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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 22, 2015Scotland County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2015, 7:07 PM CDT for Scotland County, Missouri. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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 22, 2015, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County Scotland County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 7:22 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Kilwinning, MO
Jun 22, 7:27 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMemphis, MOSCATTERED TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jun 22, 7:58 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMemphis, MONUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN AROUND TOWN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2015-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1958 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2015-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 401 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1958 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
401 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
441 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
5.7
Supercell composite
17.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

646 
WFUS53 KDVN 230007
TORDVN
MOC199-230100-
/O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0014.150623T0007Z-150623T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
707 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
    
* AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOMFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  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...
  MEMPHIS AROUND 740 PM CDT.
  GREENSBURG AROUND 755 PM CDT.
  RUTLEDGE AND SOUTH GORIN AROUND 800 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HITT...MEMPHIS MEMORIAL AIRPORT...BIBLE GROVE...SAND HILL...
KILWINNING...INDIAN HILLS CONSERVATION AREA...BROCK...CRAWFORD AND
SPILLMAN MOUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4060 9235 4060 9217 4030 9196 4030 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 330DEG 27KT 4067 9237 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

08
1 follow-up statement
897 
WWUS53 KDVN 230023
SVSDVN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
723 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

MOC199-230100-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150623T0100Z/
SCOTLAND MO-
723 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SCOTLAND
COUNTY...
    
AT 723 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNING...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MEMPHIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

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...
  MEMPHIS AROUND 740 PM CDT.
  RUTLEDGE...SOUTH GORIN AND GREENSBURG AROUND 800 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HITT...MEMPHIS MEMORIAL AIRPORT...BIBLE GROVE...SAND HILL...
KILWINNING...INDIAN HILLS CONSERVATION AREA...BROCK...CRAWFORD AND
SPILLMAN MOUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4060 9235 4060 9217 4030 9196 4030 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 330DEG 27KT 4058 9230 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

08

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClark, Scotland33 min
Jun 22, 7:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNClark, Scotland4 hr
Jun 22, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClark30 min
Jun 23, 3:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVNClark, Scotland42 hr

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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.