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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Quad Cities, IA

August 16, 1993Scott County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 1993, 6:56 AM CDT for Scott County, Iowa. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1993, 6:56 AM CDT (11:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1993, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Scott County, IA

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 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, Aug 16, 4:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-161130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
424 AM CDT MON AUG 16 1993

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DES MOINES COUNTY DROPPED...
...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER BISTATE AREA...

AT 420 AM CDT...THE FLASH FLOOD WAS DROPPED SINCE THE THUNDERSTORMS
WHICH CAUSED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO BE ISSUED HAD MOVED EAST INTO
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY OF ILLINOIS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS
FROM WATERLOO IOWA SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES AND FURTHER INTO
CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN DOWNPOUR...STRONG
WIND GUSTS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR
AREA...GO INSIDE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

BELL
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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-161130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
424 AM CDT MON AUG 16 1993

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DES MOINES COUNTY DROPPED...
...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER BISTATE AREA...

AT 420 AM CDT...THE FLASH FLOOD WAS DROPPED SINCE THE THUNDERSTORMS
WHICH CAUSED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO BE ISSUED HAD MOVED EAST INTO
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY OF ILLINOIS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS
FROM WATERLOO IOWA SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES AND FURTHER INTO
CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN DOWNPOUR...STRONG
WIND GUSTS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR
AREA...GO INSIDE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

BELL
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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:56 AM CDT, 2 hours before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-161130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
456 AM CDT MON AUG 16 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER BISTATE AREA...

AT 455 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
MERCER COUNTY ILLINOIS...APPROXIMIATELY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE
QUAD CITIES AND MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE OVER
THE MERCER/HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS LINE BY 530 AM CDT. THIS STORM HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS.
IF THIS STORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM UNTIL
THE STORM PASSES.

BELL
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 5:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-161130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
456 AM CDT MON AUG 16 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER BISTATE AREA...

AT 455 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
MERCER COUNTY ILLINOIS...APPROXIMIATELY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE
QUAD CITIES AND MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE OVER
THE MERCER/HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS LINE BY 530 AM CDT. THIS STORM HAS A
HISTJORY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS.
IF THIS STORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM UNTIL
THE STORM PASSES.

BELL
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 6:35 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-161230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
635 AM CDT MON AUG 16 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE TWO STATE REGION AT
30 MILES AN HOUR.  AT 630 AM...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER
THE QUAD CITIES METRO AREA.  A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS  WAS
PUSHING THORUGH EASTERN MUSCATINE COUNTY IOWA AND CENTRAL LOUISA COUNTY
IOWA.  ANOTHERN SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH
SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY ILLINOIS.  MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOW
ENTERING THE NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF HENRY COUNTY IOWA.

THE STORMS OVER THE QUAD CITIES WILL MOVE OVER NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY
THROUGH 730 AM.  STORMS WILL BE ENTERING SOUTHWEST WHITESIDE COUNTY
AROUND 700 AM.

AS THESE STORMS PROGRESS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...THEY WILL PRODUCE
VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND
POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER AND WAIT OUT
THE STORMS.  KEEP AN EYE TO RISING CREEKS AND STREAMS AND MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND IF THE WATER THREATENS YOU.

GOEHRING
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 6:36 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-161230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
635 AM CDT MON AUG 16 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE TWO STATE REGION AT
30 MILES AN HOUR.  AT 630 AM...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER
THE QUAD CITIES METRO AREA.  A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS  WAS
PUSHING THORUGH EASTERN MUSCATINE COUNTY IOWA AND CENTRAL LOUISA COUNTY
IOWA.  ANOTHERN SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH
SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY ILLINOIS.  MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOW
ENTERING THE NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF HENRY COUNTY IOWA.

THE STORMS OVER THE QUAD CITIES WILL MOVE OVER NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY
THROUGH 730 AM.  STORMS WILL BE ENTERING SOUTHWEST WHITESIDE COUNTY
AROUND 700 AM.

AS THESE STORMS PROGRESS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...THEY WILL PRODUCE
VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND
POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER AND WAIT OUT
THE STORMS.  KEEP AN EYE TO RISING CREEKS AND STREAMS AND MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND IF THE WATER THREATENS YOU.

GOEHRING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 3:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNDes Moines2 hr
Aug 16, 7:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNLouisa90 min
Aug 16, 7:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNMercer118 min
Aug 16, 9:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNMercer3 hr

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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.