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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 10, 2008Jefferson County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2008, 12:30 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Iowa. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2008, 12:30 AM CDT (05:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2008, 1:02 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Jefferson County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:30 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 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2008-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 393 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2008-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
393 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 9, 9:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 9:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
918 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008

.UPDATE...
A QUICK UPDATE TO THE FORECAST FOR RADAR TRENDS...WITH ANOTHER
EXPECTED HERE IN A COUPLE HOURS AS THE PRECIPITATION ENDS FOR THE
FORECAST AREA. THE CONVECTION CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN
IOWA SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN ITSELF FOR MORE THAN A FEW MORE
HOURS AS CONDITIONS ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE TYPE OF NOCTURNAL
CONVECTION THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE LAST FEW NIGHTS.
HOWEVER...MID LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND INSTABILITY MAY KEEP THESE
STORMS GOING LONG ENOUGH FOR A FEW OF THEM TO GET INTO THE WESTERN
IOWA COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT. HAVE LEFT FORECAST AFTER MIDNIGHT
ALONE FOR NOW...AND WILL MONITOR RADAR TRENDS BEFORE CHANGING IT.

.AVIATION...
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WE HAD EARLIER THIS EVENING ARE
SLOWLY DISSIPATING...AND WE SHOULD HAVE A DRY...VFR FORECAST IN
THE TAFS FOR AFTER 04Z. FOG DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT MOST
LOCATIONS AS DRY AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER IN FROM THE NORTHWEST AND
DEWPOINTS DROP INTO THE MID 50S.  ..LE..

.HYDROLOGY...
VERY BUSY TODAY...HYDRO-WISE. RECORD TO NEAR RECORD FLOODING IS
EXPECTED AT MANY LOCATIONS IN OUR REGION...THE LATEST OF WHICH IS
THE IOWA RIVER IN THE IOWA CITY AREA. FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT
FOR ALL OF OUR RIVERS IN EASTERN IA...AND NORTHWESTERN IL. IN MOST
LOCATIONS...AT LEAST MODERATE FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

ONE RELATED CONCERN IS THE FORECAST ACCURACY WITH RECORD OR NEAR
RECORD FLOODING. SINCE WE USE STAGE-DISCHARGE RELATIONSHIPS TO
FORECAST THE RIVERS...THESE RELATIONSHIPS BECOME UNCERTAIN AT HIGH
STAGES BECAUSE...BY DEFINITION...THESE STAGES HAVE EITHER NEVER BEEN
SEEN OR HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN IN A LONG TIME. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS...TO
COLLABORATE ON THESE STAGE-DISCHARGE RELATIONSHIPS.

MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER THIS WEEK. IF THIS RAIN MATERIALIZES
THEN IT WOULD EITHER ADD TO THE CREST...OR PROLONG THE FLOODING.

..JAZ..

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 4:57 AM CDT, 19 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
457 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2008

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-101000-
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
457 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

MINOR TO MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND
MANY EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TRIBUTARY RIVERS. DETAILED
INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT PRODUCT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

HAASE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:07 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
IAZ040-041-051-052-100545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1207 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE VINTON AND INDEPENDENCE AREAS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN IOWA
     DELAWARE...BUCHANAN...BENTON AND LINN

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     AURORA...BRANDON...CENTER POINT...COGGON...DUNDEE...GARRISON...
     HAZLETON...INDEPENDENCE...LAMONT...MASONVILLE...MOUNT AUBURN...
     QUASQUETON...ROWLEY...SHELLSBURG...TROY MILLS...URBANA...
     VINTON...WALKER AND WINTHROP

AT 1202 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES EAST OF
HAZLETON TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRANDON TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GARRISON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
OELWEIN TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINTON TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
VINTON...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN
DIAMETER...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH.

DUE TO THE ALREADY SATURATED CONDITION OF LOCAL SOILS...RAIN WITH
THESE STORMS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

LE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNIowa, Keokuk40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.