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Special Weather Statement, NWS Quad Cities, IA

August 25, 2021Henry County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this special weather statement at Aug 25, 2021, 3:37 PM CDT for Henry County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 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: Aug 25, 2021, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA

County Henry County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 24, 6:21 PM CDT, 21 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 6:21 PM CDT, 21 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 4:06 PM CDT, 23 hours 31 minutes before

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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 25, 3:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Jefferson	37 min
Aug 25, 7:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Iowa, Keokuk, Washington	4 hr
Aug 24, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henry	53 min
Aug 25, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry	36 min
Aug 25, 3:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Henry	17 min
Aug 25, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Henry	49 min
Aug 25, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau	29 min
Aug 25, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	46 min
Aug 25, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	McDonough	33 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Illinois, 2021 Every special weather statement in 2021

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.