Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2005, 12:12 AM CDT for Dubuque County, Iowa. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2005, 12:12 AM CDT (05:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2005, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 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), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:15 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 12:21 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Farley, IA | TREES DOWN. ONE TREE FELL ON A CAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 9 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1049 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDVN 300512 SVRDVN IAC061-300615- /O.NEW.KDVN.SV.W.0076.050630T0512Z-050630T0615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1212 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DUBUQUE * UNTIL 115 AM CDT * AT 1211 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARLEY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF MANCHESTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BANKSTON...HOLY CROSS AND 6 MILES NORTH OF EPWORTH BY 1220 AM CDT RICKARDSVILLE...CENTRALIA AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF BALLTOWN BY 1225 AM CDT DURANGO...SHERRILL...ASBURY AND DUBUQUE BY 1230 AM CDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE IMMEDIATELY INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE...AND IT REMAINS A THREAT. LAT...LON 4262 9112 4231 9111 4242 9063 4266 9081 $$ && MAYES
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDVN 300613 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 113 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 IAC061-300623- /O.EXP.KDVN.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-050630T0615Z/ DUBUQUE IA- 113 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DUBUQUE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 115 AM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4262 9112 4231 9111 4242 9063 4266 9081 $$ && MAYES
What 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 29, 3:20 PM CDT, 8 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:20 PM CDT, 8 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 320 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 .SYNOPSIS... STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROF WAS LOCATED OVER THE NRN PLAINS THIS MORNING. THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROF WAS OVER ERN SD WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST THROUGH CENTRAL MN INTO SERN WI AND A SECONDARY WARM FRONT STRETCHED FROM NERN NE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL IOWA. THE COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTH FROM THE LOW THROUGH ERN NE. SO FAR SHRA/TSRA ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLAINS SYSTEM HAS BEEN LIMITED LINE OF SHRA/ISOLD TSRA HAS BEEN WORKING ITS WAS ACROSS CENTRAL IA THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE TSRA...SO FAR...HAVE BEEN WEAK. DESPITE THE TIME OF DAY AND WITH TSRA MOVING INTO A MORE UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL ENVIRONMENT THEY HAVE YET TO SHOW ANY SIGNS OF INTENSIFYING. THIS MAY BE A SIGN THAT THE MID LEVEL CAP HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF OVER THE CWA. && .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND THURSDAY)... THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH MODELS SHOWING STRONG NORTHERN PLAINS UPPER/SURFACE LOW MOVING EAST INTO NWRM MN BY THURSDAY MORNING AND COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH EASTERN IA/NWRN IL LATE TONIGHT. SPC HAS PLACED NWRN CWA IN A MODERATE RISK FOR THIS SYSTEM. BASED ON BEHAVIOR OF CURRENT PCPN MOVING INTO WRN CWA AND SCT STRONG TSRA FIRING EAST OF CWA ALONG THE WARM FRONT..IT APPEARS THAT MID LEVEL CAP IS IN PLACE. 18Z KDVN SOUNDING SHOWED H7 TEMPS AROUND 9C WITH H7 TEMPS AROUND 12C STILL UPSTREAM...PER 18Z KOAX SOUNDING. FEEL CAP WILL KEEP MOST OF THE CWA FREE OF ANY STRONG CONVECTION THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING. STRONGER STORMS SHOULD BE TIED TO THE UPPER TROF AND SURFACE FRONT WHERE STRONG FORCING AND MID LEVEL COOLING WILL EAT AWAY AT THE CAP. WILL PLAN ON STORMS MOVING INTO THE NW CWA AROUND 02Z AND EXITING THE EAST IN THE 06Z-09Z TIMEFRAME. BY THE TIME THE STORMS MOVE IN LATE THIS EVENING LOW LEVELS AND BETTER DIRECTIONAL SHEAR WILL BE DECOUPLED...SUGGESTING THAT THREAT WILL BE A SQUALL LINE WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. GREATEST THREAT WILL NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 WITH THREAT AND STORM COVERAGE DROPPING OFF RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTH. THE LIMITED AREAL EXTENT AND RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS SHOULD LIMIT RAINFALL. MAX AMOUNTS AROUND A HALF INCH WITH ISOLATE AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NRN THIRD OF THE CWA. