A surface low moved along a warm front from southwestern Iowa into northwest Illinois which helped to focus thunderstorms along the Highway 20 corridor where the warm front was sitting in the late afternoon and evening. Isolated thunderstorms developed along the warm front and tracked eastward during the late afternoon and into the evening.
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A surface low moved along a warm front from southwestern Iowa into northwest Illinois which helped to focus thunderstorms along the Highway 20 corridor where the warm front was sitting in the late afternoon and evening. Isolated thunderstorms developed along the warm front and tracked eastward during the late afternoon and into the evening. Some of these thunderstorms became severe and produced funnel clouds, hail, and some wind damage from Buchanan County eastward to Dubuque 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 Jun 12, 2:11 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 311 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 305 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013 ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE AS UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE IS NOW MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WITH UPPER LEVEL CAP NEARLY ERODED. SURFACE BASED CAPES RANGE FROM 3000 TO 4000 J/KG. THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ESPECIALLY OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 305 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...SEVERE WEATHER WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP WITH HIGH WINDS...POSSIBLY UP TO 70 MPH... ALONG WITH VERY LARGE HAIL. TORNADOES ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY IN ROTATING SUPERCELLS. THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER OUR FAR EASTERN ILLINOIS COUNTIES BY EVENING WITH ANY STORMS MERGING INTO A DESTRUCTIVE DERECHO THAT WILL MOVE QUICKLY OUT OF OUR FORECAST ACROSS EASTERN ILLINOIS. SKIES WILL CLEAR TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE MID 50S TO AROUND 60. TOMORROW WILL BE A NICE DAY...CURRENT MODELS BUILD STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE INTO THE UPPER MID WEST AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE UPPER PLAINS. THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. TOMORROW WILL BE LESS HUMID AND COOLER WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 305 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013 THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE COOL WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 50S. PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP WITH THESE COOL TEMPERATURES AND WET GROUND. AS THE SURFACE HIGH MOVES EAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY SOUTHERLY RETURN ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING FAIR WEATHER ON FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA AS A WARM FROM MOVES CLOSE TO THE REGION. FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...THERE IS A CHANCE OF AN MCS DEVELOPING TO OUR WEST AND MOVING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA INTO SATURDAY. OUR CURRENT FORECAST IS CARRYING LIKELY POPS WHICH IS REASONABLE. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THE MAIN THREAT. SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY...ON SUNDAY CONSENSUS MODELS CREATE A ZONAL UPPER AIR PATTERN OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY CROSSES THE AREA ALONG WITH ANY LINGERING BOUNDARIES FROM THE SATURDAY MCS. BY TUESDAY...THE LONG RANGE MODELS PROG A SHORT WAVE TROF TO BE OVER THE GREAT LAKES AS A LONG WAVE RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE ROCKIES. THIS UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL ADVECT DRIER CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST WITH FAIR WEATHER EARLY NEXT WEEK. ..KUHL.. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1217 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013 VFR CONDS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEN SCATTERED SUPERCELLS WILL DEVELOP NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...WITH THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY BECOMING WIDESPREAD AND SPREADING SOUTHEAST ACROSS ALL THE TAF SITES LATER IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. MVFR/OCNL IFR CONDS IN THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH VFR CONDS WITH CLEAR SKIES. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 15 KNOTS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS ON THURSDAY. && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...NONE. IL...NONE. MO...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KUHL SHORT TERM...KUHL LONG TERM...KUHL AVIATION...HAASE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1147 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-131700- 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- 1147 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING STRONG TORNADOES AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME EASTERN IOWA AND MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS. A MODERATE RISK INCLUDES MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. SUPERCELLS WILL RAPIDLY FORM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS GRADUALLY DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. EVENTUALLY THESE STORMS WILL CONGEAL INTO A WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND EVENT WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH INTO THE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. REPEATED ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING AND RENEWED RIVER FLOODING. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES CONCERNING THESE WEEKEND STORM EPISODES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAASE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1052 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-121800-
WASHINGTON IA-VAN BUREN IA-SCOTT IA-MUSCATINE IA-LOUISA IA-LINN IA-
LEE IA-KEOKUK IA-JOHNSON IA-JEFFERSON IA-JACKSON IA-IOWA IA-HENRY IA-
DUBUQUE IA-DES MOINES IA-DELAWARE IA-BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-CEDAR IA-
CLINTON IA-JONES IA-JO DAVIESS IL-HENRY IL-MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-
PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-STEPHENSON IL-WARREN IL-WHITESIDE IL-
BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-HENDERSON IL-HANCOCK IL-
1052 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
...HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON...
INGREDIENTS ARE COMING TOGETHER SUPPORTING A HIGH THREAT FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES OVER
MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS
AFTERNOON.
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN NOON AND 3
PM OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. THESE
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OVER 70 MPH...LARGE HAIL
AND TORNADOES...WITH MOVEMENT TO THE EAST AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH.
INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE INTO A LINE OF STORMS
WITH WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND AS THEY EXIT EAST ACROSS
NORTHERN ILLINOIS FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
A TORNADO WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
WHILE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT IMMINENT...THIS IS A
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND YOU SHOULD MAKE PLANS FOR WHERE
YOU WILL TAKE SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLOOKS FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND
WARNINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 4230 9231 4230 9207 4264 9209 4268 9088
4251 9063 4250 8941 4220 8939 4219 8968
4194 8968 4159 8962 4158 8932 4114 8936
4123 8971 4115 9043 4028 9044 4029 9135
4050 9150 4086 9219 4115 9219 4117 9242
SHEETSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1256 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-121945-
WASHINGTON IA-VAN BUREN IA-SCOTT IA-MUSCATINE IA-LOUISA IA-LINN IA-
LEE IA-KEOKUK IA-JOHNSON IA-JEFFERSON IA-JACKSON IA-IOWA IA-HENRY IA-
DUBUQUE IA-DES MOINES IA-DELAWARE IA-BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-CEDAR IA-
CLINTON IA-JONES IA-JO DAVIESS IL-HENRY IL-MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-
PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-STEPHENSON IL-WARREN IL-WHITESIDE IL-
BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-HENDERSON IL-HANCOCK IL-
1256 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
...HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON...
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST
ILLINOIS. THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS IS NORTH OF INTERSTATE
80 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 218...WHERE THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS
PLACED A RARE HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS.
AT 1250 PM CDT...AREA RADARS INDICATED THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS
OCCURRING OVER IOWA OR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP AND BECOME SEVERE BETWEEN 1 AND 3
PM. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WITH
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES. SEVERE SUPERCELL STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO TRANSITION INTO ONE OR MORE LINES OF STORMS WITH
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
A TORNADO WATCH IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
IMMINENT...THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND YOU SHOULD
MAKE PLANS FOR WHERE YOU WILL TAKE SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLOOKS FOR
FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 4115 8963 4123 8964 4123 8986 4114 8987
4115 9043 4035 9045 4102 9219 4116 9219
4117 9242 4230 9231 4230 9207 4265 9208
4268 9088 4251 9063 4250 8940 4220 8939
4219 8968 4159 8962 4158 8916 4111 8915
SHEETSThe Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:47 UTC.
4 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported a wall cloud with some rotation and occasional short-lived funnel clouds.
A spotter that was located near Kieler Wisconsin observed a funnel cloud to the west of his location.
The Emergency Manager observed a funnel cloud near HWY 151 near Ryan Iowa.
A trained spotter estimated a thunderstorm wind gust of 52 knots.
Golf ball sized hail was reported on the north side of town.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Iowa in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, June 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 450872, 450873, 450874, 450875, 450884, 450876.