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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 2006, 6:44 PM CST for Bureau County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 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
- Mar 11, 2006, 6:44 PM CST (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2006, 7:28 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bureau County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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
- 529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDVN 120044 SVRDVN ILC011-120145- /O.NEW.KDVN.SV.W.0013.060312T0044Z-060312T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 644 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BUREAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRINCETON * UNTIL 745 PM CST * AT 640 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHEFFIELD...OR ABOUT NEAR KEWANEE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SHEFFIELD AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUDA BY 650 PM CST 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WYANET BY 655 PM CST WALNUT BY 705 PM CST THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 72. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 180 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 13. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE IMMEDIATELY INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4157 8984 4124 8985 4135 8918 4158 8919 $$ MAYES
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDVN 120105 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 703 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ILC011-120145- /O.CON.KDVN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060312T0145Z/ BUREAU IL- 703 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR NORTHERN BUREAU COUNTY... AT 702 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALNUT...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRINCETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OHIO BY 710 PM CST 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF VAN ORIN BY 715 PM CST 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA MOILLE BY 720 PM CST THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 72. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 180 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 13. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. LAT...LON 4157 8984 4133 8978 4135 8918 4158 8919 $$ MAYES
000
WWUS53 KDVN 120120
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
718 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
ILC011-120145-
/O.CON.KDVN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060312T0145Z/
BUREAU IL-
718 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST
FOR BUREAU COUNTY...
AT 715 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEPONSET...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
KEWANEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MANLIUS AND 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF WYANET BY 725 PM CST
KASBEER AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALNUT BY 735 PM CST
OHIO BY 740 PM CST
VAN ORIN AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA MOILLE BY 745 PM CST
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND
72.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 180 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 13.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 4145 8986 4125 8986 4135 8918 4159 8919
4158 8963
$$
MAYES000
WWUS53 KDVN 120128
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
727 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
ILC011-120137-
/O.CAN.KDVN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060312T0145Z/
BUREAU IL-
727 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BUREAU COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER HAS
WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
HOWEVER...THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 4145 8986 4125 8986 4135 8918 4159 8919
4158 8963
$$
MAYESWhat 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 Mar 11, 3:31 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 3:31 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 330 PM CST SAT MAR 10
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 12:16 PM CST, 6 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1216 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-121730- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 1216 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FLOW FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO HAS ALLOWED WARM AND MOIST AIR TO WORK ITS WAY TOWARD THE MID-MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING. THE WARM AND MOIST AIR SHOULD AID INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON... ALLOWING THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA. THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 92 IN IOWA... IN ALL OF NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI... AND ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ENOUGH WIND SHEAR IS PRESENT TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL EVOLVE INTO A LINE OF STORMS LATER IN THE EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL... ALTHOUGH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS EVOLVE INTO A LINE IN THE EVENING. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT... ALTHOUGH THE GREATER THREAT FOR TORNADOES EXISTS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ON SUNDAY... A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 AND A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS FOR THE REST OF THE AREA. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL AGAIN ALLOW SUPERCELL STORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA. WITH MORE MOISTURE TOMORROW THAN TODAY AS WELL AS STRONGER WIND SHEAR... THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO KEEP ABREAST OF FORECAST UPDATES AS THIS SCENARIO EVOLVES. ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... A DISTURBANCE FROM THE PACIFIC WILL BRING RAIN AND SNOW TO THE AREA. IT IS TOO EARLY TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN AND SNOW AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE WITH STORMS THIS WEEK MAY CAUSE LOCAL RIVERS TO EXPERIENCE MODERATE RISES. CURRENT RIVER LEVELS ARE RUNNING NEAR TO BELOW NORMAL DUE TO THE ONGOING DROUGHT ACROSS THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL AS TOMORROW. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN THE QUAD CITIES. MAYES
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 11, 5:43 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
543 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0542 PM HAIL W GENESEO 41.45N 90.15W
03/11/2006 E0.88 INCH HENRY IL TRAINED SPOTTER
WEST OF GENESEO ON INTERSTATE 80.
&&
DANFLocal storm report, Mar 11, 5:51 PM CST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
551 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0542 PM HAIL S GREENBUSH 40.72N 90.53W
03/11/2006 E0.75 INCH WARREN IL PUBLIC
&&
DANFLocal storm report, Mar 11, 5:52 PM CST, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
552 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM HAIL S GREENBUSH 40.72N 90.53W
03/11/2006 E0.75 INCH WARREN IL PUBLIC
&&
DANFLocal storm report, Mar 11, 5:54 PM CST, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
554 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0549 PM HAIL 3 W ATKINSON 41.42N 90.07W
03/11/2006 E0.75 INCH HENRY IL TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED THE GROUND WAS COVERED WITH DIME SIZE
HAIL AT MILE MARKER 25 ALONG INTERSTATE 80.
&&
MIKEZLocal storm report, Mar 11, 5:58 PM CST, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
558 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0547 PM HEAVY RAIN MACOMB 40.47N 90.68W
03/11/2006 E1.00 INCH MCDONOUGH IL TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER ESTIMATED 1.00 RAIN FALL IN PAST 30 MINUTES.
MINOR STREET FLOODING.
&&
MIKEZLocal storm report, Mar 11, 6:42 PM CST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
642 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0636 PM HAIL 6 N GALVA 41.25N 90.04W
03/11/2006 E1.00 INCH HENRY IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MIKEZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 21 min |
| Mar 12, 2:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Warren | 26 min |
| Mar 12, 4:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Putnam | 17 min |
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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.