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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind advisory at Nov 19, 2015, 3:36 AM CST for 13 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Nov 19, 2015, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2015, 3:36 AM CST (09:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 19, 2015, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
364 WWUS73 KDVN 190936 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 336 AM CST THU NOV 19 2015 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS TODAY... .WESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TODAY. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF THESE STRONG WINDS PRIOR TO DAYBREAK... HOWEVER THE MAIN TIMEFRAME OF THE STRONGEST WINDS IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION...ANY LOOSE OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WINDS. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015-191745- /O.NEW.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.151119T1500Z-151120T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 336 AM CST THU NOV 19 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WESTERLY 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...A BRIEF PERIOD OF THESE STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO DAYBREAK. HOWEVER...THE MAIN TIMING OF THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM 10 AM TO 3 PM. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL 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. && $$ MCCLURE
3 follow-up statements
147 WWUS73 KDVN 191553 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 953 AM CST THU NOV 19 2015 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS TODAY... .WESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION...ANY LOOSE OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WINDS. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015-200000- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-151120T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 953 AM CST THU NOV 19 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WESTERLY 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE TIMING OF THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM 10 AM TO 3 PM. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$
681 WWUS73 KDVN 192055 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 255 PM CST THU NOV 19 2015 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS... .WESTERLY WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL JUST BEFORE SUNSET. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION...ANY LOOSE OBJECTS WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WINDS. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015-200000- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-151120T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 255 PM CST THU NOV 19 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WESTERLY 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 4:30 PM. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL 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. && $$
076 WWUS73 KDVN 192336 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 536 PM CST THU NOV 19 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015-200045- /O.EXP.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-151120T0000Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 536 PM CST THU NOV 19 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AT 530 PM CST TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS AND WILL DROP RAPIDLY THE NEXT HOUR TO 10 TO 20 MPH OR LESS. HENCE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ NICHOLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 4:11 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:32 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 44 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:32 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren | 44 hr |
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.