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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 15, 2016Hancock County, McDonough County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2016, 6:06 PM CDT for Hancock County, McDonough County, Illinois. It was in force for 54 min. 7 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: Mar 15, 2016, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

Counties Hancock County, IL, McDonough County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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
Mar 15, 6:07 PM CDT	HAIL 1	4 Nnw Carthage, IL
Mar 15, 6:14 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Ese Carthage, IL	DIME TO QUARTER. HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 3 TO 4 MINUTES.
Mar 15, 6:23 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 W Good Hope, IL	TORNADO SPOTTED.
Mar 15, 6:29 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Blandinsville, IL
Mar 15, 6:30 PM CDT	TORNADO	Ne Good Hope, IL	NUMEROUS REPORTS OF A TORNADO BETWEEN GOOD HOPE AND BUSHNELL ALONG ROUTE 9.
Mar 15, 6:38 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Nne Good Hope, IL
Mar 15, 6:38 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Nnw Scottsburg, IL	TORNADO SPOTTED.

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
Mar 15, 3:31 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -270 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

727 
WFUS53 KDVN 152306
TORDVN
ILC067-109-160000-
/O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0004.160315T2306Z-160316T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
606 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  CENTRAL MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
    
* AT 605 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CARTHAGE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 552...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED
NEAR WARSAW.

  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...
  COLCHESTER...BLANDINSVILLE AND TENNESSEE AROUND 625 PM CDT. 
  MACOMB...GOOD HOPE...SCIOTA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AROUND 
  635 PM CDT. 
  BARDOLPH AND NEW PHILADELPHIA AROUND 645 PM CDT. 
  BUSHNELL AND PRAIRIE CITY AROUND 650 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WALNUT
GROVE...ARGYLE LAKE STATE PARK...PRAIRIE CITY AIRPORT...WEBSTER...SPRING
LAKE...MCDONOUGH COUNTY 4-H GROUNDS...SCOTTSBURG...BENTLEY...MACOMB
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND FOUNTAIN GREEN.

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 4029 9118 4050 9128 4063 9060 4063 9045
      4046 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 250DEG 43KT 4041 9112 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

ERVIN

5 follow-up statements

806 
WWUS53 KDVN 152312
SVSDVN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
612 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

ILC067-109-160000-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160316T0000Z/
HANCOCK IL-MCDONOUGH IL-
612 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
HANCOCK AND CENTRAL MCDONOUGH COUNTIES...
    
AT 612 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BURNSIDE...OR NEAR CARTHAGE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL. 

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...
  COLCHESTER...BLANDINSVILLE AND TENNESSEE AROUND 625 PM CDT. 
  SCIOTA AROUND 630 PM CDT. 
  MACOMB...GOOD HOPE AND WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AROUND 635 PM 
  CDT. 
  BARDOLPH AROUND 640 PM CDT. 
  BUSHNELL AND NEW PHILADELPHIA AROUND 645 PM CDT. 
  PRAIRIE CITY AROUND 650 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WALNUT
GROVE...ARGYLE LAKE STATE PARK...PRAIRIE CITY AIRPORT...WEBSTER...SPRING
LAKE...MCDONOUGH COUNTY 4-H GROUNDS...SCOTTSBURG...BENTLEY...MACOMB
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND FOUNTAIN GREEN.

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 4029 9118 4050 9128 4063 9060 4063 9045
      4046 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 251DEG 44KT 4046 9103 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

ERVIN

720 
WWUS53 KDVN 152322
SVSDVN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
622 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

ILC067-109-160000-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160316T0000Z/
HANCOCK IL-MCDONOUGH IL-
622 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND CENTRAL MCDONOUGH COUNTIES...
    
AT 621 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BLANDINSVILLE...OR 10 MILES WEST OF MACOMB...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH. ANOTHER ROTATING STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MACOMB AIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL. 

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...
  COLCHESTER AROUND 625 PM CDT. 
  SCIOTA AROUND 630 PM CDT. 
  MACOMB...GOOD HOPE AND WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AROUND 635 PM 
  CDT. 
  BARDOLPH AROUND 640 PM CDT. 
  BUSHNELL AROUND 645 PM CDT. 
  PRAIRIE CITY AROUND 650 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WALNUT
GROVE...ARGYLE LAKE STATE PARK...PRAIRIE CITY AIRPORT...WEBSTER...SPRING
LAKE...MCDONOUGH COUNTY 4-H GROUNDS...SCOTTSBURG...MACOMB MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT AND FOUNTAIN GREEN.

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 4034 9097 4053 9114 4063 9060 4063 9045
      4046 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 250DEG 43KT 4050 9088 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

ERVIN

828 
WWUS53 KDVN 152325
SVSDVN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
625 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

ILC067-109-160000-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160316T0000Z/
HANCOCK IL-MCDONOUGH IL-
625 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL HANCOCK AND NORTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTIES...
        
AT 625 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER GOOD HOPE...OR
NEAR MACOMB...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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 TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BARDOLPH AROUND 635 PM CDT. 
  BUSHNELL AROUND 640 PM CDT. 
  PRAIRIE CITY AROUND 645 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WALNUT
GROVE...ARGYLE LAKE STATE PARK...PRAIRIE CITY AIRPORT...SPRING LAKE...
MCDONOUGH COUNTY 4-H GROUNDS...SCOTTSBURG...MACOMB MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
AND FOUNTAIN GREEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4039 9088 4055 9103 4063 9060 4063 9045
      4046 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 253DEG 32KT 4057 9067 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

ERVIN

039 
WWUS53 KDVN 152333
SVSDVN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
633 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

ILC067-152342-
/O.CAN.KDVN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160316T0000Z/
HANCOCK IL-
633 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 4039 9088 4056 9090 4063 9060 4063 9045
      4046 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 249DEG 42KT 4060 9058 

$$

ILC109-160000-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160316T0000Z/
MCDONOUGH IL-
633 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MCDONOUGH COUNTY...
        
AT 632 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUSHNELL...OR 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF MACOMB...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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 TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PRAIRIE CITY AROUND 640 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WALNUT
GROVE...ARGYLE LAKE STATE PARK...PRAIRIE CITY AIRPORT...SPRING LAKE...
MCDONOUGH COUNTY 4-H GROUNDS...SCOTTSBURG AND MACOMB MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4039 9088 4056 9090 4063 9060 4063 9045
      4046 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 249DEG 42KT 4060 9058 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

ERVIN

549 
WWUS53 KDVN 152355
SVSDVN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
655 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

ILC109-160004-
/O.EXP.KDVN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160316T0000Z/
MCDONOUGH IL-
655 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
700 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 900 PM CDT FOR WEST 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.

LAT...LON 4039 9088 4056 9090 4063 9060 4063 9045
      4046 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 250DEG 43KT 4060 9058 

$$

ERVIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 3:48 AM CDT	High Wind Watch	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Putnam and 3 more	12 hr
Mar 15, 6:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henderson	32 min
Mar 15, 6:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henderson, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren	94 min
Mar 15, 7:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henderson, Warren	66 min
Mar 15, 10:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Jo Daviess	60 min
Mar 15, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Carroll	47 min
Mar 15, 3:27 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	DVN	Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Whiteside	22 hr
Mar 15, 3:27 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DVN	Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more	29 hr
Mar 15, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	64 min
Mar 15, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	66 min
Mar 15, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Hancock	48 min
Mar 15, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren	57 min
Mar 15, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Hancock, Henderson	31 min
Mar 15, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Mercer, Rock Island	49 min
Mar 15, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	McDonough, Warren	33 min
Mar 15, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Rock Island, Whiteside	55 min

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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.