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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2006, 12:08 AM CST for McDonough County, Illinois. It was in force for 22 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
- Mar 13, 2006, 12:08 AM CST (06:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2006, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County McDonough County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 12:15 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Adair, IL | POWER POLES DOWN NEAR ADAIR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 756 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1064 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDVN 130608 TORDVN ILC109-130715- /O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0009.060313T0608Z-060313T0715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1208 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 115 AM CST * AT 1203 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDUSTRY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDUSTRY BY 1215 AM CST 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ADAIR BY 1220 AM CST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. LAT...LON 4029 9072 4028 9047 4044 9047 4045 9064 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDVN 130618 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1218 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ILC109-130715- /O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060313T0715Z/ MCDONOUGH IL- 1218 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY... AT 1216 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INDUSTRY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PENNINGTON POINT BY 1225 AM CST 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ADAIR BY 1230 AM CST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. LAT...LON 4029 9072 4028 9047 4044 9047 4045 9064 $$
000 WWUS53 KDVN 130619 CCA SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1218 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ILC109-130715- /O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060313T0715Z/ MCDONOUGH IL- 1218 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR MCDONOUGH COUNTY... AT 1216 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INDUSTRY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF RUSHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PENNINGTON POINT BY 1225 AM CST 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ADAIR BY 1230 AM CST 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 4029 9072 4028 9047 4044 9047 4045 9064 $$
000 WWUS53 KDVN 130630 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1230 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ILC109-130640- /O.CAN.KDVN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060313T0715Z/ MCDONOUGH IL- 1230 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MCDONOUGH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. LAT...LON 4029 9072 4028 9047 4044 9047 4045 9064 $$ MCCLURE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 39 min |
| Mar 12, 7:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer | 28 min |
| Mar 12, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 17 min |
| Mar 12, 8:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 47 min |
| Mar 12, 8:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 45 min |
| Mar 12, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Warren | 28 min |
| Mar 12, 9:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer | 58 min |
| Mar 12, 9:19 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 4 hr |
| Mar 12, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 54 min |
| Mar 12, 9:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Whiteside | 65 min |
| Mar 12, 9:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DVN | Hancock, Henderson | 31 min |
| Mar 12, 10:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henderson, Mercer, Warren | 42 min |
| Mar 12, 10:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 44 min |
| Mar 12, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 11:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Putnam | 57 min |
| Mar 13, 7:29 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer and 5 more | 11 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.