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Special Weather Statement, NWS Quad Cities, IA

August 27, 2016Henry County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2016, 9:47 PM CDT for Henry County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 27, 2016, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA

County Henry County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 27, 6:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 6:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 4:17 AM CDT, 17 hours 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 9:47 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 28, 10:45 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Des Moines, Louisa	7 days
Aug 28, 10:45 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Des Moines	8 days
Aug 28, 10:45 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Des Moines, Lee	7 days
Aug 28, 10:45 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine	6 days
Aug 28, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Johnson	59 min
Aug 28, 4:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware, Linn	27 min
Aug 28, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Clinton	35 min
Aug 28, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Clinton	31 min
Aug 28, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Clinton	28 min
Aug 27, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henry	41 min
Aug 27, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henry	64 min
Aug 28, 10:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Hancock	60 min
Aug 28, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henry	53 min
Aug 28, 5:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Henry, Whiteside	6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.