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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2025, 5:30 AM CDT for 5 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 45 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 19, 2025, 5:30 AM CDT (10:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2025, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Benton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 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 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 2280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 19, 3:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 3:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 355 AM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-200900- 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- 355 AM CDT Wed Mar 19 2025 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 Scattered showers and thunderstorms early this morning, with a Marginal Risk, level 1 of 5, for severe storms. The primary threats will be isolated large hail and frequent lightning. Additional showers and thunderstorms are expected during the afternoon as a cold front moves through the area. Some of these storms may be strong to severe, with all hazards possible. The Storm Prediction Center highlights our whole area in at least a Marginal Risk, level 1 of 5, for severe weather. The Slight Risk, level 2 of 5, has been expanded into parts of eastern Iowa, with an Enhanced Risk, level 3 of 5, introduced into western Illinois for an increased tornado threat. There will also be a chance for a few strong tornadoes. Cold air quickly moves in behind the front late Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday night, with a transition from rain to snow expected. Much of the area should see less than an inch of snow, with upwards of two inches possible. Strong winds accompanying the snow will result in periods of reduced visibility. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY The risk for widespread hazardous weather remains low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed today, especially this afternoon. Please relay any reports of hail, especially those an inch or larger. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Northeast around 45 mph tonight into Wednesday morning.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 6:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 51 min |
| Mar 19, 8:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Scott | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 8:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 53 min |
| Mar 19, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 11:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 11:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Louisa, Washington | 51 min |
| Mar 19, 11:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Louisa, Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 54 min |
| Mar 19, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine, Scott | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 9:07 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 17 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | McDonough | 51 min |
| Mar 19, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henderson | 51 min |
| Mar 19, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Warren | 43 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.