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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Quad Cities, IA

November 10, 2006Cedar County, Johnson County, Washington County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2006, 12:50 PM CST for Cedar County, Johnson County, Washington County, Iowa. It was in force for 25 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
Nov 10, 2006, 12:50 PM CST (18:50 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2006, 1:15 PM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cedar County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Washington County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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
Nov 10, 12:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 401 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -171 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1233 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 1:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNCedar47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 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.