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Special Weather Statement, NWS Quad Cities, IA

April 23, 2020Mercer County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this special weather statement at Apr 23, 2020, 4:11 PM 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 23, 2020, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2020, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA

County Mercer County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 22, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Jones	37 min
Apr 22, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Cedar, Jones, Linn	41 min
Apr 23, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Des Moines	64 min
Apr 23, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Mercer	56 min
Apr 23, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Warren	65 min
Apr 23, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Warren	30 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Illinois, 2020 Every special weather statement in 2020

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.