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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2023, 3:25 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 14, 2023, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2023, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jones County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 312 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
- 354 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
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 Jul 14, 2:47 PM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 2:47 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 754 AM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-151300- Buchanan-Delaware-Dubuque-Benton-Linn-Jones-Jackson-Iowa-Johnson- Cedar-Clinton-Muscatine-Scott-Keokuk-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- 754 AM CDT Fri Jul 14 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central Illinois...northwest Illinois...west central Illinois...east central Iowa...northeast Iowa...southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Thunderstorms are expected especially this afternoon and tonight. The Storm Prediction Center has a slight risk of severe storms across most of the area. The primary severe risk is damaging winds with large hail as a secondary risk. Heavy rain and frequent lightning can be expected with any storm. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY Daily chances for showers and thunderstorms exist through the period. There is a chance for strong to isolated severe storms each day. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:53 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Muscatine | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 62 min |
| Jul 14, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Jones, Linn | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson, Jones | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Muscatine | 80 min |
| Jul 14, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Bureau | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Mercer, Rock Island | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Carroll, Whiteside | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henderson, Warren | 78 min |
| Jul 14, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Mercer | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.