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Tornado Watch 505
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jul 11, 2025, 12:54 PM CDT for 13 counties in Illinois; 39 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2025, 12:54 PM CDT (17:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 60 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Benton County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Scott County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne 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, Gentry County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
41 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Wapello | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis | 23 min |
| Jul 11, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jefferson, Keokuk, Washington | 13 min |
| Jul 11, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Van Buren | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam, Sullivan | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson, Washington | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Linn | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 3:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Linn | 8 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Johnson and 2 more | 66 min |
| Jul 11, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Taylor | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 4:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Iowa, Johnson, Linn | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke | 26 min |
| Jul 11, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Louisa | 66 min |
| Jul 11, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 43 min |
| Jul 11, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Rock Island, Whiteside | 53 min |
| Jul 11, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henderson, Mercer, Warren | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess, Stephenson | 53 min |
| Jul 11, 5:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Rock Island | 10 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 64 min |
| Jul 11, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Rock Island, Whiteside | 66 min |
| Jul 11, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henderson, Mercer, Rock Island | 56 min |
| Jul 11, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Mercer, Rock Island | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren | 64 min |
| Jul 11, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 46 min |
| Jul 11, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Carroll, Rock Island, Whiteside | 5 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Henderson, Mercer, Rock Island | 5 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 59 min |
| Jul 11, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henderson, Warren | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 39 min |
| Jul 11, 7:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Bureau, Putnam | 4 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 10:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bureau, Ford, Grundy, Henry, Kankakee, LaSalle and 6 more | 114 min |
| Jul 11, 12:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mercer, Rock Island | 91 min |
| Jul 11, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Henderson, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mercer, Rock Island | 92 min |
| Jul 11, 12:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bureau, Carroll, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 14 more | 87 min |
| Jul 11, 2:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Cass, Greene, Morgan, Pike and 1 more | 89 min |
| Jul 11, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Pike | 8 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 8 more | 97 min |
| Jul 11, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, Lee and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Carroll and 33 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 10, 10:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 18 more | 114 min |
| Jul 11, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Clayton and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clay and 15 more | 58 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.