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Special Weather Statement, NWS Quad Cities, IA

April 10, 2017Mercer County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this special weather statement at Apr 10, 2017, 3:56 AM CDT for Mercer County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2017, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2017, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA

County Mercer County, IL

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 9, 3:47 PM CDT, 12 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 3:47 PM CDT, 12 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 3:58 PM CDT, 11 hours 58 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 1:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNIowa23 min
Apr 10, 1:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNIowa29 min
Apr 10, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJohnson32 min
Apr 10, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJones, Linn33 min
Apr 10, 2:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNCedar32 min
Apr 10, 2:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNJackson44 min
Apr 10, 3:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNLee22 min
Apr 10, 3:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNDes Moines26 min
Apr 10, 3:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNLee22 min
Apr 10, 4:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDes Moines43 min
Apr 10, 5:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNVan Buren32 min
Apr 10, 12:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNCedar25 min
Apr 10, 12:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNMuscatine9 min
Apr 10, 2:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNMercer, Rock Island61 min
Apr 10, 2:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNStephenson30 min
Apr 10, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJo Daviess34 min
Apr 10, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNStephenson45 min
Apr 10, 3:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBureau23 min
Apr 10, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBureau, Putnam12 min
Apr 10, 5:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNPutnam24 min
Apr 10, 10:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNWarren19 min
Apr 10, 11:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNPutnam20 min
Apr 10, 1:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNPutnam14 min
Apr 10, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNMcDonough31 min
Apr 10, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNMcDonough12 min
Apr 10, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNPutnam38 min
Apr 10, 5:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNClark30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.