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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2005, 9:17 PM CDT for Jones County, Iowa. It was in force for 24 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 13, 2005, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2005, 9:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jones County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 9:20 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 N Olin, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 969 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDVN 140217 TORDVN IAC105-140300- /O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0011.050614T0217Z-050614T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 917 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 912 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR CENTER JUNCTION...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF ANAMOSA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PICTURED ROCKS WMA BY 925 PM CDT TEMPLE HILL BY 935 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. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. LAT...LON 4223 9127 4203 9117 4208 9091 4229 9093 $$ MCCLURE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDVN 140222 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 920 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 IAC105-140300- /O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050614T0300Z/ JONES IA- 920 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR EASTERN JONES COUNTY... AT 917 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6 MILES NORTH OF OLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CENTER JUNCTION BY 925 PM CDT SCOTCH GROVE BY 935 PM CDT PICTURED ROCKS WMA BY 940 PM CDT TEMPLE HILL BY 955 PM CDT TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. LAT...LON 4210 9122 4203 9117 4219 9090 4230 9108 $$ MCCLURE
000 WWUS53 KDVN 140241 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 939 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 IAC105-140249- /O.CAN.KDVN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050614T0300Z/ JONES IA- 939 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN JONES COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN NEAR THE DUBUQUE...JONES COUNTY LINE NORTHWEST OF TEMPLE HILL. LAT...LON 4210 9122 4203 9117 4219 9090 4230 9108 $$ MCCLURE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Iowa | 55 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.