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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2016, 7:33 PM CDT for Bureau County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 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, 2016, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Bureau County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:33 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 Ese Ohio, IL | |
| Jun 22, 7:40 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 5 W La Moille, IL | TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AND THEN LIFTED. IT LASTED FROM 740 PM TO 742 PM. |
| Jun 22, 7:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | La Moille, IL | TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AND THEN LIFTED |
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, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 2855 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 422 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.5
- Supercell composite
- 30.6
The text
As transmitted.
394
WFUS53 KDVN 230033
TORDVN
ILC011-230100-
/O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0016.160623T0033Z-160623T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
733 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BUREAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 733 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF LA MOILLE...OR 11 MILES SOUTH
OF WALTON...MOVING EAST 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...
LA MOILLE AROUND 750 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CHERRY...ZEARING...ARLINGTON...KASBEER...VAN ORIN AND OHIO.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4141 8917 4148 8957 4158 8955 4159 8924
4158 8917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 281DEG 28KT 4155 8942
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ERVIN3 follow-up statements
124
WWUS53 KDVN 230037
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
737 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
ILC011-230100-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160623T0100Z/
BUREAU IL-
737 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BUREAU COUNTY...
AT 737 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LA MOILLE...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRINCETON...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LA MOILLE AROUND 745 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CHERRY...ARLINGTON...VAN ORIN AND OHIO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4141 8917 4152 8949 4158 8945 4159 8924
4158 8917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 281DEG 28KT 4154 8937
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ERVIN850
WWUS53 KDVN 230044
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
744 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
ILC011-230100-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160623T0100Z/
BUREAU IL-
744 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BUREAU COUNTY...
AT 744 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER LA MOILLE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF MENDOTA...MOVING EAST
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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN BUREAU COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
CHERRY...ARLINGTON AND VAN ORIN.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4141 8917 4150 8942 4158 8941 4159 8924
4158 8917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 281DEG 28KT 4153 8931
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ERVIN359
WWUS53 KDVN 230055
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
755 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
ILC011-230103-
/O.EXP.KDVN.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160623T0100Z/
BUREAU IL-
755 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BUREAU COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THE QUAD CITIES.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
AND WESTERN BUREAU COUNTY!
LAT...LON 4141 8917 4150 8942 4158 8941 4159 8924
4158 8917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 281DEG 28KT 4153 8931
$$
ERVINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Whiteside | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry | 21 min |
| Jun 22, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 56 min |
| Jun 23, 5:11 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Putnam, Stephenson and 1 more | 4 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.