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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2006, 8:18 PM CDT for Jackson County, Iowa; Jo Daviess County, Illinois. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2006, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2006, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jackson County, IA, Jo Daviess County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 279 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
- 3557 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1255 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
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 Jul 17, 3:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 3:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 310 PM CDT MON JUL 17 2006 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT BEFORE STALLING OUT ACROSS MISSOURI AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT SHOULD BRING IN LESS HUMID AND COOLER CONDITIONS. && .DISCUSSION... CAP STILL HOLDING ACROSS THE AREA AND THE MAIN QUESTION IS WILL IT BE BROKEN. CHANCES LOOK BETTER TO THE EAST OF THE CWFA BUT GIVEN THE EXTREME HEAT/INSTABILITY...CAN NOT RULE IT OUT HAPPENING OVER US. THEREFORE WILL TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH. COLD FRONT SHOULD STALL OUT/WASH OUT ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI/CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY TUESDAY MORNING. AS FOR THE CURRENT HEAT ADVISORY...WILL LET IT EXPIRE AT 00Z. WE MAY STILL SEE HEAT INDICES OF 80 OR ABOVE ACROSS THE SOUTH THIRD TONIGHT BUT HEAT INDICES SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 105 ON TUESDAY. MODELS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE REGARDING HOW MUCH THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BREAK DOWN. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT A RESPECTABLE MCS SHOULD FIRE TUESDAY EVENING IN THE PLAINS AND MOVE GENERALLY EAST...BRUSHING THE NORTHERN THIRD OR SO OF THE CWFA WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER MCS EVENT MAY BE SEEN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD. THIS SECOND MCS EVENT IS LESS CERTAIN. FRIDAY ON...DID NOT REALLY MAKE ANY CHANGES. GLOBAL MODELS ARE VACILLATING WITH EACH RUN REGARDING A DEVELOPING LONGWAVE TROF OVER THE EASTERN CONUS. ONE THING THAT IS CERTAIN IS THAT NORTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP ALLOWING COOLER TEMPERATURES TO PUSH INTO THE AREA. && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...HEAT ADVISORY TODAY MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 30. IL...HEAT ADVISORY TODAY. MO...HEAT ADVISORY TODAY. 08
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 12:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1230 PM CDT MON JUL 17 2006 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-181730- 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- 1230 PM CDT MON JUL 17 2006 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30. HOT TEMPERATURES CONTINUED THROUGH THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY TODAY. AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 105 TO 110 ACROSS THE AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. THE STRONG HEATING OF THE DAY ALONG WITH THE HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...AN UPPER-LEVEL WAVE WILL HELP PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS A SURFACE COLD FRONT WORKS ACROSS IOWA FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE INSTABILITY...ALONG WITH COLDER AIR MOVING IN AT MID- LEVELS...IS EXPECTED TO BREAK THE CAP TODAY AND ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INTENSIFY QUICKLY INTO SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO GOLFBALL- SIZED HAIL... WITH A FEW CELLS CAPABLE OF EVEN LARGER HAIL. AS THE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...CELLS MAY EVOLVE INTO SMALLER LINES OR BOW ECHOES...AND THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL SHIFT TOWARD DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 80 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA ON LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG... AND THERE IS A SMALL POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. MAYES
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:27 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:30 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
730 PM CDT MON JUL 17 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0729 PM TSTM WND DMG MARENGO 41.80N 92.07W
07/17/2006 IOWA IA BROADCAST MEDIA
DELAYED REPORT. KWWL REPORTS SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE
MARENGO AREA.
&&Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:40 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
740 PM CDT MON JUL 17 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM TSTM WND DMG HILLS 41.57N 91.54W
07/17/2006 JOHNSON IA AMATEUR RADIO
POWER OUT.
&&Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:41 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
741 PM CDT MON JUL 17 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0735 PM HAIL 1 S CASCADE 42.28N 91.01W
07/17/2006 M0.25 INCH JONES IA TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA SIZE HAIL.
&&
JH2Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:47 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
747 PM CDT MON JUL 17 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0744 PM HEAVY RAIN WASHINGTON 41.30N 91.69W
07/17/2006 M1.00 INCH WASHINGTON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE INCH OF RAIN 645-740 PM.
&&
JH2Local storm report, Jul 17, 8:06 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
806 PM CDT MON JUL 17 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0717 PM HAIL MONTICELLO 42.24N 91.19W
07/17/2006 E0.25 INCH JONES IA TRAINED SPOTTER
DELAYED REPORT. PEA HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Stephenson | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2006Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.