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Special Weather Statement, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 29, 2021Putnam County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2021, 7:19 AM CDT for Putnam County, Illinois. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 29, 2021, 7:19 AM CDT (12:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA

County Putnam County, IL

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2021-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 403 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 2021-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
403 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 29, 6:36 AM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 6:36 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 3:42 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
342 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-300845-
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-
342 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

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 flash flood watch remains in effect for areas along and south of
a line from Memphis, Missouri to Freeport, Illinois.

Thunderstorms will be seen today and tonight with the potential
for heavy rain. Rainfall rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour are
possible. At this time no severe storms are expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

There is a daily risk of thunderstorms Wednesday through Thursday.
At this time no severe storms are expected.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed today or tonight. Rainfall
reports over one inch will be appreciated.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
420 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

IAC111-177-MOC045-199-291000-
Van Buren-Lee-Scotland-Clark-
420 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...HEAVY RAIN FROM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN VAN BUREN...SOUTHWESTERN
LEE...SCOTLAND AND CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CDT...

At 417 AM CDT, radar indicated heavy rain was falling along a line
extending from near Downing to 9 miles southwest of Wayland.
Movement was northeast at 30 mph. Minor flooding of low lying areas,
creeks, streams and urban areas is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Kahoka, Memphis, Nauvoo, Montrose, Wayland, Milton, Wyaconda,
Cantril, Rutledge, Luray, South Gorin, Granger, St. Francisville, New
Boston, Croton, Greensburg, Crawford, Farmington, Revere and Arbela.

Torrential rainfall is ocurring with the heaviest showers. If you
encounter water over a roadway, do not drive through it.

LAT...LON 4059 9235 4060 9218 4078 9218 4056 9141
      4053 9139 4025 9168 4026 9195 4030 9195
      4030 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0917Z 202DEG 24KT 4050 9232 4028 9169

Uttech
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
602 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

ILC073-131-161-IAC163-291145-
Rock Island-Mercer-Henry-Scott-
602 AM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ROCK
ISLAND...NORTH CENTRAL MERCER...NORTHWESTERN HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN
SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM CDT...

At 601 AM CDT, radar indicated heavy rain from thunderstorms falling
over Hamlet, or 7 miles north of Aledo, moving northeast at 35 mph.
Minor flooding of low lying areas, creeks, streams and urban areas
is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Davenport, Moline, Rock Island, Bettendorf, East Moline, Silvis,
Colona, Milan, Coal Valley, Hampton, Buffalo, Andalusia, Reynolds,
Riverdale, Oak Grove, Cleveland, Hamlet, Taylor Ridge, Osborn and
Warner.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 74 in Iowa between mile markers 1 and 5.
 Interstate 80 in Illinois between mile markers 3 and 9.
 Interstate 74 in Illinois between mile markers 1 and 13.
 Interstate 88 between mile markers 1 and 4.
 Interstate 280 between mile markers 7 and 18.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this thunderstorm. If you
encounter water over a roadway, do not drive through it.

LAT...LON 4121 9071 4129 9094 4159 9057 4153 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1101Z 221DEG 30KT 4130 9078

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:48 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:19 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 6:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNRock Island43 min
Jun 29, 6:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNPutnam27 min
Jun 29, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNMcDonough28 min
Jun 29, 4:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNClark, Scotland40 min
Jun 29, 4:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNClark99 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.