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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 3:42 PM CDT for Jones County, Iowa. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2007, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jones County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -791 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KDVN 072043
TORDVN
IAC105-072130-
/O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0017.070607T2042Z-070607T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
342 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.
* AT 338 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
LISBON...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF CEDAR RAPIDS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MORLEY AROUND 350 PM CDT...
OLIN AROUND 355 PM CDT...
CENTER JUNCTION AND WYOMING AROUND 400 PM CDT...
ONSLOW AROUND 405 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4203 9136 4194 9137 4197 9097 4222 9093
4226 9109
$$
ERVIN1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KDVN 072103
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
402 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
IAC105-072130-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070607T2130Z/
JONES IA-
402 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR JONES
COUNTY...
AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR
MORLEY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF ANAMOSA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ONSLOW...WYOMING...SCOTCH GROVE AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PICTURED
ROCKS WMA AROUND 410 PM CDT...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TEMPLE HILL AROUND 415 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM
OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4203 9136 4194 9137 4201 9090 4224 9091
4226 9109
$$
ERVINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Iowa, Keokuk | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Iowa | 32 min |
| Jun 7, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Johnson, Linn | 57 min |
| Jun 7, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.