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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Quad Cities, IA
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.
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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 22, 7:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Kilwinning, MO | |
| Jun 22, 7:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Memphis, MO | SCATTERED TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Jun 22, 7:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Memphis, MO | NUMEROUS 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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
$$
081 follow-up statement
897
WWUS53 KDVN 230023
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
723 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015
MOC199-230100-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150623T0100Z/
SCOTLAND MO-
723 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SCOTLAND
COUNTY...
AT 723 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNING...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MEMPHIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MEMPHIS AROUND 740 PM CDT.
RUTLEDGE...SOUTH GORIN AND GREENSBURG AROUND 800 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HITT...MEMPHIS MEMORIAL AIRPORT...BIBLE GROVE...SAND HILL...
KILWINNING...INDIAN HILLS CONSERVATION AREA...BROCK...CRAWFORD AND
SPILLMAN MOUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4060 9235 4060 9217 4030 9196 4030 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 330DEG 27KT 4058 9230
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
08The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clark, Scotland | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clark, Scotland | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clark | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 3:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Clark, Scotland | 42 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.