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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind advisory at Nov 23, 2012, 5:08 AM CST for 11 counties in Illinois; 19 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2012, 5:08 AM CST (11:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 30 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, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess 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), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:05 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1134 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
820 WWUS73 KDVN 231108 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 508 AM CST FRI NOV 23 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL LAST THROUGH AT LEAST LATE MORNING. THESE BRISK WINDS COMBINED WITH COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-231800- /O.NEW.KDVN.WI.Y.0008.121123T1108Z-121123T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- 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...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 508 AM CST FRI NOV 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AND REMAIN STRONG UNTIL NOON TODAY. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. 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 THIS MORNING. && $$ 12
2 follow-up statements
155 WWUS73 KDVN 231608 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1008 AM CST FRI NOV 23 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH... WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-231800- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121123T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 1008 AM CST FRI NOV 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AND REMAIN STRONG UNTIL NOON TODAY. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THIS MORNING. && $$
914 WWUS73 KDVN 231800 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1200 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2012 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-231900- /O.EXP.KDVN.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121123T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- 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...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 1200 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON... BUT STILL REMAIN BRISK AT 15 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN UPPER 20S TO MIDDLE 30S... WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS MOSTLY IN THE TEENS AND 20S. $$
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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.