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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 12, 2002Linn County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2002, 12:22 PM CDT for Linn County, Iowa. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2002, 12:22 PM CDT (17:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2002, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Linn County, IA

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 2002-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 649 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 2002-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
649 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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.

000 
WFUS53 KDVN 121722
TORMLI
IAC113-121745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1220 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT

* AT 1216 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST EAST OF 
ATKINS NEAR THE BENTON LINN COUNTY LINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NEAR THE CEDAR RAPIDS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BY 1235 PM CDT.   
  5 MILES WEST OF PALISADES-KEPLER STATE PARK BY 1245 PM CDT.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4200 9184 4209 9166 4190 9140 4186 9172

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 12:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJohnson, Linn31 min
Jun 12, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNKeokuk34 min
Jun 12, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNWashington31 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Iowa, 2002Every tornado warning in 2002Tornadoes in 2002

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.