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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Quad Cities, IA

November 14, 200711 counties in Iowa; Carroll County, Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind advisory at Nov 14, 2007, 11:15 AM CST for 11 counties in Iowa; Carroll County, Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Illinois. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 14, 2007, 11:15 AM CST (17:15 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA

Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Stephenson County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:16 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2007-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -323 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-323 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KDVN 141715
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1115 AM CST WED NOV 14 2007

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WRAPPING AROUND A VIGOROUS NORTHERN GREAT
LAKES LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. THESE AREAS CAN
EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH AT 
TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING.

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-ILZ001-002-007-150000-
/O.NEW.KDVN.WI.Y.0008.071114T1715Z-071115T0000Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
1115 AM CST WED NOV 14 2007

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

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

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL IMPACT THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING
BEFORE DECREASING SOME OVERNIGHT. AREAS JUST SOUTH OF THE
ADVISORY ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR MAY
APPROACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 142127
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
327 PM CST WED NOV 14 2007

...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WRAPPING AROUND A NORTHERN GREAT LAKES
STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES
THROUGH 6 PM CST BEFORE DECREASING.

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-ILZ001-002-007-150000-
/O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-071115T0000Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
327 PM CST WED NOV 14 2007

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

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

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH
AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING
BEFORE DECREASING SOME OVERNIGHT. OTHER AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF THE
ADVISORY MAY ALSO TEMPORARILY REACH SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 30 MPH
THROUGH 5 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 THIS EVENING.

$$

12
000 
WWUS73 KDVN 150006
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
606 PM CST WED NOV 14 2007

.THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-ILZ001-002-007-150115-
/O.EXP.KDVN.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-071115T0000Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
606 PM CST WED NOV 14 2007

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED.  

THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS
AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THERE WILL STILL
BE SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE
GUSTS SHOULD DECREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.



$$

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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.