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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Quad Cities, IA

July 14, 2021Benton County, Linn County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2021, 7:37 PM CDT for Benton County, Linn County, Iowa. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2021, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Benton County, IA, Linn County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 7:50 PM CDTTORNADO5 S Vinton, IA
Jul 14, 8:20 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDPalo, IARELAYED VIA LINN COUNTY EMA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 14, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 14, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2569 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2021-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2569 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.2
Supercell composite
23.4

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The text

As transmitted.

641 
WUUS53 KDVN 150037
SVRDVN
IAC011-113-150115-
/O.NEW.KDVN.SV.W.0049.210715T0037Z-210715T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
737 PM CDT Wed Jul 14 2021

The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Benton County in east central Iowa...
  Northwestern Linn County in east central Iowa...

* Until 815 PM CDT.

* At 737 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Brandon to Keystone, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Vinton around 740 PM CDT.
  Urbana and Van Horne around 750 PM CDT.
  Center Point around 755 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Newhall, Atkins, Shellsburg and Palo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for east central
Iowa. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until midnight CDT for
east central Iowa.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4227 9219 4228 9165 4196 9184 4198 9230
      4213 9230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 273DEG 31KT 4226 9199 4201 9223 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Uttech

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBuchanan, Delaware17 min
Jul 14, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBuchanan, Delaware35 min
Jul 14, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBenton32 min
Jul 14, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBuchanan, Delaware32 min
Jul 14, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBenton27 min
Jul 14, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDelaware, Dubuque19 min
Jul 14, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBenton, Linn46 min
Jul 14, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBenton, Linn22 min
Jul 14, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBenton, Linn29 min
Jul 14, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDelaware, Linn49 min
Jul 14, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBenton, Iowa32 min
Jul 14, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDelaware, Jones46 min
Jul 14, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJones43 min
Jul 14, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNCedar, Johnson, Jones, Linn46 min
Jul 14, 10:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCedar26 min
Jul 14, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJackson49 min
Jul 14, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNCedar, Clinton, Jones, Scott38 min
Jul 14, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClinton, Jackson50 min
Jul 15, 8:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNHenry, Jefferson47 min
Jul 15, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNClinton37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.