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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 30, 2004Dubuque County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 4:18 PM CDT for Dubuque County, Iowa. It was in force for 57 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, 2004, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dubuque County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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, 12:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 314 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1629 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 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
1629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
8.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDVN 302118
TORDVN
IAC061-302215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
418 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS EXTENDED THE

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIKELY TO PRODUCE A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  CASCADE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANAMOSA...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WORTHINGTON BY 425 PM CDT
  CASCADE BY 430 PM CDT
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FARLEY BY 445 PM CDT
  5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EPWORTH BY 455 PM CDT
  PEOSTA...6 MILES SOUTH OF CENTRALIA AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  BANKSTON BY 500 PM CDT

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA
AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 4234 9076 4232 9090 4230 9112 4243 9112
          4265 9083 4242 9062

$$

ERVIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 5:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNJefferson6 hr
May 30, 7:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNScott6 hr
May 30, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNLee42 min
May 30, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLee46 min
May 30, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDes Moines45 min
May 30, 2:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNLee5 hr
May 30, 3:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNJefferson, Keokuk, Washington5 hr
May 30, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBenton, Buchanan, Linn64 min
May 30, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJohnson, Washington58 min
May 30, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDubuque, Jones49 min
May 30, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNIowa, Johnson53 min
May 30, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDelaware62 min
May 30, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCedar, Muscatine42 min
May 30, 4:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNBuchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn63 min
May 30, 4:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNBuchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn4 hr
May 30, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCedar, Scott46 min
May 30, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDelaware28 min

Nearby

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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.