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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 14, 2001Cedar County, Muscatine County, Scott County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2001, 5:57 PM CDT for Cedar County, Muscatine County, Scott County, Iowa. It was in force for 33 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2001, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2001, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cedar County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 6:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EMontpelier, IAThunderstorm winds turned over a camper and downed power lines along Highway 22 near Montpelier. Reported by media.
Jun 14, 6:01 PM CDTTornado F2Montpelier, IA
Jun 14, 6:02 PM CDTTornado F2Blue Grass, IA
Jun 14, 6:11 PM CDTTornado F1Bettendorf, IA
Jun 14, 6:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EDavenport, IAThunderstorms winds blew down numerous trees. Reported by off-duty NWS employee.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 2001-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 663 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 2001-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 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
663 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDVN 142258
TORMLI
IAC031-139-163-142330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
557 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA
  NORTHEASTERN MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA
  NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 555 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF 
DURANT...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUSCATINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 
MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   SUNBURY BY 600 PM CDT.
   PLAINVIEW BY 605 PM CDT.

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.

LAT...LON 4163 9110 4151 9101 4158 9071 4175 9076

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 11:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNKeokuk57 min
Jun 14, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNScott63 min
Jun 14, 2:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNScott3 hr
Jun 14, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNIowa, Keokuk46 min
Jun 14, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNLee40 min
Jun 14, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDes Moines, Johnson, Louisa, Washington46 min
Jun 14, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBenton, Buchanan, Iowa, Linn38 min
Jun 14, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNMuscatine55 min
Jun 14, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNCedar, Clinton, Jones, Scott64 min
Jun 14, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDubuque, Jackson54 min
Jun 14, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBuchanan, Delaware, Linn54 min
Jun 14, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClinton61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.