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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 29, 2012Whiteside County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2012, 9:43 AM CDT for Whiteside County, Illinois. It was in force for 17 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
Jun 29, 2012, 9:43 AM CDT (14:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Whiteside County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2012-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2089 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2012-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
2089 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1383 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

304 
WUUS53 KDVN 291443
SVRDVN
ILC195-291500-
/O.NEW.KDVN.SV.W.0052.120629T1443Z-120629T1500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
943 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WHITESIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.

* AT 942 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR ROCK
  FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DEER
  GROVE AND STERLING.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 43.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4161 8976 4178 8986 4184 8963 4160 8963
TIME...MOT...LOC 1443Z 257DEG 24KT 4171 8973
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <1.00IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement
876 
WWUS53 KDVN 291501
SVSDVN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1001 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012

ILC195-291511-
/O.EXP.KDVN.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-120629T1500Z/
WHITESIDE IL-
1001 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITESIDE COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER HAVE
MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4161 8976 4178 8986 4184 8963 4160 8963
TIME...MOT...LOC 1443Z 257DEG 24KT 4171 8973

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 9:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBureau, Carroll, Whiteside51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.