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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind advisory at May 24, 2012, 3:07 AM CDT for 13 counties in Illinois; 20 counties in Iowa. It took effect at May 24, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2012, 3:07 AM CDT (08:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 33 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, 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
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 2538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
333 WWUS73 KDVN 240807 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 307 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...VERY WINDY AND WARM TODAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN IOWA BY AFTERNOON TODAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WINDS WILL BE VERY STRONG FROM THE SOUTH...SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH VERY EARLY THIS EVENING. GUST OF 40 TO 45 WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE COLD FRONT FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-099-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-034-035-241815- /O.NEW.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.120524T1500Z-120525T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- 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...FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB 307 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 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 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...FROM MID MORNING TO VERY EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...STRONG SOUTH WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS...AND POSSIBLY DAMAGE TREE BRANCHES. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE RATHER DRY SOIL CONDITIONS WE MAY SEE ISOLATED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST OR DIRT THIS AFTERNOON. 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
906 WWUS73 KDVN 241539 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1039 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...VERY WINDY AND WARM TODAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN IOWA BY LATE AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WINDS WILL BE VERY STRONG FROM THE SOUTH... SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE COLD FRONT FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-099-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-034-035-250000- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120525T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- 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...FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB 1039 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...FROM LATE MORNING TO EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...STRONG SOUTH WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS...AND POSSIBLY DAMAGE TREE BRANCHES. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE RATHER DRY SOIL CONDITIONS WE MAY SEE ISOLATED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST OR DIRT THIS AFTERNOON. 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 TODAY. && $$ 12
083 WWUS73 KDVN 242017 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 317 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN IOWA BY THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY STRONG FROM THE SOUTH SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE COLD FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE DURING THE EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-099-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-034-035-250000- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120525T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- 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...FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB 317 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...REST OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...STRONG SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS...AND POSSIBLY DAMAGE TREE BRANCHES. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE RATHER DRY SOIL CONDITIONS WE MAY SEE ISOLATED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST OR DIRT. 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 TODAY. && $$ 12
483 WWUS73 KDVN 242356 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 656 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-099-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-034-035-250100- /O.EXP.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120525T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB 656 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH STILL POSSIBLE...MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER UNTIL 9 PM. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ NICHOLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 36 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.