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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 8, 2011Stephenson County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 9:06 PM CDT for Stephenson County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 min. 4 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: Jun 8, 2011, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2011, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Stephenson County, IL

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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
Jun 8, 9:32 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lena, IL	LOTS OF SMALL TREE BRANCHES AND SOME LARGER BRANCHES DOWN AROUND TOWN...TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 8, 9:32 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Lena, IL
Jun 8, 9:32 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Orangeville, IL
Jun 8, 9:54 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Rock City, IL	POWER LINES DOWN ON HWY 75 NEAR TOWN...RELAYED BY MEDIA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 26 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 8, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2717 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

409 
WUUS53 KDVN 090206
SVRDVN
ILC177-090245-
/O.NEW.KDVN.SV.W.0085.110609T0206Z-110609T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
906 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN STEPHENSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.

* AT 901 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH...AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR LENA...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  FREEPORT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CEDARVILLE...DAKOTA...ROCK CITY...DAVIS AND LAKE SUMMERSET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE IMMEDIATELY INDOORS AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4238 8940 4232 8980 4241 8985 4250 8975
      4250 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 236DEG 31KT 4239 8974
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.50IN

$$

08

2 follow-up statements

381 
WWUS53 KDVN 090220
SVSDVN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
920 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

ILC177-090245-
/O.CON.KDVN.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110609T0245Z/
STEPHENSON IL-
920 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN STEPHENSON COUNTY...

AT 918 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR ORANGEVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF
FREEPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
AFOLKEY...ROCK CITY...ROCK GROVE...DAVIS AND LAKE SUMMERSET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE IMMEDIATELY INDOORS AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4238 8940 4232 8980 4241 8985 4250 8975
      4250 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 236DEG 31KT 4245 8960
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.50IN

$$

08

942 
WWUS53 KDVN 090243
SVSDVN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
943 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

ILC177-090253-
/O.EXP.KDVN.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110609T0245Z/
STEPHENSON IL-
943 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN STEPHENSON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER HAS
WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 4238 8940 4232 8980 4241 8985 4250 8975
      4250 8940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 236DEG 31KT 4256 8937

$$

08

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 8, 3:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
315 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
REGION WAS UNDER BROAD SOUTHWESTERLY 500MB FLOW BETWEEN A
SOUTHEASTERN U.S. RIDGE AND A DEVELOPING PACIFIC NORTHWEST TROF. AT
THE SURFACE AT 17Z  A COLD FRONT BISECTED IA FROM NE TO SW AND WAS
MARKED BY THE BACK EDGE OF A DEVELOPING CU FIELD ON THE VISIBLE
SATELLITE IMAGERY.  A MID LEVEL S/W CROSSING THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND
SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA WAS PROVIDING SOME PUSH FOR THE FRONT.  THE
POST FRONTAL AIRMASS WAS DRY AND COOL WITH NOON TEMPERATURES IN THE
80S AND LOW TO MID 50 DEWPOINTS OVER NW IA. A WARM/UNSTABLE AIRMASS
WAS IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE
UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S.  AS
OF LATE THIS MORNING THE CWFA WAS RAIN FREE WITH THE EARLY MORNING
TSRA HAVING DISSIPATED OR MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...
THE MAIN FOCUS WILL BE THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
NEAR THE SURFACE FRONT AS IT CONTINUES TO SAG SOUTH THROUGH THE
CWFA.  THE 12Z MODEL RUNS SUGGEST THE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
CWFA BY LATE TONIGHT AND STALL OVER NORTHERN MO THURSDAY.  THE FRONT
WILL BE PASSING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA DURING PRIME
HEATING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST POPS
TONIGHT WILL BE LOCATED ALONG THE BOUNDARY IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
THE CWFA WITH POPS TAPERING OFF TO THE NORTH INTO THE DRIER MORE
STABLE AIRMASS.  A SUBSTANTIAL CAP EXISTS OVER THE SOUTH PER 12Z UA
DATA SHOWING H7 TEMPS IN THE 10 TO 13C RANGE OVER SOUTHERN IA AND
NRN MO.  MODEL PROGS SUGGEST CAP WILL WEAKEN BY LATE AFTERNOON SO
ANTICIPATE TSRA FIRING ALONG THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN 21Z AND 00Z.  BY
21Z RUC SURFACE BASED CAPES ARE AT OR ABOVE 4000 J/KG.  DEEP LAYER
SHEAR OVER THE AREA WILL BE MARGINAL BUT WITH THE HIGH CAPE SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS.
HIGH FREEZING LEVELS SHOULD LIMIT LARGE HAIL...UNLESS UPDRAFTS START
TO ROTATE.  DEEP LAYER HELICITIES AROUND 150 NEAR THE BOUNDARY
SUPPORT SOME ROTATION WHICH COULD SUPPORT SIGNIFICANT HAIL
ESPECIALLY WITH THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT.  FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO
BE A CONCERN WITH PW/S IN EXCESS OF 1.75 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN
THIRD OF THE CWFA.  THE QUESTION IS IF ANY BACKBUILDING/REPEAT
ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR.  THE 12Z MODEL DATA SUPPORTS A MORE PROGRESSIVE
SCENARIO FOR ANY CONVECTION DEVELOPING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
BOUNDARY.  A MORE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR BACK BUILDING EXISTS
AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT THIS AREA WILL STILL BE CAPPED. HAVE
MENTIONED HEAVY RAIN IN THE FORECAST AND WILL HOLD OFF ISSUING A
WATCH FOR NOW WITH THE QPF AXIS EXEPCTED TO BE BETWEEN I80 AND
HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN OTM AND MQB.  IF THE HEAVY RAINS SET UP A LITTLE
MORE TO THE SOUTH THAN A WATCH MAY BE NEEDED SINCE THIS AREA
EXPERIENCED HEAVYR RAINS LATE LAST WEEK AND FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS
LOWER. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE NORTHWEST WERE LOWERED A FEW DEGREES
WITH OBSERVATIONAL AND MODEL DATA SUPPORTING A GOOD PUSH BEHIND THE
FRONT.

