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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Quad Cities, IA

August 25, 2021Bureau County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2021, 4:46 PM CDT for Bureau County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 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
Aug 25, 2021, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Bureau County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2021-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 818 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
818 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-238 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1355 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

461 
WUUS53 KDVN 252146
SVRDVN
ILC011-252215-
/O.NEW.KDVN.SV.W.0099.210825T2146Z-210825T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
446 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021

The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Bureau County in north central Illinois...

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 446 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Sheffield to near Castleton to near West Jersey,
  moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Buda around 455 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4123 8963 4123 8986 4137 8985 4131 8963
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 289DEG 22KT 4136 8976 4115 8975 4099 8987 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Gibbs
2 follow-up statements
757 
WWUS53 KDVN 252155
SVSDVN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
455 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021

ILC011-252215-
/O.CON.KDVN.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-210825T2215Z/
Bureau IL-
455 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BUREAU COUNTY...

At 455 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Sheffield to Castleton to near Princeville, moving
east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Bureau County, including the following locations...
Neponset.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
the Quad Cities.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4123 8963 4123 8986 4137 8985 4131 8963
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 289DEG 21KT 4135 8971 4114 8970 4098 8982 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Gibbs
274 
WWUS53 KDVN 252213
SVSDVN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
513 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021

ILC011-252223-
/O.EXP.KDVN.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-210825T2215Z/
Bureau IL-
513 PM CDT Wed Aug 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BUREAU COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with these thunderstorms.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
the Quad Cities.

LAT...LON 4123 8963 4123 8986 4137 8985 4131 8963
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 289DEG 22KT 4131 8957 4110 8956 4094 8968 

$$

Gibbs

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNHenry53 min
Aug 25, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNHenry53 min
Aug 25, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry36 min
Aug 25, 3:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDVNHenry17 min
Aug 25, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDVNHenry49 min
Aug 25, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBureau, Putnam46 min
Aug 25, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNMcDonough33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.