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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind advisory at Mar 17, 2021, 2:28 PM CDT for 16 counties in Iowa; 13 counties in Illinois; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 18, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2021, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 31 counties
Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
933 WWUS73 KDVN 171928 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 228 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021 IAZ054-065>068-078-088-089-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026- 034-035-MOZ010-180330- /O.NEW.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.210318T0900Z-210319T0000Z/ Jackson-Cedar-Clinton-Muscatine-Scott-Louisa-Henry IA-Des Moines- Lee-Jo Daviess-Stephenson-Carroll-Whiteside-Rock Island-Henry IL- Bureau-Putnam-Mercer-Henderson-Warren-Hancock-McDonough-Clark- Including the cities of Maquoketa, Tipton, Clinton, Muscatine, Davenport, Bettendorf, Wapello, Mount Pleasant, Burlington, Fort Madison, Galena, Freeport, Mount Carroll, Sterling, Moline, Rock Island, Geneseo, Princeton, Hennepin, Aledo, Oquawka, Monmouth, Carthage, Macomb, and Kahoka 228 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of northeast Missouri, east central and southeast Iowa and north central, northwest and west central Illinois. * WHEN...From 4 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ www.weather.gov/dvn
5 follow-up statements
854 WWUS73 KDVN 180221 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 921 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021 IAZ054-065>068-078-088-089-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026- 034-035-MOZ010-181030- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.210318T0900Z-210319T0000Z/ Jackson-Cedar-Clinton-Muscatine-Scott-Louisa-Henry IA-Des Moines- Lee-Jo Daviess-Stephenson-Carroll-Whiteside-Rock Island-Henry IL- Bureau-Putnam-Mercer-Henderson-Warren-Hancock-McDonough-Clark- Including the cities of Maquoketa, Tipton, Clinton, Muscatine, Davenport, Bettendorf, Wapello, Mount Pleasant, Burlington, Fort Madison, Galena, Freeport, Mount Carroll, Sterling, Moline, Rock Island, Geneseo, Princeton, Hennepin, Aledo, Oquawka, Monmouth, Carthage, Macomb, and Kahoka 921 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of northeast Missouri, east central and southeast Iowa and north central, northwest and west central Illinois. * WHEN...From 4 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ www.weather.gov/dvn
994 WWUS73 KDVN 180705 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 205 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021 IAZ042-052-053-064-077-087-098-MOZ009-181515- /O.EXA.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.210318T0900Z-210319T0000Z/ Dubuque-Linn-Jones-Johnson-Washington-Jefferson-Van Buren- Scotland- Including the cities of Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Anamosa, Iowa City, Washington, Fairfield, Keosauqua, and Memphis 205 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...In Iowa, Dubuque, Linn, Jones, Johnson, Washington, Jefferson and Van Buren Counties. In Missouri, Scotland County. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ IAZ054-065>068-078-088-089-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026- 034-035-MOZ010-181515- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.210318T0900Z-210319T0000Z/ Jackson-Cedar-Clinton-Muscatine-Scott-Louisa-Henry IA-Des Moines- Lee-Jo Daviess-Stephenson-Carroll-Whiteside-Rock Island-Henry IL- Bureau-Putnam-Mercer-Henderson-Warren-Hancock-McDonough-Clark- Including the cities of Maquoketa, Tipton, Clinton, Muscatine, Davenport, Bettendorf, Wapello, Mount Pleasant, Burlington, Fort Madison, Galena, Freeport, Mount Carroll, Sterling, Moline, Rock Island, Geneseo, Princeton, Hennepin, Aledo, Oquawka, Monmouth, Carthage, Macomb, and Kahoka 205 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of northeast Missouri, east central and southeast Iowa and north central, northwest and west central Illinois. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ www.weather.gov/dvn
409 WWUS73 KDVN 181529 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 1029 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021 IAZ042-052>054-064>068-077-078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-182330- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210319T0000Z/ Dubuque-Linn-Jones-Jackson-Johnson-Cedar-Clinton-Muscatine-Scott- 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- Including the cities of Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Anamosa, Maquoketa, Iowa City, Tipton, Clinton, Muscatine, Davenport, Bettendorf, Washington, Wapello, Fairfield, Mount Pleasant, Burlington, Keosauqua, Fort Madison, Galena, Freeport, Mount Carroll, Sterling, Moline, Rock Island, Geneseo, Princeton, Hennepin, Aledo, Oquawka, Monmouth, Carthage, Macomb, Memphis, and Kahoka 1029 AM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of northeast Missouri, east central and southeast Iowa and north central, northwest and west central Illinois. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ www.weather.gov/dvn
724 WWUS73 KDVN 181957 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 257 PM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021 IAZ042-052>054-064>068-077-078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-190000- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210319T0000Z/ Dubuque-Linn-Jones-Jackson-Johnson-Cedar-Clinton-Muscatine-Scott- Washington-Louisa-Jefferson-Henry IA-Des Moines-Van Buren-Lee- Jo Daviess-Stephenson-Carroll-Whiteside-Rock Island-Henry IL- Bureau-Putnam-Mercer-Henderson-Warren-Hancock-McDonough-Scotland- Clark- Including the cities of Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Anamosa, Maquoketa, Iowa City, Tipton, Clinton, Muscatine, Davenport, Bettendorf, Washington, Wapello, Fairfield, Mount Pleasant, Burlington, Keosauqua, Fort Madison, Galena, Freeport, Mount Carroll, Sterling, Moline, Rock Island, Geneseo, Princeton, Hennepin, Aledo, Oquawka, Monmouth, Carthage, Macomb, Memphis, and Kahoka 257 PM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of northeast Missouri, east central and southeast Iowa and north central, northwest and west central Illinois. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ www.weather.gov/dvn
413 WWUS73 KDVN 182356 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 656 PM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021 IAZ042-052>054-064>068-077-078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-190100- /O.EXP.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210319T0000Z/ Dubuque-Linn-Jones-Jackson-Johnson-Cedar-Clinton-Muscatine-Scott- 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- Including the cities of Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Anamosa, Maquoketa, Iowa City, Tipton, Clinton, Muscatine, Davenport, Bettendorf, Washington, Wapello, Fairfield, Mount Pleasant, Burlington, Keosauqua, Fort Madison, Galena, Freeport, Mount Carroll, Sterling, Moline, Rock Island, Geneseo, Princeton, Hennepin, Aledo, Oquawka, Monmouth, Carthage, Macomb, Memphis, and Kahoka 656 PM CDT Thu Mar 18 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... Winds will continue to decrease this evening and overnight. With strong winds no longer expected, the wind advisory will be allowed to expire. $$ Brooks
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 3 days |
| Mar 16, 8:45 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Clark | 13 hr |
Nearby
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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.