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Special Weather Statement, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2017, 5:43 PM CDT for Mercer County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 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
- Jul 5, 2017, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2017, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
County Mercer County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 552 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jul 5, 3:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 1141 AM CDT Wed Jul 5 2017 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-061645- 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- 1141 AM CDT Wed Jul 5 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central Illinois...northwest Illinois...west central Illinois...east central Iowa...northeast Iowa...southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT This afternoon into early this evening...Isolated to scattered thunderstorms can be expected. A few of the stronger storms may produce wind gusts to 40 MPH and small hail. Thunderstorms will also be slow moving and produce localized rainfall of an inch or two in a short time. Heat index values will push into the lower 90s at many locations this afternoon, but a few spots may see mid 90s. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY Thursday afternoon...heat index values will soar into the mid 90s at many locations, but upper 90s are possible. There is a chance of thunderstorms Thursday evening and overnight. The Storm Prediction Center has a slight risk for severe storms across much of the outlook area. The main risk will be damaging winds and large hail. There is a chance for thunderstorms early next week. However, it is too early to determine the severe weather risk. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed this afternoon or tonight. Haase
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL 512 PM CDT WED JUL 5 2017 IAC163-052245- Scott- 512 PM CDT WED JUL 5 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... At 512 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Donahue, or 11 miles northeast of Durant, moving south at 10 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Dixon, Maysville and Plainview. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. LAT...LON 4174 9071 4162 9067 4163 9083 4174 9079 TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 001DEG 10KT 4170 9074 MCCLURE
Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:13 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
513 PM CDT WED JUL 05 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0508 PM HAIL S MACOMB 40.47N 90.68W
07/05/2017 M0.50 INCH MCDONOUGH IL TRAINED SPOTTER
TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL.
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DCSpecial weather statement, Jul 5, 5:43 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL 543 PM CDT WED JUL 5 2017 ILC131-161-052315- Rock Island-Mercer- 543 PM CDT WED JUL 5 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL ROCK ISLAND AND NORTH CENTRAL MERCER COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... At 543 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Hamlet, or 8 miles north of Aledo, moving southwest at 15 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Reynolds, Hamlet, Gingle Corners, Aledo Mercer County Airport and Marston. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. LAT...LON 4139 9069 4132 9061 4121 9077 4136 9094 TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 062DEG 15KT 4132 9072 MCCLURE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 5, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 63 min |
| Jul 5, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 34 min |
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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.