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Special Weather Statement, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this special weather statement at May 11, 2011, 8:49 PM CDT for 6 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2011, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2011, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Benton County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Washington County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 11, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 956 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-121500- 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- 956 AM CDT WED MAY 11 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA FOR TODAY. LATE THIS MORNING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM BURLINGTON THROUGH CEDAR RAPIDS TO INDEPENDENCE. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI MAY MOVE INTO THIS AREA...BUT THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE GREATER RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING AS ANOTHER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL GREATER THAN ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT TRACKS SLOWLY ACROSS THE MIDWEST. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS OVER MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE MAIN THREATS APPEAR TO BE LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. DLS
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 11, 3:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Henry, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Linn and 3 more | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.