Alert archive / Iowa / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Quad Cities, IA
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 /
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 /
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 90 min |
| Aug 16, 7:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Mercer | 118 min |
| Aug 16, 9:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Mercer | 3 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.