FOR THURSDAY WILL KEEP THE HIGHER POPS...IN THE LIKELY
CATEGORY...OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE CWFA...JUST NORTH OF THE
STALLED NORTHERN MO FRONT THEN TAPERING OFF TO SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE
FAR NORTH.  HIGHS WILL BE CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN TODAYS RANGING
FROM THE LOW 70S NORTH TO LOW TO MID 80S IN THE SOUTH.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THE FRONT WILL STILL BE STALLED OVER OR JUST TO OUR SOUTH THURSDAY
NIGHT CONTINUING THE THUNDERTORM THREAT ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND
SOUTH.  MODELS SHOW A SIGNIFICANT UPPER TROF MOVING INTO THE
NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS FRIDAY.  THE TROF WILL SPIN UP A SURFACE LOW
ALONG THE FRONT WITH THE LOW MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN CWFA
FRIDAY.  THERE IS SOME QUESTION ON THE TIMING OF THE WAVE MOVING
THROUGH BUT AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE EITHER LATE MORNING OR
AFTERNOON.  THE AFTERNOON TIMING WOULD ENHANCE THE SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT...ESPECIALLY THE CHANCE FOR SUPERCELLS AND THE TORNADO RISK.
THE AIRMASS WILL ALSO REMAIN QUITE MOIST SO A HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL
EXIST OVER THE SOUTHERN CWFA THURDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

AFTER THE WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY...THEN THE WEATHER
SHOULD QUITE DOWN AS SURFACE AND UPPER RIDGING BUILD INTO THE REGION
FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.  THE ARRIVAL OF THE RIDGING WILL
ALSO BRING MORE COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY TO THE REGION
FOR THE WEEKEND.

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ESTABLISHED AGAIN
OVER THE REGION FOR SUNDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.  THE UPPER RIDGING
WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA SUNDAY WITH A MORE ZONE FLOW SETTING UP
FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.  MODEL PROGS SHOW AT LEAST A COUPLE OF
SIGINIFCANT PIECES OF ENERGY IN THE ZONAL FLOW WHICH WILL KEEP A
THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST.  TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE
PERIOD SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL FOR MID JUNE.  ..DLF..
&&

.AVIATION...
CU DEVLPG ALONG THE COLD FRONT SHOULD RESULT IN TSRA INITIATION
20Z-22Z. RUC TRENDS SUGGEST RAPID TSRA DEVLPMT WITH A LINE DVLPG BY
00Z/09. MOISTURE POOLING ALONG COLD FRONT AND POTENTIAL PRECIP
LOADING IN DOWNDRAFTS COULD RESULT IN SVR TSRA AT KCID/KDBQ.
HOWEVER...18Z TAFS FOR ALL SITES HAVE G45KT AND 3KFT CIGS WITH 1SM
BUT POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOWER VSBYS/CIGS. ONCE INITIAL LINE PASSES
VSBYS SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN 3-5SM WITH VCTS AND CIGS NEAR 3KFT.
..08..

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

&&

DLF/08

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 1:20 PM CDT, 7 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
120 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-090930-
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-
120 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID DAY IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND A HEAT ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA. HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL RANGE FROM 98 TO 104 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON.

LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE VERY
UNSTABLE...AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPLODE OVER EASTERN
IOWA...BEFORE SPREADING EAST AND SOUTH OVER THE REST OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL
DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND BY THE EVENING...AS STORMS FORM INTO A
LINE...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. STORMS WILL HAVE A LARGE
POOL OF MOISTURE ALOFT TO SUPPLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. IN
ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WILL LIKELY MOVE OVER THE SAME
AREAS SEVERAL TIMES...AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER IS FORECASTING A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST
IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR
CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS...DURING THE
AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL.
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS A SLIGHT RISK FOR LOCATIONS ALONG
AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30.

