Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1992, 5:46 PM CDT for Dubuque County, Iowa. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1992, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dubuque County, IA
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 317 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
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 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 KDBQ 192246 SVRDBQ IAC061-192315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 546 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DUBUQUE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST IOWA ...DUBUQUE COUNTY AT 545 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING THE NORTHWEST PART OF DUBUQUE COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF LUXENBURG...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUBUQUE. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE...LUXEMBURG...NEW VIENNA...HOLY CROSS AND INCLUDES THE CITY OF DUBUQUE. THESE CITIES AND OTHER CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. MOVE TO THE CENTER OF THE HOUSE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A TORNADO DEVELOPS. NNNN
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, Jun 19, 3:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
IAZ008-ILZ001-WIZ018-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND UPDATE FOR DUBUQUE AND VICINITY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 350 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 345 PM CDT...A FEW SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING 40 MILES WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FARTHER TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE TRI-STATES...ALSO MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. NOW IS THE TIME TO PLAN ON WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. PERSONS IN THE TRI-STATES dSHOULD BE ALERT AND READY TO TAKE ACTION IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KOWALSKI
Local storm report, Jun 19, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
300 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992
...ATTN SELS...
FINAL REPORT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON JUNE 17 1992 / TORNADO WATCH # 387...
TIME CDT EVENT
1115 AM DELMAR IOWA REPORTED SMALL HAIL...CLINTON COUNTY IOWA.
1205 PM NEW LONDON IOWA REPORTED MARBLE HAIL 1 MILE SOUTH OF NEW
LONDON. REPORTED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT...HENRY COUNTY IOWA.
1210 PM HAIL LARGE ENOUGH TO DO DAMAGE TO CARS REPORTED IN LOWELL
IOWA BY LOCAL INSURANCE AGENT...HENRY COUNTY IOWA.
1210 PM LOCAL OBSERVER REPORTED .40 INCH OF RAIN AT KEITHSBURG
ILLINOIS...MERCER COUNTY ILLINOIS.
1210 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN ALEDO ILLINOIS BY RADIO
STATION WRMJ...MERCER COUNTY ILLINOIS.
1210 PM MERCER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED STRONG WIND AND A
FEW TREES DOWN. WIND SPEED ESTIMATED AT 55 MPH. THIS
REPORT NOT RECEIVED UNTIL THE NEXT DAY...MERCER COUNTY IL.
1217 PM GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED WEST BURLINGTON IOWA ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND A 50 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED BY BURLINGTON
PD...DES MOINES COUNTY IOWA.
1222 PM HEAVY RAIN REPORTED IN EAST DAVENPORT IOWA BY TRAINED
SPOTTER...SCOTT COUNTY IOWA.
1225 PM HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND REPORTED AT BURLINGTON IOWA BY
BURLINGTON PD...DES MOINES COUNTY IOWA.
1227 PM GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED IN NORTH DAVENPORT. WAS SHOWN ON
LOCAL TV STATION ON THE 6 PM NEWS...SCOTT COUNTY IOWA.
1230 PM DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN ELVIRA BY CLINTON COUNTY CD
ACCUMULATING ON THE GROUND...CLINTON COUNTY IOWA.
1230 PM PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD AT LOW MOOR IOWA. TRUCK FARM
AT FULTON ILLINOIS CLEARLY SAW THE FUNNEL CLOUD AT LOW MOOR
AND WATCHED IT MOVE TOWARD CLINTON IOWA AND THEN CROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AS FAR AS THEY COULD TELL...IT DID NOT
TOUCH DOWN. THE TRUCK FARM IS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES EAST
OF LOW MOOR...CLINTON COUNTY IOWA.
1235 PM GOLF BALL AND SOFTBALL HAIL REPORTED AT FORT MADISON IOWA.
SOME CAR WINDSHIELDS WERE SMASHED OUT. REPORTED BY LEE
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE...LEE COUNTY IOWA.
1236 PM 3/4 AND 1 INCH HAIL OBSERVED AT WSO MOLINE ILLINOIS...ROCK
ISLAND COUNTY ILLINOIS.
1255 PM GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED 1 MILE NORTH OF MORRISON ILLINOIS BY
SPOTTER...WHITESIDE COUNTY ILLINOIS.
1255 PM GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GENESEO
ILLINOIS BY SPOTTER...HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS.
1255 PM FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED WEST OF ERIE ILLINOIS BY WHITESIDE
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE...WHITESIDE COUNTY ILLINOIS.Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
300 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992
...ATTN SELS...
FINAL REPORT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON JUNE 17 1992 / TORNADO WATCH # 387...
PART TWO...
TIME CDT EVENT
120 PM F0 TO F1 TORNADO WATCHED BY ILLINOIS STATE TROOPER IN OPEN
FARM FIELD JUST SOUTH OF DEAR GROVE ILLINOIS...TORNADO WAS
OBSERVED UNTIL IT DISSIPATED AT 128 PM CDT...WHITESIDE
COUNTY ILLINOIS.
130 PM UNCONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED 5 MILES EAST OF
WOODHULL ILLINOIS BY GENERAL PUBLIC. SHERIFF ARRIVED AT
LOCATION SHORTLY AFTERWARD AND COULD FIND NOTHING.
200 PM TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A BRIEF WIND GUST TO 50 MPH IN
GALVA ILLINOIS. SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES RECEIVED
DAMAGE. THE GUST OF WIND LASTED ONLY ABOUT 5 SECONDS.
...HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS.
MEYERSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
IAZ008-ILZ001-WIZ018-192215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 420 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 415 PM CDT...A FEW SHOWERS WERE LOCATED 20 TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUBUQUE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO...SOME STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. THE STORMS TO THE NORTH WILL BE ENTERING NORTHWEST CLAYTON COUNTY BY 430 PM AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL... AND WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTHWEST WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD PASS TO THE SOUTH OF THE TRI-STATES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM...AND PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR YOU SPOT SEVERE WEATHER CLOSING IN. IF TIME PERMITS...REPORT YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NEAREST LAW INFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. KOWALSKI NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:54 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ015-192245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 445 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE BISTATE AREA UNTIL 9 PM CDT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 435 PM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA TO 30 MILES WEST OF MUSCATINE IOWA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. WEST PARTS OF THE BISTATE...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF WEST LIBERTY... CONESVILLE AND COLUMBUS JUNCTION...COULD SEE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS BETWEEN 5 AND 530 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE STILL 60 MILES WEST OF THE QUAD CITIES. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH WHERE YOU LIVE...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. CONDITIONS ARE FAVERABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME QUITE STRONG...SO KEEP UP TO DATE WIT]H LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IN YOUR AREA. MEYER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clayton | 29 min |
| Jun 19, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clayton | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.