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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2012, 3:47 PM CST for 13 counties in Illinois; 21 counties in Iowa; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Feb 29, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2012, 3:47 PM CST (21:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 29, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 36 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, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
863 WWUS73 KDVN 282147 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 347 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS SETTING UP FOR WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM PASSING ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS EASTERN IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI ON WEDNESDAY. IAZ040-041-051>053-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018- 024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-290800- /O.NEW.KDVN.WI.Y.0001.120229T1500Z-120301T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON- MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA- DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU- PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 347 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 9 OR 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH POSSIBLE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY SOME GUSTS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR MOTORISTS WITH LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS IN OPEN AREAS. ALSO...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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
5 follow-up statements
517 WWUS73 KDVN 290315 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 915 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS SETTING UP FOR WEDNESDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM PASSING ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS EASTERN IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI ON WEDNESDAY. IAZ040-041-051>053-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018- 024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-291315- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0001.120229T1500Z-120301T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON- MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA- DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU- PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 915 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 9 OR 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH POSSIBLE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR MOTORISTS WITH LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS IN OPEN AREAS. ALSO...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ NICHOLS
347 WWUS73 KDVN 290940 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 340 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS EASTERN IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI TODAY. IAZ040-041-051>053-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018- 024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-291945- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0001.120229T1500Z-120301T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON- MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA- DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU- PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 340 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 9 OR 10 AM. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH POSSIBLE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR MOTORISTS WITH LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS IN OPEN AREAS. ALSO...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$
578 WWUS73 KDVN 291505 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 905 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS EASTERN IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI TODAY. IAZ042-054-ILZ001-002-007-010000- /O.EXA.KDVN.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ DUBUQUE-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...MAQUOKETA...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 905 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR MOTORISTS WITH LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS IN OPEN AREAS. ALSO...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ IAZ040-041-051>053-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018- 024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-010000- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON- MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA- DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU- PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 905 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH POSSIBLE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR MOTORISTS WITH LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS IN OPEN AREAS. ALSO...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ 12
550 WWUS73 KDVN 292140 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 340 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...STRONG WINDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-010000- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ 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- 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...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 340 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET BEFORE THEY START TO DECREASE SOME. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR MOTORISTS WITH LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS IN OPEN AREAS. ALSO...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ 12
631 WWUS73 KDVN 292354 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 554 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-010100- /O.EXP.KDVN.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ 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- 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...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 554 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WESTERLY WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 25 TO 35 MPH OVER THE PAST HOUR. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY 8 PM...HENCE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. AN ISOLATED GUST UP TO NEAR 40 MPH MAY STILL OCCUR UNTIL 7 PM. $$ NICHOLS
Nearby
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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.