1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 21, 12:51 PM CST, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 151 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2002 SYNOPSIS... MORNING UA AND SURFACE ANALISIS SHOWS THE AREA IS NOW IN THE WARM AND MOIST SECTOR. THE SURFACE WARM FRONT AT 15Z EXTENDS FROM NEAR FSD TO ALO TO VYS. WELL DEFINED SHORT WAVE JUST WEST OF MCI AT 12Z...NOW APPROACHING THE UPPER MIDWEST FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THIS WAVE HAS SPAWNED OVERNIGHT CONVECTION FROM KANSAS THROUGH NORTHWEST IOWA. MUCH OF THIS IS NOW DECAYING AS EXPECTED...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PORTION NEAR MCI. THIS WILL BE THE CONVECTIVE CLUSTER TO WATCH AS IT APPROACHES THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. CIRRUS AND DEBRIS CLOUDS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY THIN NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH MODERATED INSOLATION ALREADY IN PLACE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. THIS WILL ALLOW ADEQUATE HEATING FOR STORMS TO INTENSIFY IN OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SHORT TERM... SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL MAINLY AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. PWAT VALUES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES NOTED ON THE OMA 12Z SOUNDING AND NEAR 2 INCHES ON 18Z DVN SOUNDING...SHOW TROPICAL AIRMASS OVER THE REGION. DESPITE MODEL DIFFERENCES...ALL SHORT TERM MODELS INDICATE DIFFLUENT THICKNESS OVER THE CWA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TRAINING CELLS APPEAR TO BE LIKELY GIVEN NEARY STATIONARY BOUNDARY OVER THE CWA. ALL THIS SAID... COUNTY FFG GUIDANCE VALUES ARE RUNNING RATHER HIGH AND CROPS ARE MATURE. THEREFORE I FEEL WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS DO NOT WARRANT A FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME. URBAN FLOODING MAY BECOME AN ISSUE...IF STORMS PICK ON ONE AREA REPEATEDLY. THE FRONT BECOMES QUASI-STATIONARY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDESTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. IF HEAVY RAIN DOES MATERIALIZE TONIGHT...A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR AREAS THAT RECIEVE HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT. EXTENDED... NO MAJOR CHANGES EXPECTED IN EXTENDED AS CANADIAN HIGH SETTLES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA FOR SEVERAL DAYS OF PLEASANT WEATHER. MRF AND UKMET CONTINUE TO INDICATE A LOBE UPPER LEVEL VORTICITY WORKING SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY. FOR NOW...I WILL NOT CHANGES THE GOING FORECAST...BUT SHOWERS MAY NEED TO BE ADDED IF THIS FEATURE MOVES OVER THE AREA DURING PEAK HEATING. OTHERWISE...DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH SLOWLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES. .DVN... IA...NONE. IL...NONE. MO...NONE. ERVIN/DVN LAST/OMA NEXT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
336 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0324 PM 12 E FAIRBANK IA 50-55 MPH TSTM GUST
08/21/02 BUCHANAN WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
405 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 PM WELLMAN IA WIND DAMAGE
08/21/02 WASHINGTON LARGE TREES DOWNED DUE
TO VERY HIGH WINDS.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
504 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0459 PM 2 S OXFORD JCT IA 51 MPH TSTM GUST
08/21/02 JONES WIND SPEEDS MEASURED.
SMALL BRACHES BLOWN
DOWN. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER.The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees, at least 2 feet in diameter, blown down in Apple River Canyon State Park.
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Every storm in Illinois in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, August 2002
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