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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 19, 1992Henry County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1992, 8:41 PM CDT for Henry County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1992, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1992, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Henry County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 385 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1992-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1992-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -87 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMLI 200141
TORMLI
ILC073-195-200215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
841 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF ILLINOIS
      HENRY...SOUTHWEST WHITESIDE

AT 8 35 PM CDT WHITESIDE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES
WEST OF ERIE ILLINOIS MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

SOME CITIES/TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... GREEN ROCK
 AND GENESEO WHERE TORNADO CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN 8 45 AND 9 PM.

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.

ATTN 1ISP 7 AND 1

DICKEY  0140Z

What 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 19, 4:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 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

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 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
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ015-192345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
545 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE BISTATE AREA UNTIL
9 PM CDT...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE BLOWING INTO CENTRAL PARTS OF THE BISTATE THIS
EVENING.

AT 545 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD ENTERED LOUISA...HENRY...AND
DES MOINES COUNTIES OF EAST IOWA.  THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY
WINDS...AROUND 50 MPH...ALONG WITH SOME HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.  IF YOU
LIVE IN THE CITIES OF OR COMMUNITIES OF MORNING SUN OR WAPELLO IN IOWA...
OR KEITHSBURG ILLINOIS ACORSS THE RIVER...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE
STORMY AND WINDY CONDITIONS.

MEYER
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ015-200045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
650 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE BISTATE AREA UNTIL
9 PM CDT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DES MOINES COUNTY IOWA HAD EXPIRED
AS OF 645 PM CDT...

AT 645 PM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT BLEW DOWN NUMEROUS TREES IN
NORTH DES MOINES COUNTY IOWA...HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE RIVER
INTO HENDERSON COUNTY OF ILLINOIS.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS FOLLOWING THE FIRST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
AND WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON IOWA...ALSO MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

NORTH OF THE QUAD CITIES...IN NORTHWEST CLINTON COUNTY...ANOTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED.  THIS STORM WAS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DEWITT IOWA VERY CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITY OF LOST NATION...AND COULD
PRODUCE SOME VERY GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS.

IF LIVE NEAR...OR IN THE PATH...OF ANY OF THIS EVENINGS STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS...REMAIN ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED
TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.

MEYER
Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:30 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA
750 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992

...STORM REPORTS OF FRIDAY TORNADO WATCH #414...

TIME           COUNTY          EVENT AND LOCATION

502 PM CDT    CLAYTON         FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED BY A TROOPER 10 MILES
                              NORTH OF ELKADER.

512 PM CDT    CLAYTON         CITIZEN REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WEST OF
                              ELKADER.

523 PM CDT    CLAYTON          LARGE HAIL 3/4 INCH  HEAVY RAIN IN TOWN
                               OF ELKADER.

523 PM CDT    CLAYTON          FRONT END OF PICKUP TRUCK LIFTED UP 4 TO
                               5 MILES SOUTH OF ELKADER.

527 PM CDT    CLAYTON      POLICE RADIO TOWER REPORTED BLOWN OVER
                           SOUTH OF ELKADER.

527 PM CDT    CLAYTON      TREE REPORTED BLOWN OVER A ROAD

536 PM CDT    CLAYTON      CITIZEN REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
                           LITTLEPORT.

502-530 PM CDT CLAYTON     POWER LINE REPORTED DOWN...WINDS REPORTED
(TIME NOT KNOWN BUT        AT 60 MILES AN HOUR...OLD BARN REPORTED
  ESTIMATED)               TO HAVE BLOWN OVER...VICINITY OF ELKADER.

555 PM CDT    DELAWARE     QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AND 40 MILE
                           AN HOUR WINDS IN COLESBURG.

602 PM CDT    DUBUQUE      REPORT OF WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR IN
                           WORTHINGTON.

703 PM CDT    JACKSON      REPORT OF WINDS OF 60 MILE AN LHOUR IN

ROWLAND/KOWALSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:31 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
IAZ008-ILZ001-WIZ018-200230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA
831 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992

...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR THE TRI-STATES AREA...

  AT 820 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAD
CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE TRI-STATE
AREA UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

RADAR AT 825 PM INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD AFFECT
PARTS OF THE TRI-STATES HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE TRI-STATE AREA
AND HAD WEAKENED.

THE OUTLOOK THROUGH MIDNIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING
INTO THE MIDDLE 50S. WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR.

ROWLAND

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNWhiteside19 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes 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.