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Special Weather Statement, NWS Quad Cities, IA

September 3, 2011Scott County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this special weather statement at Sep 3, 2011, 2:20 PM CDT for Scott County, Iowa. It was in force for 55 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
Sep 3, 2011, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2011, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA

County Scott County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 10 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2011-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1431 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2011-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
860 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

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 Sep 3, 10:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 10:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1027 AM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

.UPDATE...
MAIN COLD FRONT JUST ENTERING NW IA ATTIM WITH SCT-WDSPD SHRA/TSRA
IN ADVANCE MOVING E/NE. SENT ZFP/GRID UPDATE TO ADJUST POPS BASED
ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS. VIS SATL IMAGERY SHOWS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
NEAR TO JUST NORTH OF KAWG-KDVN-KFEP AXIS. CONSIDERABLE CLOUDS...
PCPN AND RAIN COOLED AIR IN WAKE WILL HOLD TEMPS DOWN AND HAVE
LOWERED MAXES BY SEVERAL DEGS ALL AREAS NORTH OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.
CLOUDS/PCPN TO LIMIT SFC HEATING/INSTBY THUS ANTICIPATE MAIN
SEVERE RISK THIS AFTN/EVE TO BE CONFINED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY... OR ROUGHLY SOUTHERN HALF OF
CWA.

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 4:07 AM CDT, 10 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
407 AM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-040915-
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-
407 AM CDT SAT SEP 3 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

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80 THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER ALL THE
OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...HIGH
MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN
AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER
HAS A SLIGHT RISK FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

HAASE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 3, 1:57 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 3, 2:14 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
214 PM CDT SAT SEP 03 2011

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

0155 PM     HAIL             SSW FAIRFIELD           41.00N 91.97W
09/03/2011  E1.00 INCH       JEFFERSON          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL AND DIME SIZED HAIL WITH A FEW QUARTER SIZE

&&

SCHULTZ
Local storm report, Sep 3, 2:19 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
219 PM CDT SAT SEP 03 2011

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

0203 PM     HAIL             5 NE FAIRFIELD          41.06N 91.91W
09/03/2011  E0.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MOSTLY DIME SIZED HAIL ALONG WITH PEA SIZED HAIL

&&

SCHULTZ
Special weather statement, Sep 3, 2:20 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
220 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

IAZ066>068-ILZ009-015-016-032015-
CLINTON-HENRY-MUSCATINE-ROCK ISLAND-SCOTT-WHITESIDE-
220 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...

AT 217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DONAHUE TO
WALCOTT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DONAHUE AROUND 225 PM CDT...
  DAVENPORT AROUND 230 PM CDT...
  LONG GROVE AND ELDRIDGE AROUND 235 PM CDT...
  RIVERDALE AND BETTENDORF AROUND 245 PM CDT...
  HAMPTON AND MCCAUSLAND AROUND 250 PM CDT...
  LE CLAIRE AROUND 255 PM CDT...

STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE OF
STORMS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL GREATLY RESTRICT VISIBILITY AND
PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS.

LAT...LON 4181 9016 4153 9014 4153 9082 4177 9082
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 267DEG 25KT 4174 9072 4154 9072

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBuchanan, Delaware55 min
Sep 3, 1:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNDelaware, Dubuque55 min
Sep 3, 1:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBuchanan, Delaware63 min
Sep 3, 2:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBenton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Linn61 min
Sep 3, 9:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNCedar, Clinton64 min
Sep 3, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNCedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott45 min
Sep 3, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Jefferson66 min
Sep 3, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNDes Moines48 min
Sep 3, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDes Moines, Louisa53 min
Sep 3, 11:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNWhiteside33 min
Sep 3, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNWarren14 min
Sep 3, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNPutnam57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.