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Special Weather Statement, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2012, 8:09 AM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 51 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
- Jul 1, 2012, 8:09 AM CDT (13:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Van Buren County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1688 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
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 Jul 1, 6:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 6:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 650 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 .UPDATE... LOW LEVEL JET APPARENTLY HAS VEERED AND STRENGTHENED ENOUGH TO EXPAND AND INTENSIFY THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES SO FAR AND TRAINING OF STORMS WILL ADD TO THE TOTALS. STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL ALSO EXPECTED IN THE STRONGER STORMS. HAVE ALREADY UPDATED GRIDS TO GO LIKELY POPS FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34. STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN LATER THIS MORNING AS THE LOW LEVEL JET WEAKENS. THEN STILL EXPECTING STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT LEAST IN SCATTERED FASHION ALONG AND NORTH OF THE NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT. && .AVIATION... LOCAL MVFR VIS IN BR TIL 14Z THIS MORNING. THEN VFR CONDS THROUGH TONIGHT EXCEPT MVFR CIGS IN TSRA AS A WARM FRONT GRADUALLY LIFTS NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. A FEW SHOWERS/ISOLD -TSRA ARE POSSIBLE AT/NEAR KBRL THIS MORNING. AT LEAST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...SHOULD DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VARIABLE OR EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN 5 KNOTS THIS MORNING BECOMING SOUTH AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHWARD. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS LESS THAN 10 KNOTS TONIGHT. && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...NONE. IL...NONE. MO...NONE. && HAASE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 4:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 420 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-020930- 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- 420 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012 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 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. A WARM FRONT WILL BE LIFTING NORTHWARD AND WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 60 TO 70 MPH...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE MAIN THREATS. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL SOAR INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY BRIEFLY RISE TO JUST ABOVE 100 THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY FOR THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA AS A WEAK WARM FRONT SHIFTS NORTH OF THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST ON WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO SOON TO DETERMINE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY EXCEED 100 DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. KEEP UPDATED ON THIS HOT AND HUMID WEATHER AS HEAT ADVISORIES...AND POSSIBLY EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS MAY BE NECESSARY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAASE/LE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
636 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012
IAZ099-ILZ025-034-MOZ009-010-011230-
LEE IA-HENDERSON IL-HANCOCK IL-CLARK MO-SCOTLAND MO-
636 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...HEAVY RAINS IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS...
AT 630 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A PERSISTENT AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST MISSOURI INTO WESTERN ILLINOIS. THE
MAIN AREA OF STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM SCOTLAND COUNTY MISSOURI
EASTWARD TO HANCOCK COUNTY ILLINOIS. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED
RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PAST 2 TO 3
HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.
IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP
TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL
HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING.
EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW-LYING AREAS.
&&
LAT...LON 4048 9236 4066 9104 4034 9097 4025 9171
4025 9195 4029 9196 4030 9196 4030 9235Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
701 AM CDT SUN JUL 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0653 AM HAIL 5 NW KEOSAUQUA 40.79N 92.03W
07/01/2012 E0.25 INCH VAN BUREN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
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GROSSLocal storm report, Jul 1, 7:34 AM CDT, 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Van Buren | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 3:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 3:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 6:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 6:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock | 54 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.