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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Quad Cities, IA

April 1, 201613 counties in Illinois; 21 counties in Iowa; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind advisory at Apr 1, 2016, 3:28 PM CDT for 13 counties in Illinois; 21 counties in Iowa; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Apr 2, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2016, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 2, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 2, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 36 counties

Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 2016-04-01Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2016-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

677 
WWUS73 KDVN 012028
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
328 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016

...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA ON
SATURDAY. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024-
020430-
/O.NEW.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.160402T1400Z-160402T2200Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS-
STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...DAVENPORT...
BETTENDORF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA...
FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
GENESEO...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO
328 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT SATURDAY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...BEGINNING BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM AND CONTINUING THROUGH
  THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY...IF GRASS FIRES ARE STARTED
  THEY WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.  USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.

&&

$$
9 follow-up statements
353 
WWUS73 KDVN 020140
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
840 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016

...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA ON
SATURDAY. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024-
020945-
/O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.160402T1400Z-160402T2200Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS-
STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...DAVENPORT...
BETTENDORF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA...
FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
GENESEO...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO
840 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...BEGINNING BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM AND CONTINUING THROUGH 
  THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY...IF GRASS FIRES ARE STARTED 
  THEY WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.  USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.

&&

$$

ERVIN
038 
WWUS73 KDVN 020200
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
900 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016

...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA ON
SATURDAY. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS ADVISORY HAS NOW BEEN
EXPANDED TO COVER SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-021000-
/O.EXA.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.160402T1400Z-160402T2200Z/
JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-
HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
CARTHAGE...MACOMB
900 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT SATURDAY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...BEGINNING BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM AND CONTINUING THROUGH 
  THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY...IF GRASS FIRES ARE STARTED 
  THEY WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.  USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.

&&

$$

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024-
021000-
/O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.160402T1400Z-160402T2200Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS-
STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...DAVENPORT...
BETTENDORF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA...
FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
GENESEO...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO
900 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...BEGINNING BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM AND CONTINUING THROUGH 
  THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY...IF GRASS FIRES ARE STARTED 
  THEY WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.  USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.

&&

$$

ERVIN
175 
WWUS73 KDVN 020845
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
345 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA
THIS MORNING. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25
TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY FROM MID MORNING 
THROUGH AFTERNOON.

MOZ009-010-021645-
/O.EXA.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.160402T1400Z-160402T2200Z/
SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
345 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...BEGINNING BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM AND CONTINUING THROUGH 
  THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY...IF GRASS FIRES ARE STARTED 
  THEY WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.  USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.

&&

$$

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-021645-
/O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.160402T1400Z-160402T2200Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...DAVENPORT...
BETTENDORF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...
MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA...FORT MADISON...GALENA...
FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
GENESEO...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
CARTHAGE...MACOMB
345 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM
CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...BEGINNING BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM AND CONTINUING THROUGH 
  THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY...IF GRASS FIRES ARE STARTED 
  THEY WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.  USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.

&&

$$
372 
WWUS73 KDVN 021400
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
900 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA
THIS MORNING. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY FROM MID MORNING
THROUGH AFTERNOON.

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-022200-
/O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160402T2200Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...DAVENPORT...
BETTENDORF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...
MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA...FORT MADISON...GALENA...
FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
GENESEO...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
900 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PORTIONS
  OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS MAY HAVE GUSTS UP
  TO 55 MPH THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH MID
  AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY...IF GRASS FIRES ARE STARTED 
  THEY WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.  USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.

&&

$$

SHEETS
424 
WWUS73 KDVN 021741
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1241 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...VERY STRONG WINDS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...

.STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT
LAKES WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE
FROM AROUND NOON TO 2 PM...THEN SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY
TOWARD EVENING. BRIEF WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS. 

