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Special Weather Statement, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2012, 4:55 PM CDT for Carroll County, Illinois. It was in force for 65 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 7, 2012, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
County Carroll County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 1800 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jul 7, 3:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
301 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
THE MUCH ANTICIPATED COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTH OF KDBQ
THROUGH KIOW AND ON THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHWEST
MISSOURI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAS
DRIED OUT CONSIDERABLY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMBED TO NEAR OR JUST
ABOVE 100 DEGREES. ON THE COOL SIDE OF THE FRONT...TEMPERATURES
REMAIN IN THE LOW TO MID 90S BUT DEW POINTS WERE STILL IN THE LOW
TO MID 70S KEEPING. DRIER AIR WAS NOT FAR AWAY THOUGH WITH 60 DEW
POINTS PUSHING INTO NORTHERN IA THIS AFTERNOON. WEAK CONVERGENCE
ALONG THE FRONT HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH TO POP ANY THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE FORECAST AREA SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. TO OUR EAST THOUGH...A
NICE LAKE BREEZE MOVING WEST THROUGH NORTHERN IL HAS POPPED SOME
ISOLATED STORMS FROM NORTH CENTRAL INTO NORTHERN IL.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...
THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE REST
OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO ALONG
THE FRONT CAN/T BE RULED OUT AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH DURING PEAK
HEATING AND WITH THE LAKE BOUNDARY MOVING INTO THE NORTHEASTERN
CWFA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ANY STORM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE ISOLATED
SO POPS WERE KEPT IN THE SLIGHT CHANCE TO LOW CHANCE CATEGORIES.
WITH AN ELEVATED THETA-E AXIS LAGGING THE FRONT TONIGHT AND MODELS
ESPECIALLY THE 12Z ECMWF SHOWING SOME WEAK MID LEVEL FORCING
MOVING THROUGH HAVE MAINTAINED SOME LOW POPS SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
THE HEAT WARNING WILL BE MAINTANED THROUGH IT/S EXPIRATION TIME
OF 7PM THIS EVENING GIVEN THE WIDE SPREAD UPPER 90 TO JUST OVER
100 DEGREE TEMPS AND H/I'S AROUND 100 LATE THIS AFTERNOON. COOLER
AIR SETTLING INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WILL BRING RELIEF FROM THE
HEAT. IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES SHOULD DROP INTO THE UPPER 60S
NORTH TO LOW 70S SOUTH FOR LOWS.
SUNDAY...EAST TO NORTHEAST POST FRONTAL LOW LEVEL FLOW SHOULD BRING
MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE AIR TO THE REGION. SOME LOW POPS WERE
MAINTAINED DURING THE MORNING TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY LINGERING
SHRA/TSRA OTHERWISE THE AREA SHOULD BE DRY. HIGHS SHOULD BE
MAINLY IN THE 80S WITH UPPER 50 TO LOW 60 DEW POINTS KEEPING
HUMIDITY LEVELS LOW.
DLF
.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY...
THE MAIN THEME OF THE MODELS IS THE UPPER RIDGE RETROGRESSING INTO
THE WESTERN CONUS WHILE A TROF DEVELOPS IN THE EASTERN CONUS. THIS
PATTERN PLACES THE REGION IN NORTHWEST FLOW AND IMPLIED COOLER
TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER...ANY SYSTEMS IN THE FLOW ALOFT WOULD HAVE
LIMITED MOISTURE AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THUS WHILE
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE COOLER...PRECIPITATION SHOULD
CONTINUE TO REMAIN BELOW NORMAL.
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS WITH TEMPERATURES
MUCH CLOSER TO NORMAL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. DIURNAL
TEMPERATURE SWINGS MAY BE LARGER THAN NORMAL DUE TO THE DRY GROUND.
TUESDAY NIGHT ON...
