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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Quad Cities, IA

October 2, 2007Cedar County, Clinton County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2007, 7:58 PM CDT for Cedar County, Clinton County, Iowa. 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
Oct 2, 2007, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 2007, 8:20 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 2, 8:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 W Tipton, IASHED BLOWN DOWN 6 W OF TIPTON 10 SOUTH OF MECHANICSVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 50 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2007-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 318 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2007-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 294 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
318 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
521 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDVN 030058
TORDVN
IAC031-045-030145-
/O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0028.071003T0058Z-071003T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
758 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
  CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.

* AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF TIPTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TIPTON AROUND 805 PM CDT...
  CLARENCE AROUND 815 PM CDT...
  LOWDEN AROUND 820 PM CDT...
  TORONTO AROUND 825 PM CDT...
  LOST NATION AROUND 835 PM CDT...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DELMAR AROUND 845 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 4164 9124 4179 9135 4196 9099 4195 9091
      4200 9090 4202 9086 4200 9050
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 233DEG 36KT 4177 9120

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDVN 030120
SVSDVN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
817 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007

IAC031-045-030127-
/O.CAN.KDVN.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-071003T0145Z/
CLINTON IA-CEDAR IA-
817 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CEDAR AND CLINTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS 
WEAKENED AND LOST ITS ROTATION. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED.

HOWEVER...THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 
40 MPH.

LAT...LON 4164 9124 4179 9135 4196 9099 4195 9091
      4200 9090 4202 9086 4200 9050
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 233DEG 36KT 4188 9100

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJohnson38 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.