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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2006, 7:41 PM CDT for Cedar County, Iowa. It was in force for 64 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
- May 9, 2006, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cedar County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:46 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 W Cedar Bluff, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado 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 nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 907 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDVN 100041 TORDVN IAC031-100145- /O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0029.060510T0041Z-060510T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 741 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT. * AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF TIPTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF IOWA CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... TIPTON BY 815 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. LAT...LON 4180 9137 4168 9136 4165 9101 4180 9101 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDVN 100048 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 748 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 IAC031-100145- /O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060510T0145Z/ CEDAR IA- 748 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL CEDAR COUNTY... AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR BLUFF...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF TIPTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CEDAR VALLEY AND BUCHANAN BY 755 PM CDT... TIPTON MATTHEWS AIRPORT AND TIPTON BY 810 PM CDT... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TIPTON MATTHEWS AIRPORT...CEDAR VALLEY AND BUCHANAN. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. LAT...LON 4180 9137 4168 9136 4165 9101 4180 9101 $$
000 WWUS53 KDVN 100058 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 758 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 IAC031-100145- /O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060510T0145Z/ CEDAR IA- 758 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL CEDAR COUNTY... AT 756 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR VALLEY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIPTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 5 MILES SOUTH OF TIPTON MATTHEWS AIRPORT AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF TIPTON BY 805 PM CDT... ROCHESTER BY 810 PM CDT... LIME CITY BY 820 PM CDT... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TIPTON MATTHEWS AIRPORT...ROCHESTER...LIME CITY...CEDAR BLUFF AND BUCHANAN. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. LAT...LON 4180 9137 4168 9136 4163 9101 4180 9101 $$
000 WWUS53 KDVN 100124 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 824 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 IAC031-100145- /O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060510T0145Z/ CEDAR IA- 824 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL CEDAR COUNTY... AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LIME CITY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TIPTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SUNBURY AND BENNETT BY 830 PM CDT... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUNBURY AND BENNETT. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. LAT...LON 4179 9112 4165 9117 4163 9091 4179 9091 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 9, 3:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 3:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 305 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 .SYNOPSIS... AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW NORMAL. && .DISCUSSION... THE MCS THAT FIRED OVER THE PLAINS LAST NIGHT GENERATED A NICE MCV. THIS MCV CAUSED A NEW MCS TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING WHICH IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO WISCONSIN. THE QUESTION NOW IS WHAT WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. MODELS FINALLY DISCOVERED THE VORT MAX OVER THE PLAINS WITH THE 12Z RUNS BUT INDICATE IT NOT DOING MUCH. SATELLITE TRENDS INDICATE CELLULAR CU OVER IOWA THAT DOES NOT LOOK REAL HEALTHY FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. RADAR HAS SOME SHRA AND POSSIBLE TSRA FROM NORTHERN IOWA INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. WE SHOULD SEE SOME SCATTERED SHRA AND POSSIBLE TSRA DEVELOP LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING BUT THE SEVERE THREAT LOOKS TO BE MINIMAL. MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE DISAGREEMENTS ON WHAT WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THEY DO AGREE ON A DEEP CUT OFF UPPER LOW DEVELOPING OVER OR VERY NEAR THE AREA. 12Z ECMWF/UKMET/ETA REV UP THE SURFACE LOW BY THURSDAY MORNING WITH NEAR PERFECT PHASING. NGM IS MUCH WEAKER BUT HAS A LOW CLUSTERED IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA. GFS LOOKS TO BE AN OUTLIER WITH ITS STRONG LOW MUCH FURTHER NORTH. NOT SURE IF I BELIEVE THE STRENGTH OF THE LOW (980-990 DEPENDING ON THE MODEL) BUT A LOCATION SOMEWHERE NEAR KBEH LOOKS ABOUT RIGHT. SYSTEM TO BECOME VERTICALLY STACKED AND MEANDER AROUND SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN FOR MUCH OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE DEPARTING. NET RESULT IS CONSIDERABLE CLOUDS WITH SOME THREAT OF RAIN FOR SEVERAL DAYS. HAVE OPTED TO GO WITH SILENT 20 POPS FOR FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER LOW WITH VORT MAXES ROTATING AROUND IT. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SCATTERED SHRA DEVELOP DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. TEMPERATURES TO BE BELOW NORMAL IN THE THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY TIME PERIOD WITH A RECOVERY TO NEAR NORMAL BY NEXT TUESDAY. && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...NONE. IL...NONE. MO...NONE. 08
Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 3:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 349 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-101000- 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- 349 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME...THOUGH THERE IS ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH LIFT OR MID LEVEL SUPPORT FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO INITIATE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. A FEW ISOLATED STORMS MAY STILL FORM IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE FRONT. THESE STORMS MAY STILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BUT THEY SHOULD BE ISOLATED IN NATURE...AND SHOULD BE LIMITED TO BETWEEN 4 AND 8 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES OVER THE AREA. CONDITIONS MAY BE FAVORABLE FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Johnson | 37 min |
| May 9, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 65 min |
| May 9, 11:38 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Johnson and 4 more | 8 hr |
| May 10, 3:38 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 30 hr |
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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.