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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind advisory at Sep 28, 2011, 3:57 PM CDT for 21 counties in Iowa; 13 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Sep 29, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2011, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 29, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2011, 7:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 34 counties
Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
195 WWUS73 KDVN 282057 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 357 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT... WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO THURSDAY EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-290700- /O.NEW.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.110929T1800Z-110930T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 357 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST...WEST ROADWAYS. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$
6 follow-up statements
443 WWUS73 KDVN 290037 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 737 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT... WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO THURSDAY EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-291045- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.110929T1800Z-110930T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 737 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST...WEST ROADWAYS. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$
838 WWUS73 KDVN 290900 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 400 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT... WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. IAZ098-099-291900- /O.EXB.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.110929T1600Z-110930T0000Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON 400 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THURSDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST...WEST ROADWAYS. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ ILZ034-035-291900- /O.EXB.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.110929T1800Z-110930T0100Z/ HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 400 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST...WEST ROADWAYS. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-067-076>078-087>089-291900- /O.EXT.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.110929T1600Z-110930T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON 400 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THURSDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST...WEST ROADWAYS. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ IAZ054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026-291900- /O.EXT.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.110929T1800Z-110930T0100Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 400 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST...WEST ROADWAYS. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$
731 WWUS73 KDVN 291402 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 902 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TODAY... .A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT... WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO EARLY EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-067-076>078-087>089-098-099-300000- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.110929T1600Z-110930T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES- VAN BUREN-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON 902 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST...WEST ROADWAYS. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ IAZ054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026-034-035-300015- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.110929T1800Z-110930T0100Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 902 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST...WEST ROADWAYS. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$
104 WWUS73 KDVN 291809 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 109 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TODAY... .A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO EARLY EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-067-076>078-087>089-098-099-300000- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110930T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES- VAN BUREN-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON 109 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY 7 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ IAZ054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026-034-035-300100- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110930T0100Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 109 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY 3 PM. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY 7 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST...WEST ROADWAYS. UNSECURED ITEMS LEFT OUTSIDE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ SHEETS
784 WWUS73 KDVN 292052 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 352 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...AS AN AREA OF DEEP LOW PRESSURE DIVES DOWN ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FOUND ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WHERE THEY WILL BE SUSTAINED UP AROUND 30 MPH AND GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED OR MEASURED BETWEEN 50 AND 53 MPH FROM BELLE PLAINE TO CEDAR RAPIDS AND DUBUQUE. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AROUND SUNSET OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER... BUT STILL REMAIN BRISK AT 15 TO 25 MPH. ILZ024>026-034-035-300000- /O.EXT.