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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2013, 4:36 PM CDT for Bureau County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2013, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2013, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Bureau County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1763 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 24, 3:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 3:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
323 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 300 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
VARIOUS HIRES AND OTHER NEAR TERM GUIDANCE ALL OVER THE MAP FOR
TONIGHT AFTER CURRENT MCS BLOWS THROUGH THE CWA BY EARLY EVENING.
BULK OF BETTER SUPPORT AND INCOMING WAVE FOCUSES OFF JUST TO THE
NORTH WITH NEW MCS DEVELOPMENT ACRS MN INTO WI AND FAR NE
IOWA...BUT FEEL REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND COOL POOLS OVER THE
AREA IN WAKE OF CURRENT SYSTEM MAY BE A FOCAL POINT FOR NOCTURNAL
LLJ JET TO STREAM INTO AND INITIATE NEW CONVECTION LATER TONIGHT
INTO EARLY TUE MORNING AFTER A MID EVENING LULL. WILL KEEP HIGHER
CHC POPS GOING CWA-WIDE WITH UNCERTAINTIES TONIGHT INTO TUE AM. PW
FEED OF 1.6-1.8+ INCHES SUGGESTS ANY MORE STORMS CAPABLE OF MORE
UNNEEDED HEAVY RAIN AND WILL EXTEND ONGOING FLASH FLOOD WATCH
THROUGH 12Z TUE. IF WE LUCK OUT...HEAVIER CONVECTION MAY FALL BOTH
TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE HEAVY RAIN HIT AREAS OF LAST NIGHT
AND THIS MORNING BUT CAN/T TAKE THAT CHANCE AND AGAIN THE FFA
EXTENDED INTO TUE MORNING. OF COURSE WHAT LINGERS OUT OF TONIGHT
WILL EFFECT TOMORROW IN ONGOING CONVECTIVE CYCLE UNDER RING OF
FIRE...WILL KEEP CHC POPS GOING THROUGH THE DAY WITH WARM TEMPS.
WARM UP DEPENDENT ON CONVECTIVE DEBRIS AS HAS BEEN THE PATTERN
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. ..12..
.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 300 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
FORECAST FOCUS ON SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAIN/FLASH FLOODING TUESDAY
NIGHT. THEN A PATTERN CHANGE TO COOLER TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND
INTO NEXT WEEK.
TUESDAY NIGHT...MCS GENERATION TOOL SUGGESTS A LARGE MCS TO DEVELOP
ACROSS OUR NORTHERN HALF CWA...IN AREAS THAT HAD SIGNIFICANT TO
MAJOR FLASH FLOODING LAST NIGHT. LOW LEVEL JET WILL BE STRENGTHENING
TO 50 KNOTS IN MO WITH LIGHTER WINDS IN WI. THIS SETS UP THE MCS ON
THE NOSE OF THE JET WITH STRONG SPEED CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL ALSO BE DRAPED
ACROSS THE AREA AND A SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE ARRIVING. PRECIPITABLE WATERS
INCREASE TO OVER 2 INCHES WHICH IS IN THE 99TH PERCENTILE FOR JUNE.
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR REPEATING/BACKBUILDING THUNDERSTORMS
INCREASING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES
CERTAINLY FEASIBLE WHICH WOULD CAUSE SERIOUS/MAJOR FLASH FLOODING
AGAIN.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...NORTHWEST FLOW GRADUALLY DEEPENS ACROSS
THE MIDWEST AS MAJOR CHANGE TO A MUCH MORE AMPLIFIED PATTERN...WITH
A DEEP TROUGH EAST/RIDGE WEST. THIS WILL ALLOW COOLER TEMPERATURES
INTO THE MIDWEST WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN OR NEAR THE CWA.
HAASE
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1250 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
UNSETTLED AFTERNOON TO SAY THE LEAST FOR THE TERMINALS. CID...DBQ
AND MLI ALL TO GET ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND BOUTS OF MVFR TO
IFR CONDITIONS AS THEY/STORMS PASS FROM NOW THROUGH 20Z. THEN A ROUND OF
STRONG TO SVR STORMS TO IMPACT CID...DBQ AND BRL FROM 20Z-01Z OR
SO FROM THE WEST. STRONG VARIABLE WINDS POSSIBLE IN VCNTY OF ALL
TERMINALS WITH THE STORMS THROUGH 00Z TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN
OCCASIONALLY REDUCING VSBYS TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES AS WELL THIS
AFTERNOON. HARD TO TIME MVFR TO VFR WINDOWS BETWEEN THE STORMS.
