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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 30, 2003Bureau County, Putnam County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2003, 7:02 PM CDT for Bureau County, Putnam County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 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
May 30, 2003, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2003, 7:35 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bureau County, IL, Putnam County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3321 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

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

178 
WFUS53 KDVN 310002
TORDVN
ILC011-155-310035-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
702 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BUREAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 735 PM CDT

* AT 651 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF
  PRINCETON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   MALDEN BY 705 PM CDT.
   HOLLOWAYVILLE BY 710 PM CDT.
   SEATONVILLE BY 715 PM CDT.
   DALZELL BY 720 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.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT 
WAS ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR BUREAU COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 4147 8953 4130 8957 4116 8874 4141 8869

$$

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.