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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2008, 2:53 PM CDT for Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois; Clinton County, Iowa. It was in force for 39 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2008, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2008, 3:32 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clinton County, IA, Rock Island County, IL, Whiteside County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 3:02 PM CDT | TORNADO | Elvira, IA | REPORTED WEST OF ELVIRA...EXACT DISTANCE UNKNOWN. REPORTED BY IA STATE PATROL. |
| Jul 10, 3:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 W Clinton, IA | REPORTED BY CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF/S DEPT. |
| Jul 10, 3:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 W Clinton, IA | REPORTED BY CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF/S DEPT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 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
- 336 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1383 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDVN 101954 TORDVN IAC045-ILC161-195-102045- /O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0041.080710T1953Z-080710T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 253 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA... NORTHEASTERN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS... WEST CENTRAL WHITESIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT. * AT 248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOW MOOR...OR 14 MILES WEST OF CLINTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 28 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LOW MOOR AROUND 305 PM CDT... CAMANCHE AND CLINTON AROUND 315 PM CDT... ALBANY AROUND 320 PM CDT... EAST CLINTON AROUND 325 PM CDT... GARDEN PLAIN AROUND 330 PM CDT... ERIE AROUND 340 PM CDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 22. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. LAT...LON 4182 8994 4162 9009 4182 9053 4193 9047 TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 293DEG 25KT 4185 9046 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDVN 102004 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 304 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 IAC045-ILC161-195-102045- /O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080710T2045Z/ CLINTON IA-WHITESIDE IL-ROCK ISLAND IL- 304 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN ROCK ISLAND...WEST CENTRAL WHITESIDE AND SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTIES... AT 301 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR LOW MOOR...OR 8 MILES WEST OF CLINTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 29 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FOLLETTS AROUND 310 PM CDT... CAMANCHE AND CLINTON AROUND 315 PM CDT... ALBANY AROUND 320 PM CDT... EAST CLINTON AROUND 325 PM CDT... GARDEN PLAIN AROUND 330 PM CDT... NEWTON CORNERS AROUND 335 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. ABANDON A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY FOR A MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SAFE SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...MOVE TO A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4162 9009 4179 9046 4191 9036 4182 8994 TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 293DEG 25KT 4182 9037 $$ SHEETS
000 WWUS53 KDVN 102032 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 332 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 IAC045-ILC161-195-102042- /O.CAN.KDVN.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080710T2045Z/ CLINTON IA-WHITESIDE IL-ROCK ISLAND IL- 332 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ROCK ISLAND...WEST CENTRAL WHITESIDE AND SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADO WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS. LAT...LON 4162 9009 4179 9046 4191 9036 4182 8994 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 293DEG 25KT 4174 9013 $$ SHEETS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Whiteside | 49 min |
| Jul 10, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Whiteside | 59 min |
| Jul 10, 4:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Bureau | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 6:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 105 min |
| Jul 10, 9:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 11:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Delaware | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Delaware, Jones, Linn | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jones | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jones | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 1:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Linn | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Delaware, Jones, Linn | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jones | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jackson, Jones | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson, Jones | 27 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.