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110930T0000Z/ MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB 352 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH 5 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO AROUND 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY 7 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST...WEST ROADWAYS. LOOSE OBJECTS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND IF NOT SECURED... AND SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES COULD COME DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-067-076>078-087>089-098-099-300000- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110930T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES- VAN BUREN-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON 352 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH 5 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO AROUND 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY 7 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST...WEST ROADWAYS. LOOSE OBJECTS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND IF NOT SECURED... AND SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES COULD COME DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ IAZ054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-300100- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110930T0100Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN 352 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH 5 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO AROUND 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY 7 PM. * IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST...WEST ROADWAYS. LOOSE OBJECTS COULD ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND IF NOT SECURED... AND SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES COULD COME DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$
592 WWUS73 KDVN 300001 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 701 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...BREEZY WINDS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING... .BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY...BUT STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. WINDS AS OF 630 PM...HAVE DECREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. IAZ054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-300115- /O.CAN.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110930T0100Z/ JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN 701 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED...THOUGH BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. NO FURTHER RISK FOR WINDS OVER 40 MPH EXISTS THIS EVENING. $$ IAZ040>042-051>053-063>065-067-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ024>026- 034-035-300115- /O.EXP.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110930T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- MUSCATINE-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES- VAN BUREN-LEE-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... MUSCATINE...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 701 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... STRONG WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED...THOUGH BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. NO FURTHER RISK FOR WINDS OVER 40 MPH EXISTS THIS EVENING. $$ ERVIN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Sep 28, 3:42 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 3:42 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
342 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
STACKED LOW PRESSURE...NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE SOUTHERN TIP OF
LAKE MI CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE WEATHER OVER THE LOCAL AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. A NARROW BAND OF ENHANCED MOISTURE AND EMBEDDED LOW
CLOUDS AND LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ON THE EDGE OF THIS LARGE
CIRCULATION WAS SEEN ON SATELLITE AND AREA RADARS EXTENDING FROM
CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS WI...SE MN THROUGH
EASTERN IA. THE SHOWERS WERE BEING ENHANCED BY A LOBE OF VORTICITY
EVIDENT ON WV IMAGERY ROTATING AROUND THE NW QUADRANT OF THE LOW
INTO NORTHERN IL. THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE LAST BURST OF LIFT TO
AFFECT THE LOCAL AREA AS AN UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE...MOVING ACROSS
SOUTHERN SK INTO SOUTHERN MB...COMBINED WITH A 125 KT 300 MB JET
MOVING INTO SW CANADA THIS MORNING...PUSHES A SHORTWAVE RIDGE AXIS
OVER THE UPPER MS VALLEY EASTWARD. THIS IS PROGGED TO FINALLY
EJECT THE LOW OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES. IN THE PROCESS...IT ALSO
RESULTS IN CYCLOGENESIS OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND SENDS A STRONG
COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY OVER THE DAKOTAS...SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE
LOCAL AREA. THE ASSOCIATED POST FRONTAL TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT
AND DEEP...STRONG SUBSIDENCE WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS OVER THE
FORECAST AREA THURSDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...
PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON THE STRONG WINDS TO FOLLOW THE COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE ON THURSDAY. TONIGHT...AS THE FINAL LOBE ENERGY AND DROPS
SOUTH THIS EVENING. THUS THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS...AND ALSO
WIDESPREAD CLOUDS SHOULD RAPIDLY DIMINISH...AND RECENT VISIBLE
IMAGERY SUGGESTS CLOUDS ARE DIURNAL IN NATURE EXCEPT FOR A ROUGHLY ALL
BUT A 50 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING N-NE INTO WI THAT APPEARS TO BE
NARROWING AND THINNING. THUS...SKIES SHOULD CLEAR OVERNIGHT AS THE
UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE RIDGE PASSES OVERHEAD AND THE LOW LEVEL FLOW
BECOMES LIGHT SW AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. LINGERING
MOISTURE...ESPECIALLY UNDER THE AFOREMENTIONED THICKER CLOUD
BAND...MAY LEAD TO FOG...BUT FOR NOW WILL COUNT ON A LESS
FAVORABLE PREFRONTAL FLOW TO LIMIT FOG TO ABOVE THRESHOLDS FOR
MENTION IN THE PUBLIC FORECAST. NUMERICAL GUIDANCE AND UPSTREAM
LOWS SUPPORT LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S.
THURSDAY...MODEL CONSENSUS SWEEPS THE COLD FRONT...AND MID LEVEL
FORCING AHEAD OF A DEEPENING 500 MB LOW THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN
12Z AND 18Z. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT THEN TIGHTENS CONSIDERABLY BY
AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE SPINS UP AND RAPIDLY DEEPENS AS IT
PASSES SOUTHEAST THROUGH LOWER MI IN THE AFTERNOON. HAVE FOLLOWED
A BLEND OF THE 12Z MODEL SUIT...EXCLUDING THE NAM...WHICH WAS AN
OUTLIER WITH A MUCH STRONGER SURFACE LOW OVER DTW BY EVENING. A
QUICK LOOK AT THE 18Z NAM SHOWS THAT IT HAS BACKED OFF AND LOOKS
MORE SIMILAR TO THE 12Z CONSENSUS. THE TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT...STRONG SUBSIDENCE IN THE EXIT REGION OF THE UPPER LEVEL
JET AND BEHIND THE STRONG MID LEVEL WAVE...VERY STEEP LOW LEVEL
LAPSE RATES...AND 850 MB WINDS IN A COLD ADVECTION FLOW EXCEEDING
50 KTS...ALL POINT TOWARD WIND ADVISORY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...AND POSSIBLY WELL INTO THE EVENING. HAVE THUS GONE
WITH A WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 10 PM FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHERN
1 TO 2 TIERS OF COUNTIES.
ALTHOUGH MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED...THE STEEP LAPSE RATES COMBINED
WITH PROXIMITY TO BETTER MID LEVEL FORCING AND AXIS OF HIGHER
MOISTURE MAY LEAD TO A FEW SHOWERS IN THE FAR NORTHEAST AND HAVE
MAINTAINED SLIGHT CHANCE AFTERNOON POPS.
DEEP MIXING...INDICATED BY GFS AND NAM SOUNDINGS AS HIGH AS 800
MB...WILL ACTUALLY RESULT IN WARMER TEMPERATURES THAN RECENT
DAYS...DESPITE THE COLD ADVECTION NW FLOW. BASED ON MIX DOWN
TECHNIQUES AND STAYING WITH A CONSERVATIVE LOWER END OF POSSIBLE
MIXING DEPTHS...HAVE GONE WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S NORTH TO MID
AND UPPER 70S SOUTH...WHICH IS NEAR TO BELOW MOS GUIDANCE.
DEEP MIXING WILL RESULT IN VERY LOW RH VALUES BY AFTERNOON...WHICH
COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...MAY RESULT IN AN ENHANCED RISK OF
GRASSLAND FIRE OR FIELD FIRES. THIS THREAT WOULD BE GREATEST IN
THE D3 DROUGHT AREA ACROSS THE SOUTH...WHICH HAS AGAIN MISSED OUT
ON MUCH OF THE MOST RECENT RAINFALL. WILL UPDATE THE HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK TO ADDRESS THIS THREAT. ..SHEETS..
.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY...
MAINLY DRY WITH BELOW TO MUCH BELOW NORMAL NORMAL TEMPS THROUGH THE
UPCOMING WEEKEND WITH POTENTIAL FOR FROST AND MAYBE EVEN LIGHT
FREEZE SAT AM AND POSSIBLY SUN AM... THEN WARMING TREND EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
THU NGT... TIGHT MSLP GRADIENT LINGERS IN WAKE OF DEPARTING MID LEVEL
SHORTWAVE... AND ATTENDANT SFC LOW AND COLD FRONT. THIS WILL KEEP
BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE NIGHT... WITH WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA LOOKING LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO EARLY EVE ESPECIALLY NE/E OF
QUAD CITIES WHERE 850 MB WINDS SHOWN 1-2 SIGMA ABOVE CLIMATE NORMS
IN RANGE OF 50-55+ KTS. CANT RULE OUT FEW SPRINKLES OR VERY LIGHT
SHRA NORTHEAST CWA IN EVE WITH WRAP-AROUND CLOUDS... BUT NVA ALREADY
SHOWN TO BE MOVING IN AT 00Z AND LIKELY TO BE EVEN FASTER WITH STRENGTH
OF SYSTEM... SO HAVE LEFT OUT MENTION. SKIES EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY
CLEAR MOST OF AREA DURING EVE. WINDS TO STAY UP TO PREVENT FROM
COMPLETE DROP ON TEMPS... THUS WITH WELL MIXED BL STAYED NEAR MOS
BLEND BUT ON LOWER SIDE.
FRI... BRISK AND MUCH COOLER WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 60S... COOLEST
IN NORTHEAST WHERE MORE CLOUDS IN WRAP-AROUND SUGGESTED. POTENTIAL
FOR EVEN FEW SPRINKLES OR BRIEF VERY LIGHT SHRA BUT MEASURABLE POTENTIAL
TOO LOW FOR INCLUSION.
