Summary of 6/14/01 event:A thunderstorm complex developed over north central Missouri and south central Iowa during the early afternoon hours. The complex quickly evolved into a squall line/bow echo that swept over much of the NWS Quad Cities County Warning Area, which includes eastern Iowa, northwest and west central Illinois, and far northeast Missouri.
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The episode as NWS DVN wrote it up.
Summary of 6/14/01 event:A thunderstorm complex developed over north central Missouri and south central Iowa during the early afternoon hours. The complex quickly evolved into a squall line/bow echo that swept over much of the NWS Quad Cities County Warning Area, which includes eastern Iowa, northwest and west central Illinois, and far northeast Missouri. Numerous funnel clouds and two confirmed tornadoes developed along the leading edge of the line. Three people suffered minor injuries during one of the tornadoes, and two people were injured when straight line winds blew their semi-trailer trucks over. There were no fatalities. There was widespread straight-line wind damage, along with isolated downbursts and large hail. Wind gusts up to 80 mph were reported.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 14, 9:05 AM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1005 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 CONVECTION FROM OVERNIGHT IS SLOW TO DIE. WHILE THE OVERALL TREND FOR THE MCS IS TO WEAKEN...SEVERAL CONVECTIVE CELLS ARE ACTUALLY STRENGTHENING. BOTTOM LINE IS WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REFLECT STORMS CONTINUING AND MOVING ACROSS THE CWA THE REST OF THE DAY. THUS WILL ALSO CUT MAX TEMPS A BIT. SURFACE-BASED CAPES OF 1000-2000 SUGGEST SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE. PER SPC REQUEST...WILL BE RELEASING AN 18Z SOUNDING WHICH SHOULD HELP PIN DOWN THE THREAT MORE. LOOKS LIKE A HAIL THREAT EARLY ON WITH A POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE LATER THIS AFTERNOON IF STORMS BECOME SURFACE BASED A5ND INSTABILITY INCREASES. .DVN... IA...NONE. IL...NONE. MO...NONE. WOLF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1142 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1135 AM HEDRICK IA .5 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 KEOKUK REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
158 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0155 PM MOLINE IL .25 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 ROCK ISLAND REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
205 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0203 PM MILAN IL .25 INCH HAIL
06/14/01 ROCK ISLAND REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:07 UTC.
30 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Nickel sized hail reported by trained spotter near the intersection of 5th Street and 15th Avenue.
Major street flooding reported by media.
60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts reported by trained spotter.
Sustained thunderstorm winds of 60 mph, with gusts to 70 mph. Trees downed. Reported by trained spotter.
Numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds. Reported by media.
Trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
Tree and power line down along Illinois Route 94/96. Reported by law enforcement.
Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines. Reported by law enforcement.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and destroyed a garage over a two block area on the east side of town near 235th Street. Reported by media.
Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees throughout the county.
Water on Illinois Route 92 near the Milan Beltway intersection. Reported by law enforcement.
Thunderstorms winds damaged outbuildings on a farm southwest of Seaton. Reported by emergency management.
64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees four to six inches in diameter. Reported by trained spotter.
59 mph thunderstorm wind gust reported by trained spotter.
Thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph downed numerous power lines. Reported by law enforcement.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm winds damaged numerous houses. Reported by fire and rescue officials.
60 mph thunderstorm wind gust reported by trained spotter.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees over a two-block wide area. Reported by emergency management.
Thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph destroyed a shed and downed numerous large trees. Reported by trained spotter.
Thunderstorm winds snapped four to six inch tree limbs. Reported by off-duty NWS employee.
Thunderstorm winds downed large trees in Wiley Park. Reported by trained spotter.
Thunderstorm winds blew trees onto a house. Reported by emergency management.
Thunderstorm winds to 70 mph snapped the top halves of trees that were 1.5 feet in diameter. Reported by trained spotter.
Thunderstorms winds produced significant tree damage. Reported by trained spotter.
Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs and power lines. Reported by trained spotter.
Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs and power lines. Reported by trained spotter.
Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down over Illinois Route 78, and downed power lines. Reported by trained spotter.
Thunderstorm winds destroyed a large machine shed and snapped large tree limbs. Reported by trained spotter.
Thunderstorm winds downed power lines, causing widespread outages in the city. Reported by emergency management.
74 mph thunderstorm gust measured by handheld anemometer. Reported by trained spotter.
Thunderstorm winds snapped six to ten inch diameter limbs. Reported by trained spotter.
Thunderstorm winds snapped six to ten inch diameter tree limbs and destroyed a shed. Reported by trained spotter.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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