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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 15, 2016McDonough County, Warren County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2016, 6:29 PM CDT for McDonough County, Warren County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 min. 4 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, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2016, 7:02 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties McDonough County, IL, Warren County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
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.
Mar 15, 6:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	1 Wnw Avon, IL

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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.

513 
WFUS53 KDVN 152329
TORDVN
ILC109-187-160015-
/O.NEW.KDVN.TO.W.0005.160315T2329Z-160316T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHEASTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
    
* AT 628 PM CDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED OVER GOOD
  HOPE...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF MACOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...SPOTTER 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 TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LITTLE SWAN LAKE AROUND 650 PM CDT. 
  PRAIRIE CITY AROUND 655 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
YOUNGSTOWN...WALNUT GROVE...SCOTTSBURG...PRAIRIE CITY AIRPORT...GREENBUSH
AND SWAN CREEK.

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 4061 9079 4083 9044 4058 9045 4053 9069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 239DEG 22KT 4059 9067 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

ERVIN

7 follow-up statements

715 
WWUS53 KDVN 152338
SVSDVN

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

ILC109-187-160015-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160316T0015Z/
WARREN IL-MCDONOUGH IL-
638 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WARREN AND NORTHEASTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTIES...
    
AT 637 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LITTLE SWAN LAKE...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF MACOMB...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 630...A STATE TROOPER
REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR BUSHNELL. 

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...
  LITTLE SWAN LAKE AROUND 645 PM CDT. 
  PRAIRIE CITY AROUND 655 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
YOUNGSTOWN...WALNUT GROVE...SCOTTSBURG...PRAIRIE CITY AIRPORT...GREENBUSH
AND SWAN CREEK.

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 4061 9079 4083 9044 4058 9045 4053 9069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 238DEG 22KT 4062 9061 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

ERVIN

352 
WWUS53 KDVN 152341
SVSDVN

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

ILC109-187-160015-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160316T0015Z/
WARREN IL-MCDONOUGH IL-
641 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WARREN AND NORTHEASTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTIES...
    
AT 640 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER LITTLE SWAN
LAKE...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF MACOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 640
PM...TORNADO OBSERVED NEAR WALNUT GROVE. 

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...
  LITTLE SWAN LAKE AROUND 650 PM CDT. 
  PRAIRIE CITY AROUND 655 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
YOUNGSTOWN...WALNUT GROVE...SCOTTSBURG...PRAIRIE CITY AIRPORT...GREENBUSH
AND SWAN CREEK.

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 4061 9079 4083 9044 4058 9045 4053 9069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 238DEG 22KT 4064 9058 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

ERVIN

891 
WWUS53 KDVN 152347
SVSDVN

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

ILC109-187-160015-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160316T0015Z/
WARREN IL-MCDONOUGH IL-
647 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WARREN AND NORTHEASTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTIES...
    
AT 647 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER LITTLE SWAN
LAKE...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MACOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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 650 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
YOUNGSTOWN...WALNUT GROVE...PRAIRIE CITY AIRPORT...GREENBUSH AND SWAN
CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4066 9071 4083 9044 4058 9045 4055 9058
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 237DEG 29KT 4066 9052 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

ERVIN

579 
WWUS53 KDVN 152349
SVSDVN

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

ILC109-187-160015-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160316T0015Z/
WARREN IL-MCDONOUGH IL-
649 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WARREN AND NORTHEASTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTIES...
        
AT 648 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER LITTLE SWAN
LAKE...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF MACOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN WARREN AND NORTHEASTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: YOUNGSTOWN...WALNUT GROVE...PRAIRIE CITY
AIRPORT...GREENBUSH AND SWAN CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4066 9071 4083 9044 4058 9045 4055 9058
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 232DEG 29KT 4067 9051 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

ERVIN

896 
WWUS53 KDVN 152353 RRA
SVSDVN

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

ILC109-160003-
/O.CAN.KDVN.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160316T0015Z/
MCDONOUGH IL-
653 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCDONOUGH 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 4065 9060 4075 9057 4083 9044 4063 9045
      4064 9055
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 239DEG 21KT 4067 9050 

$$

ILC187-160015-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160316T0015Z/
WARREN IL-
653 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY...
        
AT 653 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER LITTLE SWAN
LAKE...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF MACOMB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LITTLE SWAN LAKE AND GREENBUSH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4065 9060 4075 9057 4083 9044 4063 9045
      4064 9055
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 239DEG 21KT 4067 9050 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

ERVIN

819 
WWUS53 KDVN 152357
SVSDVN

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

ILC187-160015-
/O.CON.KDVN.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160316T0015Z/
WARREN IL-
657 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY...
    
AT 657 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER AVON...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF MACOMB...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LITTLE SWAN LAKE AND GREENBUSH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4067 9055 4074 9054 4083 9044 4063 9045
      4064 9052
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 240DEG 22KT 4068 9045 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

ERVIN

857 
WWUS53 KDVN 160002
SVSDVN

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

ILC187-160011-
/O.CAN.KDVN.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160316T0015Z/
WARREN IL-
702 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WARREN 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.

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 4067 9055 4074 9054 4083 9044 4063 9045
      4064 9052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 239DEG 22KT 4070 9042 

$$

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, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	54 min
Mar 15, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Mercer, Rock Island	49 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.