Alert archive / Iowa / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 1990, 10:35 PM CDT for Henry County, Iowa. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1990, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1990, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry County, IA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 406 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMLI 200335
FFWMLI
IAC139-115-087-ILC161-131-073-200600-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
1035 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE EXTREME EAST PART OF IOWA
SOUTHERN MUSCATINE...LOUISA...
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF IOWA
HENRY...
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN ROCK-ISLAND...MERCER...HENRY...
AT 1030 PM CDT HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THE BISTATE
REGION. SMALL STREAMS IN MERCER COUNTY WERE REPORTED AT BANKFULL
BEGINNING TO OVERFLOW. AN EAST TO WEST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST ILLINOIS.
ALL THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR...REPEATING TO COVER TO SAME RAIN SOAKED AREA ONCE AGAIN.
MOVE TO HIGH GROUND IF YOU LIVE NEAR ANY CREEKS...STREAMS...RIVERS
OR STREETS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT IN THE SPECIFIED AREA.
PERSONS ALONG OR NEAR STREAMS SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING OR SHARP
RISES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE..4.ON FOOT.
IF TIME PERMITS...ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORECMENT AGENCY TO RELAY
YOUR REPORT OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
ATTN ISP 7 AND 1
MEYER 0334ZWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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, Jun 19, 7:35 PM CDT, 3 hours before
IAZ008-200130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 725 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THE IOWA SIDE OF THE TRI-STATE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT... AT 720 PM CDT AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST ON THE NORTHERN BORDER OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUBUQUE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED YET...PERSONS IN THE TRI-STATE AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL... HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS THAT ARE ALTREADY SATURATED WITH RAIN. HINNERS
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ015-200140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 735 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ONCE AGAIN DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. AT 730 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS WAS 7 MILES EAST OF WAPELLO IOWA IN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA. THIS WOULD PLACE THE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOLINE ILLINOIS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED JUST 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE QUAD CITIES ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ALL THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR@. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING STAYS WITH US...KEEP ALERT!
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
IAZ008-200230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 825 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THE IOWA SIDE OF THE TRI-STATE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT... AT 820 PM CDT THE TRI-STATE WAS CLEAR OF ANY RAIN OR THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED YET. PERSONS IN THE TRI-STATE AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL... HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE FLASH FLOODING IN AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY SATURATED WITH RAIN. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TV OR THIS WEATHER RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. HINNERS
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ015-200245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 900 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST IOWA AND PARTS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 1AM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS. AT 840 PM CDT...CONESVILLE IOWA REPORTED .80 OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN A 20 MINUTE PERIOD. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE QUAD CITY AIRPORT AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. FOBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 10:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry | 69 min |
| Jun 19, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry | 69 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.