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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 3:31 PM CDT for Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois. It was in force for 19 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1990, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 3:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Rock Island County, IL, Whiteside County, IL
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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 363 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
- 567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMLI 022031
TORMLI
ILC161-195-022100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
331 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF ILLINOIS
NORTHERN ROCK-ISLAND...WESTERN WHITESIDE
AT 320 PM... A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY ROCK ISLAND COUNTY
SHERIFF NEAR PORT BYRON. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME CITIES/TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... PRINCETON...
CORDOVA
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
IF TIME PERMITS..ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY
YOUR REPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
ATTN ISP 7 AND 1
LAGUEWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 2, 12:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
IAZ008-ILZ001-WIZ018-021830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 1205 PM CDT SAT JUN 02 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH #373 IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE AREA IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY DAMAGING TORNADOES. ALSO...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON LTHE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. =DEROY
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
IAZ008-ILZ001-WIZ018-021900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 100 PM CDT SAT JUN 02 1990 ...HIGH WINDS AROUND THE TRI-STATE... HIGH WINDS SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED AROUND THE TRI-STATE...DELAWARE COUNTY AND JONES COUNTY BOTH HAVE REPORTED TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN DUE TO THESE HIGH WINDS. CAUTION IS URGED AS HIGH WINDS SWEEP ACROSS THE TRI-STATE. FLYING DEBRIS COULD CAUSE INJURIES OR DAMWAGE. DEROY
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
IAZ008-ILZ001-WIZ018-022359- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 200 PM CDT SAT JUN 02 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLATION FOR THE TRI-STATE COUNTIES IN IOWA... TORNADO WATCH #373 FOR THE FOLLOWING IOWA COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...CLAYTON...DELAWARE...DUBUQUE...JACKSON AND JONES. TORNADO WATCH #373 FOR JO-DAVIES COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND GRANT AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES IN WISCONSIN REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT. HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN JO-DAVIES COUNTY AND GRANT AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES. CAUTION IS URGED AS HIGH WINDS SWEEP THE EASTERN AREAS OF THE TRI- STATE. DEROY
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
IAZ008-ILZ001-WIZ018-022300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 200 PM CDT SAT JUN 02 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLATION FOR THE TRI-STATE COUNTIES IN IOWA... TORNADO WATCH #373 FOR THE FOLLOWING IOWA COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...CLAYTON...DELAWARE...DUBUQUE...JACKSON AND JONES. TORNADO WATCH #373 FOR JO-DAVIES COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND GRANT AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES IN WISCONSIN REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT. HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN JO-DAVIES COUNTY AND GRANT AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES. CAUTION IS URGED AS HIGH WINDS SWEEP THE EASTERN AREAS OF THE TRI- STATE. DEROY
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:21 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
IAZ008-ILZ001-WIZ018-022130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 310 PM CDT SAT JUN 02 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JO-DAVIES COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND GRANT AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN... TORNADO WATCH #373 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN AREA OF THE TRI-STATES. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG RAINSHOWERS ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF JO-DAVIES COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND THE EASTERN PORTION OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. HIGH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR ARE STILL POSSIBLE AND PERSONS IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES ARE URGED TO TAKE CAUTION. DEROY
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.