Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Quad Cities, IA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
320 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
COMPLICATED WEATHER SCENARIO ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY.  STRONG
SURFACE LOW OVER WESTERN MN/NORTH DAKOTA BORDER AREA AS OF 18Z HAS
CAUSE MODERATE SOUTH FLOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA.  THE MAIN WARM
FRONT IS DRAPED ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND INTO LAKE
SUPERIOR...BUT THERE IS A SECONDARY WEAKER BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM
THE KMSP AREA...SOUTH JUST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO OUR
CWA...WHERE IT EXTENDS FROM NEAR INDEPENDENCE...TO JUST NORTH OF THE
QUAD CITIES...AND NORTH OF KVYS WHERE IT TURNS EAST TOWARDS LAKE
MICHIGAN NEAR CHICAGO.  THIS BOUNDARY IS QUITE APPARENT ON VISIBLE
SATELLITE IMAGERY...WITH CLEAR SKIES TO ITS NORTHEAST...AND LOTS OF
LOW CLOUDS AND SOME CONVECTION TO THE SOUTH.  THIS IS THE SAME
BOUNDARY WE HAD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ALL OF THE STRONGER
CONVECTION TO THE NORTH OF IT.  CURRENTLY WE HAVE AN MCS MOVING
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...WHICH HAS NOT
SHOWN ANY SIGNS OF INTENSIFYING TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER.  THERE
WAS ANOTHER MCS OF CONCERN DROPPING SOUTH OVER WISCONSIN THIS
MORNING...BUT IT HAS SINCE DISSIPATED...AND HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE
STRENGTH OF THE SURFACE RIDGING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BOUNDARY
OVER THE CWA.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY THE MAIN FEATURE OF CONCERN IS THE COLD FRONT
THAT WILL COME THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE LATE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING HOURS...WITH SOME CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IN THE WARM SECTOR...AS WELL
AS SOME LINGERING SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS BEHIND THE FRONT SATURDAY
MORNING.  CURRENT CONVECTION IS LOOKING RATHER PITIFUL...WITH MOST
STORMS IN THE CWA BARELY EVEN PRODUCING LIGTNING. THIS KIND OF
CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AS A SHORTWAVE
IS SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. WHILE THE ELEVATED INSTABILITY IS FAIRLY GOOD JUST NORTH OF
THE BOUNDARY...THE SHEAR PARAMETERS EVERYWHERE AND THE INSTABILITY
IS RATHER POOR OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. INSTABILITY IS
POOR DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND COOLER TEMPERATURES.  THIS IS NOT
EXPECTED TO CHANGE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AS CLOUD COVER IS NOT
CLEARING.  WEST OF THIS SHORTWAVE THERE IS A 700MB WARM
TOUNGE...WHICH IS CAPPING THE AIRMASS OVER WESTERN IOWA AND EASTERN
NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON.  THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO OUR CWA LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...GENERATE MORE NEW CONVECTION
ALONG THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL BE NEAR KDVN AROUND 12Z SATURDAY
MORNING...CONTINUING TO SWEEP EAST DURING THE MORNING.  THE QUESTION
REMAINS AS TO HOW LONG THIS CONVECTION WILL REMAIN SEVERE AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE STRONG DYNAMICS AND UNSTABLE PREFRONTAL
AIRMASS SUPPORT SEVERE WEATHER...BUT THE TIME OF DAY DOES NOT.  LIKE
SPC...FEEL THAT THE MAIN RISK IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL...THOUGH IF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY CURRENTLY OVER THE CWA REMAINS
HERE...THERE COULD ALSO BE A RISK FOR TORNADOS NEARBY.

SATURDAY ONCE THE CONVECTION WITH THE MAIN BOUNDARY MOVES ON BY...WE
WILL MAINLY HAVE SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AS
THE COLDER AND DRIER AIR MOVES IN.  HAVE KEPT POPS CONFINED TO THE
DAYTIME HOURS...WITH HIGHER CHANCE VALUES TO THE EAST IN THE
MORNING. DO NOT EXPECT ANY SEVERE WEATHER ON SATURDAY.  TEMPERATURES
WILL BE COOL...ONLY RISING INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY...
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BE QUIET WITH NORTHWEST
FLOW ACROSS THE CWA...AND CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT. COOLER AND DRIER AIR
WILL BE PUSHING INTO THE CWA WITH A SURFACE RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS
MISSOURI SUNDAY AND MONDAY.  THERE MAY BE SOME AFTERNOON CUMULUS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH SOME RESIDUAL MOISTURE...BUT DO NOT EXPECT
ANYTHING MORE...AND CERTAINLY NO STORMS.  MAX TEMPERATURES SUNDAY
WILL BE COOLER THAN NORMAL...AS WELL AS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
NIGHT.  LOOKS LIKE REALLY GREAT CAMPING WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND.

MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL STILL BE RELATIVELY QUIET WITH SOUTHWEST
RETURN FLOW BEGINNING TO SET UP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WITH
TEMPERATURES SLOWLY WARMING OVER THE WEEKEND VALUES.  DURING THIS
TIME FRAME A SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN CANADA
AS A 500MB TROUGH EXITS THE CANADIAN ROCKIES.  THIS LOW WILL MOVE
EAST ACROSS MANITOBA AND ONTARIO THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  A COLD FRONT
WILL GET DRAGGED DOWN INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN BY EARLY
WEDNESDAY.  ANOTHER SHORTWAVE COMES OUT OVER THE COLORADO
ROCKIES...WITH A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING OVER NEBRASKA. IT CAUSES THE
MINNESOTA COLD FRONT TO STALL...AND BEHAVES AS A WARM FRONT THROUGH
FRIDAY.  IT SAGS SOUTH TO DRAPE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY...PERHAPS RUNNING A SURFACE WAVE ALONG THE BOUNDARY
TO ENHANCE RAINFALL POTENTIAL.  HAVE KEPT POPS OUT OF THE FORECAST
UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND THEN ONLY ACROSS THE NORTH AS THE
BOUNDARY APPROACHES THE AREA.  POPS INCREASE INTO THE CHANCE
CATEGORY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY WITH THE FRONT IN THE VICINITY.  TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS
PERIOD WILL SHOW A WARMING TREND...STARTING IN THE LOW AND MID 80S
MONDAY...WARMING INTO THE MID AND UPPER 80S FOR TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...AND THEN COOLING SLIGHTLY AGAIN FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
WITH THE BOUNDARY NEARBY DEVELOPING CLOUDS.  ...LE...

&&

.AVIATION...
LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL
CONTINUE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN
IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PROBABILITIES AT ANY GIVEN SITE WILL BE TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN
TERMINAL FORECASTS BUT INSTEAD WILL HAVE CB CLOUD TYPE AND USE OF
VICINITY WHERE APPLICABLE. OTHERWISE...AREAS OF MVFR CIGS WILL
CONTINUE AT CID...DBQ AND MLI THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THE LIFT TO VFR.
LATE TONIGHT...A MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE
WITH SURFACE COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTHWEST. THESE WILL HAVE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND PERIODS OF MVFR AND BRIEF IFR VSBY
AND CIGS. WITH TIME OF ONSET STILL QUESTIONABLE...HAVE PROB30 AT
MOST SITES FROM 03Z TO 07Z TIME FRAME...THEN TEMPO GROUPS FOR LATE
NIGHT TOWARD SUNRISE SAT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TO PREVAILING VFR
AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH SAT MORNING.   ...SHEETS...

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.

&&

LE/SHEETS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
505 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-121000-
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-
505 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 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

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH BREEZY SOUTH
WINDS. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 80S...TO
THE LOW AND MID 90S. THESE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S AND THUS HIGH HUMIDITY...WILL CREATE HEAT
INDICIES IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH A FEW STORMS
POSSIBLY PRODUCING DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND HAIL. LOCALIZED
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A THREAT.

WHILE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING IN MUCH
OF THE AREA...THE BEST CHANCE FOR MORE WIDESPREAD STORMS OR A LINE OF
STORMS WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO
THE OUTLOOK AREA. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SOME SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS LATE NIGHT CHANCE MAINLY WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS OF AT
LEAST 60 MPH...WITH LARGE HAIL A SECONDARY THREAT. HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL AGAIN BE ANOTHER CONCERN WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OR EVEN HIGHER
POSSIBLE. SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR TONIGHT...
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN ON THURSDAY. A FEW AREA
RIVERS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
GALENA IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...TO IOWA CITY AND FAIRFIELD IN A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SOME LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE
AREA SATURDAY MORNING...BUT NONE ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE AT THAT
TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BY THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TONIGHT.

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