LOW PRESSURE WILL BE TRACKING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
TOWARDS IOWA THURSDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN
BE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL AND
LARGE HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.

THE SURFACE LOW AND WARM FRONT WILL PUSH TO EASTERN IOWA AND
NORTHERN ILLINOIS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS
WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. AS STRONGER WINDS
ALOFT ARRIVE AND BACKING WINDS OCCUR NEAR THE WARM FRONT OVER
EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS...SUPERCELLS PRODUCING A COUPLE
OF TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS A
SLIGHT RISK ROUGHLY SOUTH AND EAST OF AN OTTUMWA TO DUBUQUE LINE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY WILL BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

ERVIN/HAASE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 8:46 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
846 PM CDT WED JUN 08 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0755 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ENE HIAWATHA          42.06N 91.65W
06/08/2011                   LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HALF INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN WITH PICNIC TABLE BLOWN
            OVER.

0802 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ENE HIAWATHA          42.06N 91.65W
06/08/2011                   LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES. SHED DESTROYED. ALSO REPORTED DIME
            SIZED HAIL.

0819 PM     HAIL             5 NNE CEDAR RAPIDS      42.04N 91.65W
06/08/2011  E0.25 INCH       LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0819 PM     HAIL             3 NNW CEDAR RAPIDS      42.02N 91.70W
06/08/2011  E0.50 INCH       LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0830 PM     HAIL             HIAWATHA                42.05N 91.68W
06/08/2011  E0.88 INCH       LINN               IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

0835 PM     HAIL             2 WNW CEDAR RAPIDS      41.98N 91.70W
06/08/2011  E0.50 INCH       LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME SIZED HAIL. GROWING LARGER

0835 PM     HAIL             W NORWAY                41.90N 91.93W
06/08/2011  E0.75 INCH       BENTON             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0840 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 NE MARION             42.05N 91.58W
06/08/2011  E70.00 MPH       LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0840 PM     HAIL             2 WNW CEDAR RAPIDS      41.98N 91.70W
06/08/2011  E1.25 INCH       LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR

0840 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 SSE ATKINS            41.99N 91.86W
06/08/2011  E60.00 MPH       BENTON             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0841 PM     HAIL             5 NNE CEDAR RAPIDS      42.04N 91.63W
06/08/2011  E1.75 INCH       LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

GROSS

Local storm report, Jun 8, 8:53 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
853 PM CDT WED JUN 08 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0802 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 N CEDAR RAPIDS        42.03N 91.68W
06/08/2011  E40.00 MPH       LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0843 PM     HAIL             NW CEDAR RAPIDS         41.97N 91.67W
06/08/2011  E2.00 INCH       LINN               IA   PUBLIC

0845 PM     HAIL             1 ENE CEDAR RAPIDS      41.98N 91.65W
06/08/2011  E1.75 INCH       LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER TO GOLF BALL

&&

GROSS

Local storm report, Jun 8, 8:54 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
854 PM CDT WED JUN 08 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 PM     HAIL             3 NNW CEDAR RAPIDS      42.02N 91.70W
06/08/2011  E0.50 INCH       LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1/2 TO 5/8 INCH HAIL

&&

GROSS

Local storm report, Jun 8, 8:57 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
857 PM CDT WED JUN 08 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0853 PM     HAIL             NORTH ENGLISH           41.52N 92.08W
06/08/2011  E1.75 INCH       IOWA               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

GROSS

Local storm report, Jun 8, 9:01 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
901 PM CDT WED JUN 08 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0852 PM     HAIL             CEDAR RAPIDS            41.97N 91.67W
06/08/2011  E1.00 INCH       LINN               IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

0852 PM     HAIL             2 NE CEDAR RAPIDS       41.99N 91.65W
06/08/2011  E1.00 INCH       LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0855 PM     HAIL             1 NE MARION             42.05N 91.58W
06/08/2011  E1.00 INCH       LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SHREDDING LEAVES FROM THE TREES. ALSO REPORTS WIND GUSTS
            OF 50 TO 60 MPH.

&&

DC

Local storm report, Jun 8, 9:03 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
903 PM CDT WED JUN 08 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0857 PM     HAIL             2 E MARION              42.04N 91.55W
06/08/2011  E1.00 INCH       LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MOST HAIL WAS 3/4 INCH

0857 PM     HAIL             SE CEDAR RAPIDS         41.97N 91.67W
06/08/2011  E1.00 INCH       LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIMES TO QUARTERS.

&&

GROSS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson	43 min
Jun 9, 12:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Rock Island	51 min
Jun 9, 2:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Whiteside	25 min
Jun 9, 2:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Whiteside	49 min
Jun 9, 3:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more	28 hr
Jun 9, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Mercer, Rock Island, Whiteside	63 min
Jun 9, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Putnam, Whiteside	62 min
Jun 9, 6:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Whiteside	6 hr

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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.