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Special Weather Statement, NWS Quad Cities, IA

July 24, 2021Warren County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2021, 6:16 PM CDT for Warren County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2021, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA

County Warren County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2021-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 267 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 2021-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
267 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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 Jul 24, 2:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 9:00 AM CDT, 9 hours 16 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
900 AM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-251400-
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-
900 AM CDT Sat Jul 24 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  Heat Advisory is in effect for areas roughly along and south of
Highway 30 for this afternoon and early evening. Heat index
values up to 105 degrees are expected. Isolated thunderstorms will
be possible this afternoon. The Storm Prediction Center has a
slight risk for severe storms in much of Illinois, and a Marginal
risk of severe storms over the rest of the area, with the main
threat being damaging wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

Hot and humid conditions will continue for much of the next week,
with highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s and afternoon heat indices
in the upper 90s to near 105 at some locations.

There is a chance for thunderstorms Thursday through Friday. It
is too early to determine the threat for severe weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:16 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
616 PM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021

ILC071-109-187-250000-
Henderson-Warren-McDonough-
616 PM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON...
SOUTHERN WARREN AND NORTHEASTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM
CDT...

At 616 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Raritan, or 15
miles southeast of Burlington, moving east at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bushnell, Roseville, Stronghurst, Avon, Prairie City, Raritan, Little
Swan Lake, Walnut Grove, Greenbush, Media, Henderson County
Fairgrounds, Warren County Fairgrounds, Swan Creek, Youngstown and
Prairie City Airport.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm. Minor flooding
of low lying areas, creeks, streams and urban areas is possible. If
you encounter water over a roadway, do not drive through it.

LAT...LON 4066 9098 4080 9088 4074 9044 4053 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 278DEG 19KT 4071 9085

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNHancock30 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.