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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 23, 2020Bureau County, Putnam County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2020, 1:18 PM CDT for Bureau County, Putnam County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 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: May 23, 2020, 1:18 PM CDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2020, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bureau County, IL, Putnam County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 23, 12:33 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 May 23, 12:54 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 12:54 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 4:41 AM CDT, 8 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 11:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 12:28 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 12:35 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 12:57 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 1:12 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
112 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2020

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

0103 PM     HAIL             HAMPTON                 41.56N 90.41W
05/23/2020  M0.50 INCH       ROCK ISLAND        IL   PUBLIC

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PS

Local storm report, May 23, 1:15 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
115 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2020

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

0110 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     TORONTO                 41.91N 90.86W
05/23/2020                   CLINTON            IA   PUBLIC

            RELAYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, ROTATING WALL
            CLOUD WITH FUNNEL. NOT TOUCHING THE GROUND.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 5:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Keokuk	37 min
May 23, 5:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Iowa, Jefferson, Keokuk	29 min
May 23, 6:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Washington	23 min
May 23, 6:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Keokuk, Washington	31 min
May 23, 9:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Linn	34 min
May 23, 9:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Cedar	37 min
May 23, 10:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Scott	28 min
May 23, 12:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Cedar, Johnson	42 min
May 23, 12:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Cedar, Clinton	51 min
May 23, 12:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Cedar, Jones	40 min
May 23, 12:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Scott	46 min
May 23, 1:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Clinton, Jackson	43 min
May 23, 1:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Cedar, Jones	18 min
May 23, 1:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jones	16 min
May 23, 1:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jackson	38 min
May 23, 2:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Jackson	34 min
May 23, 10:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Mercer, Rock Island	25 min
May 23, 11:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henry	24 min
May 23, 11:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Whiteside	38 min
May 23, 12:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Whiteside	62 min
May 23, 1:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Carroll, Whiteside	5 min
May 23, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Whiteside	55 min
May 23, 2:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Whiteside	23 min
May 23, 2:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Carroll, Whiteside	36 min
May 23, 3:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jo Daviess	27 min
May 23, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson	58 min
May 23, 4:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Jo Daviess	11 min

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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.