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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 2016, 8:01 PM CDT for Henderson County, Illinois; Des Moines County, Iowa. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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
- Sep 7, 2016, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Des Moines County, IA, Henderson County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 8:20 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 E Olena, IL | CONE SHAPED FUNNEL HALFWAY TO GROUND. JUST NORTH OF STRONGHURST. HAS SINCE DISSIPATED VISUALLY. |
| Sep 7, 8:20 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 N Stronghurst, IL | CONE SHAPED FUNNEL HALFWAY TO GROUND. JUST NORTH OF STRONGHURST. HAS SINCE DISSIPATED VISUALLY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 378 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KDVN 080101
TORDVN
ILC071-IAC057-080130-
/O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0030.160908T0101Z-160908T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
801 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IOWA...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 801 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CARMAN...OR NEAR BURLINGTON...MOVING EAST
AT 45 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...
STRONGHURST AND GLADSTONE AROUND 815 PM CDT.
BIGGSVILLE AROUND 820 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CARTHAGE LAKE...STARR'S CAVE PARK AND PRESERVE...LONE
TREE...HOPPER... SHOKOKON...DECORRA...MEDIA...HENDERSON COUNTY
FAIRGROUNDS...BURLINGTON REGIONAL AIRPORT AND SPRING GROVE.
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 4073 9117 4087 9117 4090 9081 4072 9080
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 262DEG 37KT 4077 9110
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SHEETS3 follow-up statements
893
WWUS53 KDVN 080108
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
808 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2016
IAC057-080116-
/O.CAN.KDVN.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160908T0130Z/
DES MOINES IA-
808 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DES MOINES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4073 9108 4083 9108 4084 9107 4088 9081
4072 9080
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 262DEG 37KT 4078 9102
$$
ILC071-080130-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160908T0130Z/
HENDERSON IL-
808 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY...
AT 806 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HEAPSVILLE...OR JUST EAST OF BURLINGTON...MOVING
EAST AT 25 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STRONGHURST...CARMAN...BIGGSVILLE...GULF PORT...MEDIA...LONE TREE...
HOPPER...SHOKOKON...DECORRA...HENDERSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...
OLENA AND HEAPSVILLE.
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 4073 9108 4083 9108 4084 9107 4088 9081
4072 9080
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 262DEG 37KT 4078 9102
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SHEETS233
WWUS53 KDVN 080121
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
821 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2016
ILC071-080130-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160908T0130Z/
HENDERSON IL-
821 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY...
AT 820 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER STRONGHURST...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STRONGHURST...MEDIA...HENDERSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS...DECORRA...
OLENA AND HOPPER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4073 9098 4082 9099 4083 9094 4084 9081
4072 9080
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 276DEG 25KT 4074 9092
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SHEETS977
WWUS53 KDVN 080130
SVSDVN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL
830 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2016
ILC071-080139-
/O.EXP.KDVN.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160908T0130Z/
HENDERSON IL-
830 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 830 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THE QUAD CITIES.
LAT...LON 4073 9098 4082 9099 4083 9094 4084 9081
4072 9080
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 262DEG 37KT 4074 9092
$$
SHEETSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Warren | 60 min |
| Sep 7, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henderson | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Henderson, Warren | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 2:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll, Whiteside | 55 min |
| Sep 8, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 1:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Linn | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Johnson | 22 min |
| Sep 8, 6:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 68 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.