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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2013, 4:45 PM CDT for Buchanan County, Iowa. It was in force for 45 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
- May 29, 2013, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2013, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Buchanan County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1192 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 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 May 29, 3:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 3:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 4:36 AM CDT, 12 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 436 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-300945- 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- 436 AM CDT WED MAY 29 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 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ESPECIALLY FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER RISKS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. HOWEVER...IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THERE WILL ORGANIZED STRONG STORMS THAT WOULD POSE A THREAT OF WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING. AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS PERIOD. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...PRIMARILY WITH STORMS THAT OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. CONDITIONS DO NOT APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DLF/SHEETS
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 29, 11:12 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1112 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM FLOOD 5 E CANTRIL 40.64N 91.98W
05/29/2013 VAN BUREN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
THE FOX RIVER IS FLOODING PORTIONS OF JERSEY AVE. AT THIS
TIME. LOCATION IS ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF SPOTTERS
RESIDENCE.
&&Special weather statement, May 29, 11:28 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1128 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 IAZ089-ILZ025-026-292100- DES MOINES-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 1128 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 ...HIGH WATER STILL CAUSING PROBLEMS IN SOME AREAS... HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT CAUSED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS HENDERSON AND WARREN COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...AND DES MOINES COUNTY IN IOWA. CALLS TO COUNTY SHERIFF AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS INDICATE WATER IS STILL COVERING SOME ROADS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS KNOWN. WARREN COUNTY ILLINOIS...THE MAJOR HIGHWAYS ARE CLEAR OR ONLY HAVE WATER ON ONE LANE IN SPOTS. SEVERAL SECONDARY GRAVEL ROADS THAT CROSS CEDAR CREEK AND THE SOUTH BRANCH OF HENDERSON CREEK ARE STILL CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. SOME GRAVEL ROADS CROSSING SOUTH HENDERSON CREEK...BIG NEGRO CREEK...AND NEGRO CREEK IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF WARREN COUNTY ARE ALSO CLOSED. HENDERSON COUNTY ILLINOIS...HIGHWAY 94 IS CLOSED AT BALD BLUFF. HIGHWAY 34 IS CLOSED EAST OF BIGGSVILLE. SEVERAL SECONDARY GRAVEL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED AS WELL. DES MOINES COUNTY IOWA...SEVERAL ROADS ARE STILL FLOODED. WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DROP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES IF A FLOODED ROAD IS ENCOUNTERED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Washington | 63 min |
| May 28, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Louisa, Washington | 66 min |
| May 28, 7:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 9 hr |
| May 28, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott | 56 min |
| May 28, 8:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Van Buren | 4 days |
| May 28, 8:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Lee | 5 days |
| May 28, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 23 min |
| May 28, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 57 min |
| May 29, 4:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 6 hr |
| May 29, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 54 hr |
| May 29, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa, Linn | 44 min |
| May 29, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan | 50 min |
| May 29, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware | 40 min |
| May 29, 6:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Iowa, Linn | 6 hr |
| May 29, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Linn | 47 min |
| May 28, 7:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Putnam | 9 hr |
| May 28, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Rock Island | 44 min |
| May 29, 1:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clark, Scotland | 53 min |
| May 29, 4:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Clark | 4 days |
| May 29, 7:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Scotland | 12 hr |
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.