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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind advisory at Apr 21, 2015, 4:12 AM CDT for 15 counties in Iowa; 11 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Apr 21, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2015, 4:12 AM CDT (09:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 26 counties
Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1406 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
417 WWUS73 KDVN 210912 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 412 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-078-089-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018- 024>026-211715- /O.NEW.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.150421T1600Z-150422T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 412 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH...SOUTH ROADWAYS. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$
3 follow-up statements
153 WWUS73 KDVN 211446 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 946 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-078-089-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018- 024>026-212300- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.150421T1600Z-150422T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 946 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH...SOUTH ROADWAYS. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ SHEETS
814 WWUS73 KDVN 212023 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 323 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... .WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER SUNSET. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-078-089-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018- 024>026-220000- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150422T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 323 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ SHEETS
959 WWUS73 KDVN 212357 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 657 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7PM... .WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED TONIGHT WITH SPEEDS IN THE UPPER TEENS. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-078-089-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018- 024>026-220100- /O.EXP.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150422T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 657 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED TONIGHT WITH SPEEDS IN THE UPPER TEENS. $$
Nearby
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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.