A series of upper level disturbances caused isolated thunderstorms to develop with each passing wave on July 13-14, 2012. A trained spotter reported one tree down along with a power pole down near Farmington, Iowa in Van Buren county.
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The episode as NWS DVN wrote it up.
A series of upper level disturbances caused isolated thunderstorms to develop with each passing wave on July 13-14, 2012. A trained spotter reported one tree down along with a power pole down near Farmington, Iowa in Van Buren county. Winds were estimated at 58 mph. Another trained spotter reported pea to dime size hail falling for 10 minutes near Jesup, Iowa in Buchanan county.
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 Jul 13, 11:43 AM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1243 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012 .UPDATE... UPPER TROUGH PROVIDING SOME VERTICAL MOTION COMBINED WITH PRECIPITABLE WATERS OVER 1.5 INCHES HAS PRODUCED AT LEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION MUCH OF THE MORNING. THE BULK OF THE RAIN HAS OCCURRED NEAR AND NORTH OF I-80 WITH ISOLATED ACTIVITY FARTHER SOUTH. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF NEARLY 2 INCHES IN PORTIONS OF CLINTON... BENTON AND LINN COUNTIES WITH MANY LOCATIONS NORTH OF I-80 PICKING UP 0.3 TO 0.7 INCHES. THE BIG NEWS IS THAT AT LEAST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. IF YOU CAN GET THESE WAVES OF STORMS COME OVER THE SAME LOCATION YOU CAN END UP WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN...BUT OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WILL MISS OUT. HAVE LOWERED TEMPERATURES A BIT THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO MORE CLOUD COVER. MOST LOCATIONS WILL HAVE MAX TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S WITH LOWER 90S IN OUR FAR SOUTH CWA. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN ACROSS EASTERN IA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. MAINLY VFR CONDS BUT MVFR CIGS/VIS IN TSRA. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS LESS THAN 10 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...THEN SOUTHWEST LESS THAN 10 KNOTS ON SATURDAY. && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...NONE. IL...NONE. MO...NONE. && HAASE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 500 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-141000- BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO- CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL- HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA- JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA- MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL- SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL- WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL- 500 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012 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 THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. CURRENT INFORMATION SUGGESTS NO SEVERE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW DURING THIS TIME. MORE HOT WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES AT LEAST IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY...MAY PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 DEGREES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY BUT IT IS TOO SOON TO DETERMINE THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
120 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
IAZ088-089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-132115-
VAN BUREN IA-LEE IA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES IA-MCDONOUGH IL-WARREN IL-
HENDERSON IL-HANCOCK IL-CLARK MO-SCOTLAND MO-
120 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY...
AT 115 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN
EXTREME SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND WILL PRODUCE VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW-LYING AREAS.
&&
LAT...LON 4019 9150 4024 9151 4025 9195 4030 9196
4030 9235 4060 9236 4061 9219 4088 9219
4090 9044 4027 9045 4028 9090 4019 9091
HAASESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
154 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
IAZ089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-132045-
VAN BUREN IA-LEE IA-DES MOINES IA-MCDONOUGH IL-WARREN IL-HENDERSON IL-
HANCOCK IL-CLARK MO-SCOTLAND MO-
154 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...
AT 150 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME
SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS. THESE
STORMS WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AND THE STRONGER STORMS WILL
PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.
EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW-LYING AREAS...AND RISES
IN AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS.
&&
LAT...LON 4019 9150 4024 9151 4025 9195 4030 9196
4030 9235 4060 9236 4061 9219 4071 9218
4072 9044 4027 9045 4028 9090 4019 9091
HAASEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
211 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 PM HAIL KEOKUK 40.41N 91.40W
07/13/2012 E0.50 INCH LEE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JHAASEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
213 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 PM TSTM WND GST KEOKUK 40.41N 91.40W
07/13/2012 M57 MPH LEE IA AWOS
&&
HAASEThe Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:50 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported one tree down along with a power pole down near Farmington.
A trained spotter reported pea to dime size hail falling for 10 minutes near Jesup.
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