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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2014, 4:11 PM CDT for Hancock County, McDonough County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2014, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2014, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Hancock County, IL, McDonough County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:21 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 E West Point, IL | MOVING NORTH. |
| Jun 16, 4:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 4 E Bentley, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 16, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
726
WFUS53 KDVN 162111
TORDVN
ILC067-109-162145-
/O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0013.140616T2111Z-140616T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
411 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 408 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST POINT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BOWEN AROUND 420 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BASCO...DENVER AND BENTLEY.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE HANCOCK COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4019 9119 4031 9128 4054 9080 4028 9067
4028 9090 4020 9091 4019 9094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 224DEG 12KT 4025 9114
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
123 follow-up statements
420
WWUS53 KDVN 162127
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
427 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
ILC067-109-162145-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140616T2145Z/
MCDONOUGH IL-HANCOCK IL-
427 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND
SOUTHWESTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 421 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BOWEN...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...AT 421 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 2
MILES EAST OF WEST POINT....MOVING NORTHEAST.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
AUGUSTA AROUND 435 PM CDT.
COLMAR AROUND 445 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PLYMOUTH.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE HANCOCK COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4019 9114 4034 9121 4054 9080 4028 9067
4028 9090 4020 9091 4019 9094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 256DEG 20KT 4025 9104
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
12396
WWUS53 KDVN 162141 RRA
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
441 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
ILC067-109-162145-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140616T2145Z/
MCDONOUGH IL-HANCOCK IL-
441 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND
SOUTHWESTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 435 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AUGUSTA...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...AT 435 PM CDT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A ROTATING WALL
CLOUD NORTHEAST OF BOWEN.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
COLMAR AROUND 445 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PLYMOUTH.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE HANCOCK COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A POSSIBLE TORNADO IS IN SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY. 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4019 9113 4035 9116 4054 9080 4028 9067
4028 9090 4020 9091 4019 9094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 229DEG 14KT 4029 9099
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HLADIK728
WWUS53 KDVN 162147
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
447 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
ILC067-109-162156-
/O.EXP.KDVN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140616T2145Z/
MCDONOUGH IL-HANCOCK IL-
447 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND SOUTHWESTERN
MCDONOUGH COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM EAST OF BENTLEY THROUGH 515 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4019 9113 4035 9116 4054 9080 4028 9067
4028 9090 4020 9091 4019 9094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 229DEG 14KT 4030 9098
$$
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.