MODEL CONSENSUS KEEPS THE AREA QUIET AND DRY THROUGH THE END OF NEXT
WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO NORMAL. DIURNAL TEMPERATURE SWINGS
WILL LIKELY BE LARGER THAN NORMAL DUE TO THE DRY GROUND. ..08..
&&
.AVIATION... /ISSUED 1215 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012/
A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION AND SHOULD BE
SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING. ISOLATED
SHRA/TSRA WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
NORTH OF THE FRONT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TSRA WAS NOT
MENTIONED IN TAFS SINCE ANY THAT DEVELOP WILL BE SPOTTY BUT VCSH
WAS INCLUDED FOR ALL TAFS OVERNIGHT WHEN THE BETTER MID LEVEL
FORCING WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION COULD GENERATE SOME ISOLATED
TO SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA. OTHERWISE VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS
CONTINUING OVER THE AREA WITH POST FRONTAL WINDS GRADUALLY VEERING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT ALL SITES BY LATE THIS EVENING.
DLF
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR CEDAR-
CLINTON-DELAWARE-DES MOINES-DUBUQUE-HENRY IA-IOWA-JACKSON-
JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-KEOKUK-LEE-LINN-LOUISA-MUSCATINE-
SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WASHINGTON.
IL...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BUREAU-
CARROLL-HANCOCK-HENDERSON-HENRY IL-JO DAVIESS-MCDONOUGH-
MERCER-PUTNAM-ROCK ISLAND-STEPHENSON-WARREN-WHITESIDE.
MO...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR CLARK-
SCOTLAND.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 4:37 AM CDT, 12 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 437 AM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-081000- BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO- CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL- HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA- JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA- MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL- SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL- WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL- 437 AM CDT SAT JUL 7 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 AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AS TEMPERATURES SOAR INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 100 TO 110. A COOL FRONT PUSHING INTO THE AREA TODAY WILL PREVENT EXCESSIVE HEAT FROM BUILDING IN AREAS GENERALLY FROM WEST OF DUBUQUE TO NORTH OF CEDAR RAPIDS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE THAT AN ISOLATED STORM MAY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE A DAMAGING WIND GUST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 12/NICHOLS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 4:20 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
420 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
IAZ053-054-065-066-ILZ007-009-072215-
JACKSON IA-CEDAR IA-CLINTON IA-JONES IA-WHITESIDE IL-CARROLL IL-
420 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...ISOLATED THUNDERTORMS...
AT 415 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED ISOLATED
THUNDERTORMS FROM WYOMING IN EASTERN JONES COUNTY IOWA THROUGH
MAQUOKETA AND PRESTON IN JACKSON COUNTY TO JUST EAST OF LANARK IN
CARROLL COUNTY ILLINOIS.
THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AND HAVE THE
POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 4186 8963 4183 9093 4226 9093 4223 9039
4220 9036 4220 9032 4220 8996 4218 8968
4194 8968 4193 8963Local storm report, Jul 7, 4:43 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
443 PM CDT SAT JUL 07 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0442 PM TSTM WND GST 4 N HITT 42.05N 89.73W
07/07/2012 E40 MPH CARROLL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
THE SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED HEAVY RAIN.
&&
DLFSpecial weather statement, Jul 7, 4:55 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
455 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
ILZ007-009-072300-
CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
455 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRONG WIND...
AT 451 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MILLEDGEVILLE...OR 14 MILES
EAST OF MOUNT CARROLL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MILLEDGEVILLE AROUND 510 PM CDT...
WINDS GREATER THAN 35 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. A SPOTTER REPORTED 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN 35 MINUTES JUST
NORTH OF HITT IN EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY WITH THIS STORM.
EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW-LYING AREAS.
LAT...LON 4191 8964 4192 8992 4214 8982 4215 8969
4209 8968 4194 8968 4193 8965
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 319DEG 6KT 4204 8972
DLFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 37 min |
| Jul 7, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar | 44 min |
| Jul 7, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 22 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.