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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 1, 2007Jo Daviess County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2007, 2:36 PM CDT for Jo Daviess County, Illinois. It was in force for 54 min. 4 reports 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: Jun 1, 2007, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2007, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jo Daviess County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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
Jun 1, 3:12 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 S Scales Mound, IL	EF0 CONFIRMED. NO KNOWN DAMAGE.
Jun 1, 3:12 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 S Scales Mound, IL	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS A TORNADO ON THE GROUND.
Jun 1, 3:17 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 S Scales Mound, IL	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND MOVING EAST. NO DAMAGE REPORTS SO FAR.
Jun 1, 3:21 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 W Apple River Canyon, IL	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL.

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
Jun 1, 12:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KDVN 011936
TORDVN
ILC085-012030-
/O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0012.070601T1936Z-070601T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
236 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.

* AT 232 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF HANOVER...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF
  GALENA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ELIZABETH AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALENA AROUND 255 PM CDT...
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODBINE AROUND 300 PM CDT...
  SCHAPVILLE AROUND 305 PM CDT...
  SCALES MOUND AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COUNCIL HILL AROUND 310 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.

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED A TORNADO AND REMAINS A THREAT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4222 9029 4228 9041 4233 9041 4238 9047
      4242 9046 4249 9046 4249 9026 4248 9025
      4247 8995

$$

12/50

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDVN 011950
SVSDVN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
250 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

ILC085-012030-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070601T2030Z/
JO DAVIESS IL-
250 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR JO
DAVIESS COUNTY...

AT 249 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR
RODDEN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALENA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GALENA TERRITORY AROUND 255 PM CDT...
  GUILFORD...COUNCIL HILL STATION...COUNCIL HILL AND SCHAPVILLE
  AROUND 300 PM CDT...
  SCALES MOUND AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF APPLE CANYON LAKE AROUND 305
  PM CDT...

THIS TORNADO IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO
BUILDINGS. MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER NOW

THIS SAME STORM HAS PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR BELLEVUE STATE PARK.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4222 9029 4228 9041 4233 9041 4238 9047
      4242 9046 4249 9046 4249 9026 4248 9025
      4247 8995

$$

12/50

000 
WWUS53 KDVN 012001
SVSDVN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
301 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

ILC085-012030-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070601T2030Z/
JO DAVIESS IL-
301 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR JO
DAVIESS COUNTY...

AT 257 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR GUILFORD...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF 
GALENA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR 
SCHAPVILLE...APPLE CANYON LAKE OR SCALES MOUND...SEEK SHELTER NOW

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF APPLE RIVER CANYON STATE AROUND 315 PM CDT...

THIS TORNADO IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO
BUILDINGS. MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER NOW

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4222 9029 4228 9041 4233 9041 4238 9047
      4242 9046 4249 9046 4249 9026 4248 9025
      4247 8995

$$

12/50

000 
WWUS53 KDVN 012021
SVSDVN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
321 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

ILC085-012030-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070601T2030Z/
JO DAVIESS IL-
321 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR JO
DAVIESS COUNTY...

AT 318 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR SCALES MOUND...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
GALENA...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

THIS TORNADO IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO
BUILDINGS. MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER NOW

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4222 9029 4228 9041 4233 9041 4238 9047
      4242 9046 4249 9046 4249 9026 4248 9026
      4247 8995

$$

12/50

000 
WWUS53 KDVN 012029
SVSDVN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
329 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

ILC085-012039-
/O.EXP.KDVN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070601T2030Z/
JO DAVIESS IL-
329 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JO DAVIESS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 330 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS
MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4222 9029 4228 9041 4233 9041 4238 9047
      4242 9046 4249 9046 4249 9026 4248 9026
      4247 8995

$$

12/50

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 4:03 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, McDonough and 6 more	5 hr
Jun 1, 1:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Rock Island	40 min
Jun 1, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	McDonough, Warren	59 min
Jun 1, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Rock Island	47 min
Jun 1, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Whiteside	55 min
Jun 1, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry	55 min
Jun 1, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll	57 min
Jun 1, 3:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Whiteside	61 min
Jun 1, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Stephenson	61 min
Jun 1, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau	64 min

Nearby

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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.