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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Quad Cities, IA

July 19, 2013Muscatine County, Scott County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2013, 7:05 PM CDT for Muscatine County, Scott County, Iowa. It was in force for 40 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
Jul 19, 2013, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 19, 6:46 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 6:46 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:20 AM CDT, 14 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
420 AM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-200930-
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-
420 AM CDT FRI JUL 19 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

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. HEAT INDEX READINGS
OF 97 TO 105 ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MID MORNING THROUGH LATE
EVENING. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
STORMS EAST OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY DUBUQUE...TO BURLINGTON. IF
SEVERE STORMS DEVELOP...THE PRIMARY THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE FORECAST FOR MOST OF THE
PERIOD FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. IT IS TOO SOON TO
DETERMINE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

14/SHEETS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
552 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013

IAZ064-192315-
JOHNSON-
552 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTY WINDS...

AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS...OR 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF IOWA CITY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  IOWA CITY...UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AND HILLS AROUND 600 PM CDT...

SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 4171 9139 4153 9137 4151 9176 4164 9179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 255DEG 33KT 4161 9165
Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour before
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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:08 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:33 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNScott44 min
Jul 19, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNLouisa39 min
Jul 19, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNWhiteside30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.