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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Quad Cities, IA

August 28, 20184 counties in Iowa; Henry County, Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2018, 6:41 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa; Henry County, Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 2018, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2018, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Henry County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Whiteside County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 1 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 28, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 6 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 2018-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 955 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2018-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 360 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
955 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-230 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1046 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
487 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 28, 1:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 1:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
154 PM CDT Tue Aug 28 2018

.SYNOPSIS...
Issued at 103 PM CDT Tue Aug 28 2018

Early this afternoon, an outflow boundary was slowly drifting
south across the CWA. Showers and thunderstorms began to form
along this boundary. Aloft a typical flash flooding pattern was
setup with broad southwest flow from at least H85 to H5. This
brought bountiful moisture into the area, especially. To the west
a H5 wave was located across NE and SD. This setup will continue
to lead to showers and thunderstorms across the area through
overnight and will serve as the main forecast problem in the
extended.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Wednesday)
ISSUED AT 103 PM CDT Tue Aug 28 2018

This afternoon: Current convection appears to still be elevated at
this time. These cores have been popping then dropping. With broad
southwest flow through the area, any wave through the flow is
leading to storms. Couple this with outflow boundaries and you
have the main driver for this afternoons storms. Hires guidance
has been less than stellar in placement of storms as the mesoscale
nature of the forcing is hard to grasp. That said, current
analysis of the environment suggests that there is a wave located
across SW IA that will continue to force storms this afternoon.
The elevated nature of these storms suggest that the main threat
from them will be small hail and heavy rain. This heavy rain may
act to prime the atmosphere for tonights main event, leading to a
flash flood event. At the least, this rain is across areas where
it is badly needed.

This evening: Main threat for severe looks to be tied to the main
wave across NE/SD and associated cold front. Stationary boundary
is expected to become active this afternoon and sweep towards the
east. With an unstable warm sector and sufficient moisture return,
the atmosphere is expected to recharge before this comes through.
Deep layer shear with the wave is forecast to be 40 to 50 kts.
O-3km shear from 00z to 06z is forecast to be near 40 knots nearly
perpendicular to the line. 0-1km shear of 20 to 25 knots. This
shear is perfect for a well defined QLCS with an embedded tornado
threat. There is also a threat for 70 mph wind gusts with any
mesovort that develops. Timing of this line is expected to affect
the area from 6pm in the west to near midnight in the east. Hires
guidance suggests that this line will mature across our CWA and
then weaken as it enters our eastern neighbors CWA.

Also tonight, with high PWATs flash flooding looks possible across
the CWA. As a result will keep the watch going through 12Z
tomorrow.

Tomorrow: Quiet beautiful day. Highs in the 70s with dew points in
the 50s.

.LONG TERM...(Wednesday Night through Tuesday)
ISSUED AT 151 PM CDT Tue Aug 28 2018

Slight changes to the long term were made this period with overall
pattern unchanged. No main changes to the superblend were made.
Quiet weather with below average temperatures Wednesday and
Thursday. Then the chance for rain and storms return for the end
of the week. With this expect the return of humidity and heat as
well. It does not appear that the heat will be as high as this
last weekend, more like average temps.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Wednesday Afternoon)
ISSUED AT 1218 PM CDT Tue Aug 28 2018

A line of showers and thunderstorms has developed generally along and
south of the I-80 corridor as of noon. These showers and storms
will expand and impact all TAF sites with MVFR/possible brief IFR
conditions early this afternoon. Attention then turns to this
evening as many CAMs bring a line of strong showers and storms
across the region this evening, which has been timed at each site
in TAFs. Drops to IFR/LIFR will be possible in the vicinity of
storms. Showers and storms will exit the region after midnight,
with MVFR conditions slowly transitioning to VFR Wednesday
morning.

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...Flash Flood Watch through Wednesday morning for Benton-Buchanan-
     Cedar-Clinton-Delaware-Des Moines-Dubuque-Henry IA-Iowa-
     Jackson-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Keokuk-Lee-Linn-Louisa-
     Muscatine-Scott-Van Buren-Washington.

     Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for Des Moines-Henry
     IA-Jefferson-Lee-Louisa-Muscatine-Scott-Van Buren-
     Washington.

IL...Flash Flood Watch through Wednesday morning for Bureau-Carroll-
     Hancock-Henderson-Henry IL-Jo Daviess-McDonough-Mercer-
     Putnam-Rock Island-Stephenson-Warren-Whiteside.

     Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for Bureau-Hancock-
     Henderson-Henry IL-McDonough-Mercer-Putnam-Rock Island-
     Warren-Whiteside.

MO...Flash Flood Watch through Wednesday morning for Clark-Scotland.

     Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for Clark-Scotland.

&&

SYNOPSIS...Gibbs
SHORT TERM...Gibbs
LONG TERM...Gibbs
AVIATION...Speck
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 9:23 AM CDT, 9 hours 18 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
923 AM CDT Tue Aug 28 2018

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009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-291430-
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-
923 AM CDT Tue Aug 28 2018

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...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A Heat Advisory is in effect for the counties approximately along
and south of a line from Sterling, Illinois to the Quad Cities to
Washington, Iowa. In this area, peak heat indices are forecast
near 100 F.

Thunderstorms are expected area wide today. Some of these storms
could be severe with the main threats being damaging winds, heavy
rain and isolated tornadoes. Large hail is a secondary threat. A
flash flood watch is in effect across the area through 7 am
Wednesday.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

Periods of thunderstorms are possible late Thursday through
Monday. It is too early to determine the potential for severe
weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is likely from 2 PM to 10 PM today.

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Aug 28, 6:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
641 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0635 PM     TSTM WND GST     MUSCATINE ARPT          41.37N 91.15W
08/28/2018  M58 MPH          MUSCATINE          IA   AWOS

            AWOS STATION MUT, MUSCATINE ARPT.

&&

GROSS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 9:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more20 hr
Aug 28, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNScott59 min
Aug 28, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNIowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Washington61 min
Aug 28, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBenton53 min
Aug 28, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNIowa35 min
Aug 28, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Van Buren, Washington39 min
Aug 28, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNCedar, Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington61 min
Aug 28, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNIowa, Johnson28 min
Aug 28, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Louisa, Washington42 min
Aug 28, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNJones, Linn36 min
Aug 28, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNCedar, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Linn38 min
Aug 28, 1:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNMercer30 min
Aug 28, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNRock Island25 min
Aug 28, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBureau63 min
Aug 28, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Mercer, Rock Island60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2018Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2018Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.