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION THURSDAY. UPPER TROF AXIS IS STILL TO THE WEST MOST OF THURSDAY SO WILL KEEP SLGHT CHANCE WORDING THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. COLDER AIR WILL LAG THE FRONT THURSDAY AND WITH DECENT MIXING TEMPS WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID 80S NW TO AROUND 90 IN THE SOUTHEAST. MORE PLEASANT WEATHER WILL BE OVER THE AREA FRIDAY WITH HIGH OVER THE REGION. SHOULD SEE M/U 50S FOR LOWS NORTH FRIDAY MORNING AND M/U70S TO LOW 80S FOR HIGHS. && .LONG TERM... (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... GFS/ECMWF DRIVE ANOTHER FRONT INTO THE REGION MONDAY AND THEN STALL IT OVER/NEAR THE CWA TUESDAY SUPPORT CONTINUATION OF LOW CHANCE POPS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. MODELS LIFT FRONT NORTH OUT OF THE CWA BY WEDNESDAY...SO WILL GO WITH A DRY FORECAST. TEMPS SHOULD BE NEAR SEASONAL FOR EARLY JULY. ...DLF... && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...NONE. IL...NONE. MO...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 11:15 AM CDT, 12 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1115 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-300500- BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO- CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL- HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA- JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA- MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL- SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL- WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL- 1115 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...NORTHEAST MISSOURI... NORTHEAST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOUND OVER THE REST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... MAINLY ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A BOUNDARY CURRENTLY STRETCHING FROM CEDAR RAPIDS...TO THE QUAD CITIES...AND TO AROUND PRINCETON ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SUPERCELLS...AND BE ABLE TO PRODUCE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO. BY EARLY EVENING...THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA...BRINGING A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HIGH WINDS...GREATER THAN 60 MPH. LATEST INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE AREA WITH THE HIGHEST RISK OF SEEING DAMAGING WINDS TONIGHT WILL BE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 IN IOWA. AN EMERGENCY MANAGERS CONFERENCE CALL WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON AT AROUND 2 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BY 9 AM THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER... THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF THIS WOULD OCCUR...IT WOULD BE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM PRINCETON ILLINOIS TO MEMPHIS MISSOURI. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...AND IS LIKELY TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 9:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 920 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-076>077-087-098-300800- BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-CEDAR IA-DELAWARE IA-DUBUQUE IA- IOWA IA-JEFFERSON IA-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA- LINN IA-VAN BUREN IA-WASHINGTON IA- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 558 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA BENTON CEDAR IOWA JOHNSON JONES LINN IN NORTHEAST IOWA BUCHANAN DELAWARE DUBUQUE IN SOUTHEAST IOWA JEFFERSON KEOKUK VAN BUREN WASHINGTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ANAMOSA...CEDAR RAPIDS...DUBUQUE... FAIRFIELD...INDEPENDENCE...IOWA CITY...KEOSAUQUA...MANCHESTER... MARENGO...SIGOURNEY...TIPTON...VINTON AND WASHINGTON. JAZ
Local storm report, Jun 29, 11:25 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1125 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1119 PM TSTM WND GST 7 SW MOUNT AUBURN 42.19N 92.19W
06/29/2005 60 MPH BENTON IA BROADCAST MEDIA
ESTIMATED 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS AND SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN 8
MILES SOUTH OF LA PORTE CITY.
&&
MIKEMLocal storm report, Jun 29, 11:38 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1138 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1135 PM TSTM WND GST VINTON 42.16N 92.03W
06/29/2005 64 MPH BENTON IA BROADCAST MEDIA
MEASURED BY SPOTTER WITH KWWL TELEVISION STATION.
&&
MIKEMLocal storm report, Jun 29, 11:40 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1140 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1139 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SW SHELLSBURG 42.07N 91.90W
06/29/2005 50 MPH BENTON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED
&&
MIKEMLocal storm report, Jun 30, 12:08 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1208 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1156 PM HAIL HIAWATHA 42.05N 91.68W
06/29/2005 0.88 INCH LINN IA EMERGENCY MNGR
DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
&&
MIKEMLocal storm report, Jun 30, 12:12 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1212 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1153 PM TSTM WND GST STANLEY 42.64N 91.81W
06/29/2005 50 MPH BUCHANAN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
WINDS ESTIMATED
&&
MIKEMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Linn | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 56 min |
| Jun 30, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 73 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.