KDVN 150005
SVRMLI
IAC061-097-150045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
700 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA
DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 652 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND TRAINED SPOTTERS INDICATED A LINE
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY DAMAGING WINDS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM DUBUQUE TO 5 MILES WEST OF SAVANNA ILINOIS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* IF YOU LIVE IN DUBUQUE...OR EXTREME EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY...TAKE
COVER NOW.
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRIEF, TORNADO LIKE
WINDS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS. THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE
OF LOCALIZED, ENHANCED DAMAGE IN ADDITION TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.
LAT...LON 4261 9106 4206 9063 4206 9023 4217 9043
4241 9057
MEYERWhat 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 Jun 14, 3:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 3:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 344 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 NOTE TO MEDIA AND OTHER CUSTOMERS...THE ZONES WILL BE LATE SO AS TO INCLUDE A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TO BE ISSUED SHORTLY BY SPC. WE WILL ISSUE THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE INCLUDING THE UPDATED WATCH INFORMATION. .DVN... IA...NONE. IL...NONE. MO...NONE. WOLF
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
225 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0219 PM MOLINE IL .25 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 ROCK ISLAND REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
239 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 PM BETTENDORF IA URBAN FLOODING
06/14/01 SCOTT REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 14, 2:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
258 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 PM DAVENPORT IA .5 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 SCOTT REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
301 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0245 PM MT AUBURN IA NON TSTM WINDS
06/14/01 BENTON 60 MPH NON TSTM WINDS.
SUSTAINED 55 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 60 MPH WINDS
REPORTED BY FIRE DEPT.Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
354 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0245 PM VINTON IA NON SVR WIND DAMAGE
06/14/01 BENTON 2 LARGE TREES UPROOTED
ON SEPARATE FARMS 2 SW
OF VINTON. NUMEROUS
BRANCHES DOWN AND POWER
OUTAGE IN VINTON.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
438 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0315 PM MOLINE IL FLOOD
06/14/01 ROCK ISLAND MAJOR STREET FLOODING.
REPORTED BY MEDIA.
0315 PM EAST MOLINE IL FLOOD
06/14/01 ROCK ISLAND MAJOR STREET FLOODING.
REPORTED BY MEDIA.
0330 PM BETTENDORF IA FLOOD
06/14/01 SCOTT MAJOR STREET
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY
ON STATE ST. REPORTED
BY MEDIA.
0345 PM BETTENDORF IA FLOOD
06/14/01 SCOTT 5-CAR ACCIDENT ON
INTERSTATE 74 BRIDGE
APPROACH TO MISSISSIPPI
RIVER. 2 CARS TOWED.
ACCIDENT WAS WATER
RELATED. REPORTED BY
MEDIA.
0400 PM DAVENPORT IA FLOOD
06/14/01 SCOTT STREET FLOODING. WATER
COVERING RIVER DR ON
EAST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN
DAVENPORT. REPORTED BY
MEDIA.
0420 PM 4 NE BETTENDORF IA FLOOD
06/14/01 SCOTT SPENCER CR BRIDGE UNDER
WATER AT 249TH AVE.
ROAD IMPAmSSIBLE.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.