MORE NOCTURNAL STORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT AFTER A MID
EVENING LULL. ..12..
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED AT 300 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE BASINS OVER THE PAST 24-36 HRS...AND
EXPECTED MORE OF 1-2 INCH PLUS AMOUNTS THROUGH TUE WILL DRIVE AREA
RIVERS UP AGAIN...BOTH ON SECTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND
INCOMING TRIBUTARIES. THE ROCK...WAPSI AND PECATONICA RIVERS
ALREADY COMING UP FAST AND HAVE NEW WARNINGS ON SOME FCST POINTS.
MORE MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED OVER THE NEXT 12-18 HRS. THE UPPER
MAQUOKETA RIVER ALSO EXPERIENCING RISES. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD
WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. ..12..
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR BENTON-BUCHANAN-
CEDAR-CLINTON-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-IOWA-JACKSON-JOHNSON-JONES-
KEOKUK-LINN-LOUISA-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WASHINGTON.
IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR BUREAU-CARROLL-
HENRY IL-JO DAVIESS-MERCER-PUTNAM-ROCK ISLAND-STEPHENSON-
WHITESIDE.
MO...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...12
LONG TERM...HAASE
AVIATION...12
HYDROLOGY...12Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 7:12 AM CDT, 9 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 712 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-251215- 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- 712 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO LOCALLY OVER 6 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. AMOUNTS OVER 3 INCHES WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AS WELL AS LOW SPOTS...CREAKS...AND TRIBUTARY RIVERS. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM OTTUMWA IOWA...TO GALESBURG ILLINOIS...TO LA SALLE ILLINOIS. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS TODAY MAY SURPASS SEVERE LIMITS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL OR LARGE OR DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR MORE. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS THE ENTIRE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS. AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE ANY ONGOING FLOODING CONCERNS OR MAY CREATE NEW ONES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER 1 INCH AND ANY FLOODING ISSUES WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 14
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 24, 4:04 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
404 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 PM TSTM WND GST 3 N PRINCETON 41.71N 90.36W
06/24/2013 E70.00 MPH SCOTT IA TRAINED SPOTTER
DEBRIS BEING LOFTED BY WINDS...ALONG HWY 67 BETWEEN
FOLLETTS AND PRINCETON.
&&
MASLocal storm report, Jun 24, 4:07 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
407 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0407 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NE ATKINSON 41.44N 89.99W
06/24/2013 E70 MPH HENRY IL NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
GROSSLocal storm report, Jun 24, 4:14 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
414 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0339 PM TSTM WND DMG NE MOLINE 41.49N 90.49W
06/24/2013 ROCK ISLAND IL PUBLIC
SEVERAL LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN ACROSS NEIGHBORS
YARD...NO POWER AT RESIDENCE.
&&
GROSSLocal storm report, Jun 24, 4:27 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 9:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 17 days |
| Jun 23, 9:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 18 days |
| Jun 23, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 4:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Scott | 9 hr |
| Jun 24, 6:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 7:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine, Scott | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Muscatine | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine | 10 days |
| Jun 24, 10:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 11 days |
| Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 8 days |
| Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 8 days |
| Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton | 8 days |
| Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 10 days |
| Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Scott | 10 days |
| Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 13 days |
| Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Muscatine | 14 days |
| Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 15 days |
| Jun 24, 12:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Iowa, Keokuk | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 1:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Scott | 12 hr |
| Jun 24, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Washington | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Van Buren, Washington | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn, Washington | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Iowa, Johnson, Linn | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Johnson, Lee, Louisa and 3 more | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Louisa, Washington | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Jones, Linn | 23 min |
| Jun 24, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 10:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 10 days |
| Jun 24, 10:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 15 days |
| Jun 24, 10:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 12 days |
| Jun 24, 2:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Henry | 3 days |
| Jun 24, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Whiteside | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Putnam | 46 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.