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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind advisory at Oct 18, 2007, 9:46 AM CDT for 13 counties in Illinois; 11 counties in Iowa; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 18, 2007, 9:46 AM CDT (14:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 26 counties
Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:50 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1202 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KDVN 181446 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 946 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...VERY GUSTY WINDS TODAY... .AS AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS UP ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TODAY...IT WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF IT. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEMS COLD FRONT AND WHERE THERE ARE PERIODS OF SUNSHINE...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST LATE AFTERNOON. AREAS MOST PRONE FOR THESE STRONG WINDS ARE GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. IAZ054-066>068-078-089-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026-034- 035-MOZ009-010-182300- /O.NEW.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.071018T1446Z-071019T0000Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-DES MOINES-LEE-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 946 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. .SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO SUSTAINED LEVELS OF 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY...WITH GUSTS AT TIMES OVER 40 MPH. ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN WINDY OVERNIGHT...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY THIS EVENING. 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. $$ 12
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDVN 182025 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 325 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...VERY GUSTY WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING TOWARD NORTHWEST WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF IT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH AT LEAST 6 PM...WITH AREAS MOST PRONE FOR THESE STRONG WINDS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A DUBUQUE...TO TIPTON...AND TO MOUNT PLEASANT LINE. IAZ042-053-065-088-190000- /O.EXA.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071019T0000Z/ DUBUQUE-JONES-CEDAR-HENRY IA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA...TIPTON... MOUNT PLEASANT 325 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. .SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AT TIMES OVER 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN WINDY OVERNIGHT...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AFTER 7 PM. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. $$ IAZ054-066>068-078-089-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026-034- 035-MOZ009-010-190000- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071019T0000Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-DES MOINES-LEE-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 325 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. .SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AT TIMES OVER 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN WINDY OVERNIGHT...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AFTER 7 PM. 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. $$ 12
000 WWUS73 KDVN 190001 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 701 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...WINDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING... .SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE GRADUALLY LOWERED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA... THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STILL...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY IN THE RANGE OF 20 TO 35 MPH. IAZ042-053-054-065>068-078-088-089-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018- 024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-190115- /O.EXP.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071019T0000Z/ DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA... TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 701 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY TONIGHT WITH GUSTS GENERALLY RANGING FROM 20 TO 35 MPH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING HIGHER WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH AS THEY MOVE THROUGH UNTIL MID EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 4:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Jones, Linn | 8 hr |
| Oct 18, 4:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 8 days |
| Oct 18, 4:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Washington | 38 hr |
| Oct 18, 5:07 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Washington | 25 hr |
| Oct 18, 5:07 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Louisa | 53 hr |
| Oct 18, 5:07 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Louisa | 5 days |
| Oct 18, 5:07 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Washington | 53 hr |
| Oct 18, 5:07 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Delaware, Jones | 7 hr |
| Oct 18, 5:07 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine | 53 hr |
| Oct 18, 6:54 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 15 hr |
| Oct 18, 6:54 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | DVN | Lee | 51 hr |
| Oct 18, 11:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 4 days |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Illinois, 2007Wind Advisories in Iowa, 2007Wind Advisories in Missouri, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007
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.