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
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/O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160402T2200Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...DAVENPORT...
BETTENDORF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...
MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA...FORT MADISON...GALENA...
FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
GENESEO...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
1241 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BEFORE 2 PM. GRADUALLY DECREASING
  WINDS 2 TO 5 PM.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY...IF GRASS FIRES ARE STARTED
  THEY WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. LOCAL
  AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING DUST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.

&&

$$

SHEETS
722 
WWUS73 KDVN 022049
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
349 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...VERY STRONG WINDS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...

.STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE
GREAT LAKES WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. BRIEF WIND GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS.

IAZ040-051-063-076-087-098-MOZ009-022200-
/O.CAN.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160402T2200Z/
BUCHANAN-BENTON-IOWA-KEOKUK-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN-SCOTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...VINTON...MARENGO...
SIGOURNEY...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA...MEMPHIS
349 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY.

NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT.

$$

IAZ041-042-052>054-064>068-077-078-088-089-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-
015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ010-022200-
/O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160402T2200Z/
DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-
BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...CEDAR RAPIDS...
ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...
DAVENPORT...BETTENDORF...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...
STERLING...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...GENESEO...PRINCETON...
HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...
KAHOKA
349 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH 5 PM. 

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY...IF GRASS FIRES ARE STARTED
  THEY WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.

&&

$$

SHEETS
758 
WWUS73 KDVN 022152
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
452 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...VERY STRONG WINDS CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING...

.STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE
GREAT LAKES WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. BRIEF WIND GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.
WINDS WILL DROP OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH
SPEEDS AROUND 10 MPH OR UNDER BY 10 PM.

IAZ054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026-035-030000-
/O.EXT.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160403T0000Z/
JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...DAVENPORT...
BETTENDORF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...
MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...GENESEO...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...MACOMB
452 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BETWEEN 5 PM AND 7 PM.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY...IF GRASS FIRES ARE STARTED 
  THEY WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.

&&

$$

IAZ041-042-052-053-064-065-067-077-078-088-089-099-ILZ034-MOZ010-
022300-
/O.EXT.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160402T2300Z/
DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-LINN-JONES-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-WASHINGTON-
LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE-HANCOCK-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...CEDAR RAPIDS...
ANAMOSA...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...
MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...KAHOKA
452 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BETWEEN 5 PM AND 6 PM.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY...IF GRASS FIRES ARE STARTED 
  THEY WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.

&&

$$
RP KINNEY
078 
WWUS73 KDVN 022300
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
600 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...VERY STRONG WINDS DIMINISHING EARLY THIS EVENING...

.STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE
GREAT LAKES WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH EARLY THIS
EVENING. BRIEF WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL 7 PM
CDT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. 

IAZ041-042-052-053-064-065-067-077-078-088-089-099-ILZ034-MOZ010-
030000-
/O.EXP.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160402T2300Z/
DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-LINN-JONES-JOHNSON-CEDAR-MUSCATINE-WASHINGTON-
LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-LEE-HANCOCK-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...CEDAR RAPIDS...
ANAMOSA...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...MUSCATINE...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...
MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...KAHOKA
600 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH EARLY
THIS EVENING.

$$

IAZ054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026-035-030000-
/O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160403T0000Z/
JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...DAVENPORT...
BETTENDORF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...
MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...GENESEO...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...MACOMB
600 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY...IF GRASS FIRES ARE STARTED 
  THEY WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.

&&

$$
RP KINNEY
509 
WWUS73 KDVN 022357
NPWDVN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
657 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...STRONG WINDS DIMINISHING THIS EVENING...

.A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND HAS DIMINISHED BELOW CRITERIA AND WILL
DROP OFF QUICKLY TONIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE
AREA.

IAZ054-066-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026-035-030100-
/O.EXP.KDVN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160403T0000Z/
JACKSON-CLINTON-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...DAVENPORT...
BETTENDORF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...
MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...GENESEO...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...MACOMB
657 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...AND WILL DROP OFF
QUICKLY TONIGHT.

$$
RP KINNEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNMcDonough23 min
Apr 1, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNMcDonough22 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.