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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2012, 2:04 PM CDT for Bureau County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2012, 2:04 PM CDT (19:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2012, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Bureau County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:05 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 W Princeton, IL | FUNNEL CLOUD IS HALFWAY DOWN TO THE GROUND. NO DEBRIS IS VISIBLE. |
| May 6, 2:07 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 W Princeton, IL | |
| May 6, 2:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Princeton, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 2361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
590 WFUS53 KDVN 061904 TORDVN ILC011-061930- /O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0007.120506T1904Z-120506T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 204 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BUREAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 230 PM CDT. * AT 202 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR WYANET...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRINCETON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WYANET AROUND 205 PM CDT... 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KASBEER AROUND 210 PM CDT... PRINCETON AROUND 220 PM CDT... PRINCETON AND DOVER AROUND 225 PM CDT... COAL HOLLOW...MALDEN AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ZEARING AROUND 230 PM CDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND 63. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. && LAT...LON 4146 8929 4128 8942 4138 8968 4154 8956 TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 297DEG 16KT 4141 8957 $$
2 follow-up statements
029 WWUS53 KDVN 061913 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 213 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ILC011-061930- /O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120506T1930Z/ BUREAU IL- 213 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL BUREAU COUNTY... AT 211 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR WYANET...OR NEAR PRINCETON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PRINCETON AROUND 225 PM CDT... COAL HOLLOW...DOVER AND MALDEN AROUND 230 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 4146 8929 4128 8942 4138 8968 4154 8956 TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 297DEG 16KT 4137 8954 $$ MCCLURE
306 WWUS53 KDVN 061929 SVSDVN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 229 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ILC011-061939- /O.EXP.KDVN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120506T1930Z/ BUREAU IL- 229 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BUREAU COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. LAT...LON 4146 8929 4128 8942 4138 8968 4154 8956 TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 297DEG 16KT 4134 8946 $$ MCCLURE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 4:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 16 hr |
| May 6, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau | 38 min |
| May 6, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry | 63 min |
| May 6, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 44 min |
| May 6, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.