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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2012, 3:28 AM CDT for 21 counties in Iowa; 13 counties in Illinois; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Apr 15, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2012, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 08:31 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 00:00Z, 8.5 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
- 300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
655 WWUS73 KDVN 150828 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 328 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO MINNESOTA TODAY...WITH VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 AND POSSIBLY 55 MPH LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TODAY...WHICH ARE LIKELY TO BRING DAMAGING WINDS WHEN THE OCCUR. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-151830- /O.NEW.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.120415T1500Z-120416T0300Z/ 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 328 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH MID EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AND POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 55 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS LEVEL WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON WEST TO EAST ROADS DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING TREE BRANCHES AND WILL LIKELY BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS. 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. && $$ ERVIN
3 follow-up statements
066 WWUS73 KDVN 151737 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1237 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO MINNESOTA TODAY...WITH VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE INCREASE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON TO SUSTAIN AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TODAY...WHICH ARE LIKELY TO BRING DAMAGING WINDS WHEN THEY OCCUR. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-160300- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T0300Z/ 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 1237 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS LEVEL WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON WEST TO EAST ROADS DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING TREE BRANCHES AND WILL LIKELY BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS. 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. && $$
043 WWUS73 KDVN 152046 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 346 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO MINNESOTA TONIGHT PRODUCING VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY TONIGHT...WHICH MAY BRING DAMAGING WINDS WHERE THEY OCCUR. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-160300- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T0300Z/ 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 346 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH MID EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS LEVEL WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON WEST TO EAST ROADS DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING TREE BRANCHES AND WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS. 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. && $$ WOLF
331 WWUS73 KDVN 160242 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 942 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WINDS TO DIMINISH SLIGHTLY TONIGHT BUT REMAIN GUSTY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-160345- /O.EXP.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 942 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM AS WINDS DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT THESE SPEEDS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE WIND DIRECTION WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY BY MIDNIGHT AND SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST MONDAY MORNING. $$ NICHOLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn, Washington | 61 min |
| Apr 14, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Washington | 64 min |
| Apr 14, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk and 4 more | 55 min |
| Apr 14, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Louisa, Washington | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 74 min |
| Apr 15, 11:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Washington | 22 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Van Buren | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Des Moines, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 2 more | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine | 2 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 38 min |
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.