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Special Weather Statement, NWS Quad Cities, IA

August 10, 2021Bureau County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 5:47 PM CDT for Bureau County, Illinois. It was in force for 13 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 10, 2021, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

County Bureau County, IL

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The text

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885 
WWUS83 KDVN 102247
SPSDVN

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
547 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021
 
ILZ017-102300-
Bureau IL-
547 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern Bureau
County through 600 PM CDT...

At 547 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles northwest of La Moille to near Bureau
Junction. Movement was east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  DePue around 550 PM CDT.
  La Moille around 555 PM CDT.
  Spring Valley, Ladd and Dalzell around 600 PM CDT.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 80 in Illinois between mile markers 58 and 73.
 Interstate 180 between mile markers 8 and 13.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

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

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
north central Illinois.

&&

LAT...LON 4131 8945 4159 8945 4159 8917 4133 8916
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 260DEG 35KT 4159 8940 4133 8938 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 10, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 11:37 AM CDT, 6 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 10, 4:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 4:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
443 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0436 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARION                  42.04N 91.59W
08/10/2021                   LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF
            MARION. OTHER GOOD SIZED TREES DOWN AS WELL.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 10, 4:48 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
448 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0446 PM     HAIL             2 WNW MARION            42.04N 91.63W
08/10/2021  E0.25 INCH       LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, Aug 10, 4:49 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 5:16 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
516 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 SSW FAIRVIEW          42.07N 91.34W
08/10/2021  M49 MPH          JONES              IA   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            IADOT RWIS.

&&

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:47 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
547 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

ILZ017-102300-
Bureau IL-
547 PM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern Bureau
County through 600 PM CDT...

At 547 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles northwest of La Moille to near Bureau
Junction. Movement was east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  DePue around 550 PM CDT.
  La Moille around 555 PM CDT.
  Spring Valley, Ladd and Dalzell around 600 PM CDT.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 80 in Illinois between mile markers 58 and 73.
 Interstate 180 between mile markers 8 and 13.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
north central Illinois.

&&

LAT...LON 4131 8945 4159 8945 4159 8917 4133 8916
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 260DEG 35KT 4159 8940 4133 8938

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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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
Aug 10, 2:28 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	29 hr
Aug 10, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Buchanan	27 min
Aug 10, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton	33 min
Aug 10, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Buchanan	50 min
Aug 10, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque	23 min
Aug 10, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware, Linn	50 min
Aug 10, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque	31 min
Aug 10, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Iowa	41 min
Aug 10, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn	56 min
Aug 10, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Linn	36 min
Aug 10, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Jackson, Jones, Linn	52 min
Aug 10, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Jackson, Jones	45 min
Aug 9, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Bureau	48 min
Aug 9, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Bureau	45 min
Aug 9, 8:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Bureau	2 hr
Aug 9, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	29 min
Aug 9, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henry	36 min
Aug 9, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henry	51 min
Aug 9, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Mercer	31 min
Aug 10, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Whiteside	51 min
Aug 10, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Bureau	13 min
Aug 10, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Stephenson	41 min
Aug 10, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Stephenson	13 min
Aug 10, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau	25 min
Aug 10, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Mercer, Warren	37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.