Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1988, 3:34 PM CDT for Cedar County, Muscatine County, Iowa. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1988, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1988, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cedar County, IA, Muscatine County, IA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Cedar, IA | |
| May 8, 3:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Cedar, IA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE ILLINOIS 115 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE QUAD-CITIES... A 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME EASTERN IOWA ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF THE QUAD-CITIES. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR DUBUQUE THROUGH MUSCATINE TO AROUND BURLINGTON IN EASTERN IOWA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE QUAD-CITY AREA BY 2PM. A SECOND LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS..SOME SEVERE..EXTENDED FROM WATERLOO TO NEAR OTTUMWA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL REACH THE QUAD CITIES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. FOBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 62 min |
| May 8, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar | 35 min |
| May 8, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 37 min |
| May 8, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jones | 47 min |
| May 8, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque | 48 min |
| May 8, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Louisa | 41 min |
| May 8, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Scott | 34 min |
| May 8, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton | 42 min |
| May 8, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 26 min |
| May 8, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 46 min |
| May 8, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Whiteside | 67 min |
| May 8, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 44 min |
| May 8, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Rock Island, Whiteside | 34 min |
| May 8, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 27 min |
| May 8, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 30 min |
| May 8, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Grant | 44 min |
| May 8, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Grant | 41 min |
| May 8, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lafayette | 34 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.