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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 14, 20077 counties in Iowa; Jo Daviess County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind advisory at May 14, 2007, 1:04 PM CDT for 7 counties in Iowa; Jo Daviess County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2007, 1:04 PM CDT (18:04 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2007, 5:26 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA

Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Jo Daviess County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 12:00Z on 2007-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 12:00Z on 2007-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KDVN 141804
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
104 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS AREA...


IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-142300-
/O.NEW.KDVN.WI.Y.0003.070514T1804Z-070514T2300Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA
104 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

A SOUTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
IOWA AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS TODAY WITH EXPECTED
SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AT
TIMES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING AS A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.  USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.

$$

NICHOLS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDVN 142050
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
350 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...

IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-142300-
/O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070514T2300Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA
350 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

A STRONG SOUTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN IOWA
AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH
SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH...AND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AT
TIMES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MID EVENING AS A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.  USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.

$$

NICHOLS/12
000 
WWUS73 KDVN 142226
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
526 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...BREEZY AND WARM CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...

.WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...BUT GUSTS 
OVER 40 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-142330-
/O.CAN.KDVN.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070514T2300Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA
526 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH HAVE CALMED DOWN TO 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY 
THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$


ERVIN

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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.