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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Quad Cities, IA

July 6, 2014Jefferson County, Van Buren County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2014, 11:05 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Van Buren County, Iowa. It was in force for 55 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 6, 2014, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jefferson County, IA, Van Buren County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2014-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1325 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2014-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1325 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.9

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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 Jul 6, 6:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 6:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
645 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 229 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014

ANALYSIS AT 2 PM DEPICTS LOTS OF SCT-BKN-OVC LOW CLOUDS OVER THE
FORECAST AREA LIMITING HEATING AHEAD OF THE FRONT. PRESSURE FALLS
ARE MOVING SOUTH INTO AREA WITH AREA OF STORMS NORTH OF LACROSSE
TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AROUND 07/00Z.
UPPER AIR PATTERN SHOWS PROGRESSIVE FORCING WITH SCT-BKN AREA OF
STORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING WITH SOME
SEVERE POSSIBLE. UPPER AIR ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO SHOW STRONG NW
FLOW FOR A EVEN STRONGER DISTURBANCE AND FRONT TO ARRIVE LATE
MONDAY WITH MORE PRECIPITATION CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. THIS
PATTERN APPEARS TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS OF NW FLOW FOR
PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 229 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014

TONIGHT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A COLD FRONT WILL PASS
THROUGH BEFORE MIDNIGHT WITH POPS 40-60 PERCENT SUGGESTED. LOCAL
TOOLS SUGGEST GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE TO BE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF
60 TO POSSIBLY 70 MPH IN COOL POOLS UNTIL MID EVENING. ISOLATED
LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR UNTIL JUST AFTER SUNSET UP TO SIZE OF
HALF DOLLARS...OR 1.25 INCHES IN DIAMETER. SHEAR PROFILE IS MARGINAL
AT BEST FOR RISK OF TORNADOES UNLESS SFC WINDS BACK. RAIN TOTALS
WITH SPEED OF MOVEMENT OF 30+ MPH SHOULD BE MOSTLY BELOW A HALF
INCH WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO AROUND AN INCH. THIS SHOULD LIMIT
OR HAVE NO IMPACTS TO AREA RIVERS...OR CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. MINS
WITH CLEARING AFTER MIDNIGHT SHOULD SETTLE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S.

MONDAY...FAIR SKIES AND LIGHT NW WINDS OF 5-10 KTS WITH DEWPOINTS
IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE MIDDLE 80S WITH SOME
UPPER 80S SOUTH SECTIONS. A TYPICAL MID SUMMER DAY OF WARM AND A
BIT HUMID. LOW POPS WILL DEVELOP AND ARRIVE IN WESTERN SECTIONS
TOWARD LATE AFTERNOON WITH HEATING AND NEXT SHORT WAVE.

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 229 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014

THE NEXT ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT RAIN WILL OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT. BASED ON
THE OVERALL FORCING/MOISTURE...ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY EVENING AND MOVE GENERALLY EAST ALONG THE
IA/MO BORDER. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FOR AREAS SOUTH OF
AN OSKALOOSA IOWA...TO PONTIAC ILLINOIS LINE.

THE ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THAT DEVELOPS MONDAY EVENING WILL
EXIT THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING. THE BETTER RAIN CHANCES WILL BE
GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FREEPORT ILLINOIS TO KIRKSVILLE
MISSOURI. CLOUDS WILL LIKELY SUPPRESS TEMPERATURES DURING THE
MORNING BUT A RESPECTABLE JUMP IN TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SEEN DURING
THE AFTERNOON.

QUIET AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE GREAT LAKES.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON...
QUIET AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY
PER THE MODEL CONSENSUS AS THE GREAT LAKES HIGH MOVES TOWARD THE
EAST COAST.

STARTING THURSDAY NIGHT THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL AGAIN TURN ACTIVE
ACROSS THE MIDWEST. ALTHOUGH THE MODELS DIFFER ON TIMING AND
POSITION...THEY GENERALLY AGREE THAT TWO ROUNDS OF ORGANIZED
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WILL AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE COMPLEXES DISSIPATING ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

THE MODEL CONSENSUS HAS SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS THURSDAY NIGHT
FOR AREAS ALONG/WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI...AND THEN CHANCE POPS
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA.

SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...THE MODELS DIVERGE AGAIN ON THEIR
RESPECTIVE SOLUTIONS. AS SUCH THE MODEL CONSENSUS HAS SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS FOR THE AREA.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 622 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014

COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING IS GENERATING
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL THREATEN PRIMARILY THE CID AND
DBQ TAFS. OTHER THAN LINGERING MVFR CIGS AND CIG/VSBY RESTRICTIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL
AT LEAST UNTIL THE NEXT ROUND OF STORMS CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED JUST
AFTER THE 00Z/8TH END TIME OF THE CURRENT TAFS. WOLF

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED AT 229 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014

MOST AREA TRIBUTARIES ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS
HAVE CRESTED AND ARE CURRENTLY FALLING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
SATURDAY IN THE ENGLISH RIVER BASIN HAS PUSHED THAT RIVER BACK INTO
MINOR FLOOD. THE LOWER SKUNK RIVER IS STILL RISING TO A CREST.

THERE WILL BE TWO ROUNDS OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. THE RAIN
MONDAY NIGHT MAY BE HEAVY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. A BREAK IN RAIN IS
NOW EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SUNSET THURSDAY.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER...

MODERATE FLOODING IS CONTINUING ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NORTH OF
CAMANCHE. FROM CAMANCHE ON SOUTH TO KEOKUK...MAJOR FLOODING IS
OCCURRING. AS OF THIS MORNING THE CREST WAS NEAR BURLINGTON IOWA.

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.
&&

SYNOPSIS...NICHOLS
SHORT TERM...NICHOLS
LONG TERM...08
AVIATION...WOLF
HYDROLOGY...08
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 5:05 AM CDT, 18 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
505 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-071000-
BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO-
CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL-
HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA-
JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-
MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-
SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-
WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL-
505 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014

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 STORMS POSSIBLY PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER
AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 34 THROUGH 8 AM CDT.

THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A CEDAR RAPIDS
TO DUBUQUE LINE BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND THEN WILL SPREAD DOWN ACROSS
THE REST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE EVENING. SOME SEVERE STORMS
ARE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS. AN
ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
IS AT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER...CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST AREAS
ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WILL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF
EXPERIENCING SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE STRONGER STORMS
WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AT RATES OF OVER AN INCH AN HOUR...THEY ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG FAST ENOUGH TO LIMIT THE THREAT OF FLASH
FLOODING. MOST AREAS THAT GET HIT BY STORMS THIS EVENING WILL RECEIVE
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR LESS OF RAINFALL. MOST OF THE STORMS ARE
THEN EXPECTED TO BE MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA BY 1 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING. THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS
THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL BE IN THE 90S AND POSSIBLY NEAR 100
DEGREES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT.
SOME SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
THE MAIN THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 80. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT...IN
AREAS AFFECTED BY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES.

EXPECT HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS MONDAY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL
BE IN THE 90 TO 95 DEGREE RANGE MONDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
80

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING...MAINLY
ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY
THIS EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY THEN AGAIN BE NEEDED MONDAY
NIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

12/RP KINNEY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
731 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014

IAZ040>042-051>053-063-064-070130-
BENTON-BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-IOWA-JOHNSON-JONES-LINN-
731 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING INTO EAST CENTRAL IOWA...

AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF
COLESBURG TO 18 MILES WEST OF GARRISON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  AURORA AROUND 735 PM CDT...
  LAMONT AND INDEPENDENCE AROUND 740 PM CDT...
  MOUNT AUBURN...WINTHROP...BRANDON AND DUNDEE AROUND 750 PM CDT...
  GARRISON...ROWLEY AND QUASQUETON AROUND 755 PM CDT...

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 35 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW-LYING AREAS.

LAT...LON 4254 9065 4185 9183 4186 9229 4229 9229
      4229 9207 4263 9208 4265 9084
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 322DEG 25KT 4291 9130 4217 9249

WOLF
Local storm report, Jul 6, 9:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBenton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Linn59 min
Jul 6, 8:36 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDVNBenton39 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.