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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 24, 2023Buchanan County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2023, 5:20 PM CDT for Buchanan County, Iowa. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 24, 2023, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2023, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Buchanan County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 24, 1:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 23, 6:47 PM CDT, 22 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 6:47 PM CDT, 22 hours 33 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
Jun 24, 12:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Iowa, Johnson	43 min
Jun 24, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jefferson, Van Buren	38 min
Jun 24, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Van Buren	52 min
Jun 24, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Lee, Van Buren	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2023 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

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.