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Special Weather Statement, NWS Quad Cities, IA

November 28, 2016Scotland County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this special weather statement at Nov 28, 2016, 4:41 PM CST for Scotland County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 28, 2016, 4:41 PM CST (22:41 UTC)
Expired
Nov 28, 2016, 5:15 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA

County Scotland County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 12:00Z on 2016-11-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2016-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 310 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 Nov 28, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 28, 3:43 PM CST, 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
343 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-291000-
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
343 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.

ALTHOUGH THE POTENTIAL IS LOW...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS STILL CANNOT
BE RULED OUT THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

IF SEVERE STORMS DO DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME WOULD BE FROM
4 TO 6 PM. THE AREA POSSIBLY FAVORED FOR A SEVERE STORM IS WEST
OF A LINE FROM MANCHESTER IOWA...TO WASHINGTON IOWA...AND TO KAHOKA
IN FAR NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI.

IF SEVERE STORMS DO DEVELOP...THE PRIMARY THREATS WOULD BE VERY
BRIEF SPIN UP TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEVERE SIZE HAIL WOULD
BE A SECONDARY THREAT AS MOST WILL BE DIME SIZE OR SMALLER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THERE IS JUST A LOW CHANCE THAT SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED
THROUGH EARLY EVENING IN THE FAR WESTERN OUTLOOK AREA.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 28, 11:53 AM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
1153 AM CST MON NOV 28 2016

IAC031-105-113-281815-
JONES-LINN-CEDAR-
1153 AM CST MON NOV 28 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN JONES...SOUTHEASTERN
LINN AND NORTHWESTERN CEDAR COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM CST...

AT 1152 AM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LISBON...OR
NEAR MECHANICSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANAMOSA...MECHANICSVILLE...MOUNT VERNON...MONTICELLO...LISBON...
OLIN...MARTELLE...MORLEY...CENTER JUNCTION...LANGWORTHY...STONE
CITY...SCOTCH GROVE...PICTURED ROCKS WILDLIFE AREA...CAMP
COURAGEOUS...MONTICELLO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...WAPSIPINICON STATE
PARK...CENTRAL PARK AND JONES COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.

LAT...LON 4219 9101 4182 9125 4189 9147 4227 9127
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 202DEG 51KT 4196 9131

GROSS
Special weather statement, Nov 28, 4:41 PM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
441 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016

IAC177-MOC199-282315-
VAN BUREN-SCOTLAND-
441 PM CST MON NOV 28 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN VAN BUREN AND
NORTHERN SCOTLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CST...

AT 439 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DOWNING...OR
NEAR LANCASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. THE POSSIBILITY OF A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD OR TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN ALSO EXISTS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEMPHIS...MILTON...CANTRIL...CRAWFORD...MOUNT STERLING...AZEN...
MEMPHIS MEMORIAL AIRPORT...PROSPECT GROVE...KILWINNING...LEBANON...
LAKE SUGEMA CAMPGROUND...HITT...SCOTLAND COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS AND
BROCK.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4059 9235 4060 9218 4070 9218 4076 9206
      4061 9193 4060 9194 4051 9194 4038 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 234DEG 34KT 4049 9240

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 11:53 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDVNJones22 min
Nov 28, 5:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDVNIowa24 min
Nov 28, 9:47 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBureau, Putnam43 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Missouri, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.