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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 29, 2024Louisa County, Muscatine County, Washington County, Iowa; Mercer County, Rock Island County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2024, 8:35 PM CDT for Louisa County, Muscatine County, Washington County, Iowa; Mercer County, Rock Island County, Illinois. 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
Mar 29, 2024, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2024, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Washington County, IA, Mercer County, IL, Rock Island County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 29, 7:57 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNHenry, Louisa48 min
Mar 29, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDes Moines, Henry, Louisa, Washington40 min
Mar 29, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNDelaware44 min
Mar 29, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDelaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn42 min
Mar 29, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDelaware, Dubuque38 min
Mar 30, 12:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBuchanan46 min
Mar 30, 1:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNJones, Linn51 min
Mar 30, 2:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNJones, Linn51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2024Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2024Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2024

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.