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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind advisory at Apr 3, 2016, 4:18 AM CDT for 20 counties in Iowa; 11 counties in Illinois; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Apr 3, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2016, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 33 counties
Benton 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, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 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 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2147 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
590 WWUS73 KDVN 030918 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 418 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE TO THE GREAT LAKES BY THIS EVENING. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING LOW WILL LEAD TO STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ078-087>089-098-099-ILZ016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010- 031730- /O.NEW.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.160403T1600Z-160404T0000Z/ LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENRY IL- BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA...FORT MADISON...GENESEO...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 418 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED EARLY TO 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
350 WWUS73 KDVN 031600 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1100 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE TO THE GREAT LAKES BY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ078-087>089-098-099-ILZ016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010- 040000- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160404T0000Z/ LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENRY IL- BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA...FORT MADISON...GENESEO...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1100 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY...IF GRASS FIRES ARE STARTED THEY WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ DLS
334 WWUS73 KDVN 031835 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 135 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE TO THE GREAT LAKES BY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ051>054-063>068-076-077-ILZ007-009-015-040000- /O.EXA.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160404T0000Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE- SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... DAVENPORT...BETTENDORF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND 135 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THIS 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. && $$ IAZ078-087>089-098-099-ILZ016>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010- 040000- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160404T0000Z/ LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENRY IL- BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND- CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA...FORT MADISON...GENESEO...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 135 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY...IF GRASS FIRES ARE STARTED THEY WILL SPREAD QUICKLY AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ DLS
364 WWUS73 KDVN 032028 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 328 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...VERY WINDY AND WARM CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL MOVE TO THE GREAT LAKES BY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ041-042-040000- /O.EXA.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160404T0000Z/ DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 328 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY...THE VERY DRY...WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN A VERY HIGH RISK OF RAPIDLY SPREADING GRASS AND BRUSH FIRES. BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED IN THESE CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ IAZ051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ007-009-015>018- 024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-040000- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160404T0000Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE- SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES- VAN BUREN-LEE-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU- PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... DAVENPORT...BETTENDORF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA... FORT MADISON...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... GENESEO...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 328 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. ADDITIONALLY...THE VERY DRY...WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN A VERY HIGH RISK OF RAPIDLY SPREADING GRASS AND BRUSH FIRES. BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED IN THESE CONDITIONS. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ DLS
856 WWUS73 KDVN 040006 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 706 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...WINDS CONTINUING TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING BUT STILL POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR SHOWERS... .A STRONG WEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING...WITH MOST AREAS BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA ARE HELPING TRANSPORT ISOLATED VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE GROUND. AS A RESULT...ISOLATED BRIEF GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...AND EVEN AROUND 60 MPH OR HIGHER...ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THE STRONG WIND THREAT WILL END AS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS TAPER OFF. IAZ041-042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ007-009- 015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-040200- /O.EXT.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160404T0200Z/ DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...GENESEO...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 706 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...ISOLATED GUSTS NEAR SHOWERS AROUND 50 MPH OR POSSIBLY EVEN HIGHER. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * THE ISOLATED STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES HAZARDOUS. ISOLATED PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE 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. && $$ RP KINNEY
851 WWUS73 KDVN 040159 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 859 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...WINDS DIMINISHING BUT STILL GUSTY NEAR SHOWERS THIS EVENING... .WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WINDS NEAR SHOWERS THROUGH LATE EVENING. IAZ041-042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ007-009- 015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-040300- /O.EXP.KDVN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160404T0200Z/ DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY... TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...DAVENPORT...BETTENDORF... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA...FORT MADISON...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...GENESEO...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 859 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WINDS NEAR SHOWERS THROUGH LATE EVENING.. $$ RP KINNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 36 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.