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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2013, 7:42 PM CDT for Carroll County, Whiteside County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2013, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Carroll County, IL, Whiteside County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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 12, 1:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 1702 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
718
WFUS53 KDVN 130042
TORDVN
ILC015-195-130115-
/O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0015.130613T0042Z-130613T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
742 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN WHITESIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 740 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILLEDGEVILLE...COLETA...HITT AND PENROSE.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE CARROLL COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4181 8976 4197 8992 4204 8979 4197 8968
4193 8968 4193 8963 4193 8962 4183 8963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 306DEG 27KT 4198 8978
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
SHEETS2 follow-up statements
368
WWUS53 KDVN 130053
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
753 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
ILC015-130102-
/O.CAN.KDVN.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-130613T0115Z/
CARROLL IL-
753 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4183 8963 4181 8974 4193 8978 4193 8969
4193 8967 4193 8962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 311DEG 27KT 4192 8972
$$
ILC195-130115-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-130613T0115Z/
WHITESIDE IL-
753 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN WHITESIDE
COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
AT 748 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF MILLEDGEVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENROSE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4183 8963 4181 8974 4193 8978 4193 8969
4193 8967 4193 8962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 311DEG 27KT 4192 8972
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
SHEETS572
WWUS53 KDVN 130107
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
807 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
ILC195-130117-
/O.EXP.KDVN.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-130613T0115Z/
WHITESIDE IL-
807 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WHITESIDE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 815 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4183 8963 4181 8974 4193 8978 4193 8969
4193 8967 4193 8962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 311DEG 27KT 4187 8958
$$
SHEETSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Carroll | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 23 min |
| Jun 12, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Jo Daviess | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henderson, Henry, Mercer, Warren | 24 min |
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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.