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Special Weather Statement, NWS Quad Cities, IA

October 24, 2021McDonough County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this special weather statement at Oct 24, 2021, 3:17 PM CDT for McDonough County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 24, 2021, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
30

County McDonough County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 24, 3:25 PM CDTHAIL 0.882 Sse Macomb, ILA LOT OF NICKEL HAIL MIXED WITH PEA SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2021-10-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

542 
WWUS83 KDVN 242017
SPSDVN

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
317 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
 
ILZ035-242045-
McDonough IL-
317 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central McDonough
County through 345 PM CDT...

At 316 PM CDT, trained weather spotters reported a strong
thunderstorm near Western Illinois University, or near Macomb, moving
northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Pea size hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Macomb around 320 PM CDT.
  Bardolph around 325 PM CDT.
  Bushnell and New Philadelphia around 330 PM CDT.
  Prairie City around 335 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

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

&&

LAT...LON 4034 9078 4045 9084 4062 9045 4047 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 240DEG 49KT 4044 9073 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

$$

McClure

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 23, 8:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNHancock, McDonough28 hr
Oct 24, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNMcDonough18 min
Oct 24, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNScotland25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.