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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2007, 12:09 PM CDT for Louisa County, Muscatine County, Iowa. It was in force for 51 min. 5 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, 12:09 PM CDT (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 12:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | Grandview, IA | SEVERE DAMAGE TO HOMES. CITY OF GRANDVIEW CORDONED OFF BY POLICE DUE TO THE DAMAGE. DELAYED REPORT. |
| Jun 1, 12:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Muscatine, IA | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO AT BURLINGTON ROAD NEAR THE AIRPORT. |
| Jun 1, 12:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | Muscatine, IA | SEMI TRAILER TRUCKS OVERTURNED AT THE INDUSTRIAL CENTER IN MUSCATINE. DELAYED REPORT. |
| Jun 1, 12:26 PM CDT | TORNADO | Muscatine, IA | TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR THE BYPASS IN MUSCATINE. DEBRIS IN THE AIR. POSSIBLE DAMAGE. |
| Jun 1, 12:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 N Muscatine, IA | TORNADO ON THE GROUND NORTH SIDE OF MUSCATINE. DEBRIS FLYING INTO THE AIR. |
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 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDVN 011709 TORDVN IAC115-139-011800- /O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0008.070601T1709Z-070601T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1209 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA... LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA... * UNTIL 100 PM CDT. * AT 1205 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR GRANDVIEW...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF WAPELLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FRUITLAND AROUND 1215 PM CDT... MUSCATINE AROUND 1220 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 4127 9135 4122 9118 4157 9096 4156 9125 $$ 12
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDVN 011720 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1220 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 IAC115-139-011800- /O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070601T1800Z/ MUSCATINE IA-LOUISA IA- 1220 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR LOUISA AND MUSCATINE COUNTIES... AT 1217 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR FRUITLAND...OR SOUTHWEST OF MUSCATINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MUSCATINE AROUND 1225 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. LAT...LON 4127 9135 4122 9118 4157 9096 4156 9125 $$ 12
000 WWUS53 KDVN 011727 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1226 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 IAC115-139-011800- /O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070601T1800Z/ MUSCATINE IA-LOUISA IA- 1226 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR LOUISA AND MUSCATINE COUNTIES... AT 1221 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGE. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF MUSCATINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE CITY OF MUSCATINE...SEEK SHELTER NOW THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL MUSCATINE COUNTY THROUGH 1240 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. LAT...LON 4127 9135 4122 9118 4157 9096 4156 9125 $$
000 WWUS53 KDVN 011740 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1240 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 IAC115-011750- /O.CAN.KDVN.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070601T1800Z/ LOUISA IA- 1240 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LOUISA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4137 9135 4135 9112 4157 9096 4156 9125 $$ IAC139-011800- /O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070601T1800Z/ MUSCATINE IA- 1240 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR MUSCATINE COUNTY... AT 1238 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUSCATINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. 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 4137 9135 4135 9112 4157 9096 4156 9125 $$
000 WWUS53 KDVN 011807 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 107 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 IAC139-011817- /O.EXP.KDVN.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070601T1800Z/ MUSCATINE IA- 107 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MUSCATINE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 100 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4137 9135 4135 9112 4157 9096 4156 9125 $$
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 | Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Scott | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 12:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Scott | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jackson | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 2:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk and 4 more | 16 hr |
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.