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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 25, 20084 counties in Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2008, 10:36 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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 25, 2008, 10:36 PM CDT (03:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2008, 11:08 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Henry County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Washington County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 25, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

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 25, 3:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 3:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 5:00 AM CDT, 17 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
500 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2008

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-261100-
BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO-
CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL-
HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA-
JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-
MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-
SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-
WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL-
500 AM CDT WED JUN 25 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

A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FREEPORT
ILLINOIS TO OTTUMWA IOWA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SIGOURNEY TO ALEDO LINE.

TONIGHT...ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL DEVELOP IN WESTERN IOWA
AND SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY AFFECTING AREAS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STORMS TO BE SEVERE
TONIGHT...WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX
WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY
ON THURSDAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE.

THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...YET ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL
DEVELOP IN WESTERN IOWA AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THIS THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX IS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT STORMS
WILL CONTINUOUSLY DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS...PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINFALL. CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT AREAS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80 ARE AT GREATEST RISK.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST
TO SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE YET
ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

ON TUESDAY...THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SEVERAL TIMES FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren64 min
Jun 25, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNIowa66 min
Jun 25, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNCedar, Johnson66 min
Jun 25, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDes Moines, Henry, Lee, Van Buren54 min
Jun 25, 8:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNIowa, Johnson6 hr
Jun 25, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDes Moines, Lee67 min
Jun 25, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBenton, Iowa70 min
Jun 25, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBenton67 min
Jun 25, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJohnson63 min
Jun 25, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNLinn60 min
Jun 25, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJefferson, Keokuk, Washington57 min
Jun 25, 10:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNJefferson, Keokuk, Washington6 hr
Jun 26, 3:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more36 hr
Jun 26, 9:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNDes Moines, Henry, Lee4 days

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.