FRI NGT... WINDS DIMINISH AND SKIES CLEAR AS SFC RIDGE BUILDS IN
SETTING STAGE FOR CHILLY NGT. KEY FOR LOWS AND FROST POTENTIAL
WILL BE WINDS... AS MODELS SUGGEST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH WHICH WOULD BE
ENOUGH TO PREVENT WIDESPREAD FROST AND HOLD LOWS IN THE U30S TO
NEAR 40F. SHELTERED AND LOW LYING AREAS WHERE WINDS GO NEAR CALM WILL
LIKELY SEE PATCHY TO AREAS OF FROST AND LOWS IN MID 30S.
SAT-SAT NGT... DRY AND CONTINUED COOL AS SFC RIDGE SLOWLY TRAVERSES
THE REGION. WITH COLDER START AND LIGHT WINDS/LIMITED MIXING HIGHS
SAT SHOULD BE KEPT IN THE U50S/L60S MUCH OF AREA DESPITE ABUNDANT
SOLAR INSOLATION. DRY AIR...LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES TO PROMOTE
IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING SETUP TO ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD 30S SAT NGT
WITH FROST POTENTIAL YET AGAIN.
SUN-SUN NGT... SFC RIDGE SLOWLY PULLS EAST WITH LIGHT S/SELY WINDS
DEVELOPING AND ALLOWING MODERATION IN TEMPS WITH HIGHS WELL INTO
THE 60S... BUT STILL BELOW NORMAL. LIGHT SLY WINDS SUN NGT SHOULD
RESULT IN WARMER LOWS IN THE 40S.
MON-WED... CONTINUED MAINLY DRY AS BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGING SHOWN
TO PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF PD WITH TROUGHING ON BOTH COASTS.
WEAK SFC BOUNDARY WILL SETTLE DOWN INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT
LAKES WITH LOCAL AREA IN WARM SECTOR WITH TEMPS RECOVERING WELL INTO
THE 70S FOR HIGHS WITH WIDESPREAD 80S SUGGESTED BY WED. MOISTURE
RATHER LIMITED AND THUS ANY PCPN LOOKS TO BE MOST CONCENTRATED ON
COOL SIDE OF FRONTAL ZONE WELL TO OUR NORTH. ..MCCLURE..
&&
.AVIATION...
MOISTURE ROTATING AROUND THE DISSIPATING LOW PRESSURE COMPLEX
OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE...WITH
ONLY VFR OR POSSIBLE MVFR CIGS WITH ISOLATED SPRINKLES AT
TERMINAL SITES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...CLEAR
SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS MAY LEAD TO MVFR FOG. A STRONG COLD FRONT
MOVING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG
WINDS. CURRENT TAFS HAVE 15 TO 25 KT WINDS BY LATE MORNING.
ALTHOUGH BEYOND THE CURRENT FORECAST PERIOD...WINDS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASED TO 20 TO 30 KTS SUSTAINED WITH
GUSTS OVER 40 KTS POSSIBLE. ..SHEETS..
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR BENTON-
BUCHANAN-CEDAR-CLINTON-DELAWARE-DES MOINES-DUBUQUE-HENRY IA-
IOWA-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-KEOKUK-LINN-LOUISA-
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WASHINGTON.
IL...WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR BUREAU-CARROLL-
HENDERSON-HENRY IL-JO DAVIESS-MERCER-PUTNAM-ROCK ISLAND-
STEPHENSON-WARREN-WHITESIDE.
MO...NONE.
&&
SHEETS/MCCLUREHazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 9:24 AM CDT, 6 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 924 AM CDT WED SEP 28 2011 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-291430- 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- 924 AM CDT WED SEP 28 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 DENSE FOG WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA INTO FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS MORNING AND A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS PLACE. MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOG ADVISORY STATEMENTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP RAPIDLY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY MORNING WITH COLDER AND WINDY CONDITIONS BEHIND THE FRONT. NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH AT SOME LOCATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO SETTLE INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS SHOULD ALLOW EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES TO DIP INTO THE 30S BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AREAS OF FROST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. DLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2:59 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more | 8 hr |
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