Alert archive / Iowa / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 1993, 9:14 PM CDT for Jones County, Iowa. It was in force for 107 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1993, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1993, 11:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 107 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones County, IA
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 359 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
- 836 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALO 250214 FFWDBQ IAC105-250415- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA ISSUED BY WATERLOO IA 914 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA ...SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY AT 910 PM THE LITTLE BEAR CREEK IN WYOMING WAS RUNNING OVER ITS BANK INTO THE CITY. 1 1/2 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD OCCURRED IN THIS AREA WITH EARLIER STORMS. RADAR WAS INDICATING MORE HEAVY RAIN-PRODUCING STORMS MOVING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CEDAR RAPIDS TO IOWA CITY. AS THESE STORMS SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA THEY WILL DUMP MORE RAINS ONTO THE LITTLE BEAR CREEK WHICH MAY INDUCE FLASH FLOODING. IF YOU LIVE NEAR THE LITTLE BEAR CREEK YOU SHOULD EVACUATE TO ENSURE YOUR SAFETY. A TRAILER PARK IS VERY NEARBY SO RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO ENSURE SAFETY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. COLLAR &
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, Jun 24, 8:22 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-250200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 820 PM CDT THUN JUN 24 1993 ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE BISTATE AREA TONIGHT...INCLUDING THE QUAD CITIES... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE QUAD CITIES AND THE ILLINOIS PART OF THE BISTATE AREA UNTIL 900 PM CDT.. AT 820 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE BISTATE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER MUSCATINE AND WESTERN ROCK ISLAND COUNTIES. OTHER STRONG STORMS EXTENDED IN A LINE FROM CENTRAL CEDAR COUNTY NEAR TIPTON TO EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF CLINTON. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS IN SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IOWA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 1 INCH WITHIN 30 MINUTES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTING WILL BE LIKELY. LAGUE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 8:22 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-250200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 820 PM CDT THUN JUN 24 1993 ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE BISTATE AREA TONIGHT...INCLUDING THE QUAD CITIES... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE QUAD CITIES AND THE ILLINOIS PART OF THE BISTATE AREA UNTIL 900 PM CDT.. AT 820 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE BISTATE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER MUSCATINE AND WESTERN ROCK ISLAND COUNTIES. OTHER STRONG STORMS EXTENDED IN A LINE FROM CENTRAL CEDAR COUNTY NEAR TIPTON TO EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF CLINTON. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS IN SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IOWA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 1 INCH WITHIN 30 MINUTES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTING WILL BE LIKELY. LAGUE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 8:59 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-250230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 900 PM CDT THUN JUN 24 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE QUAD CITIES AND ILLINOIS PART OF THE BISTATE AREA UNTIL 1 AM... THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE QUAD CITIES AND THE ILLINOS COUNTIES OF ROCK ISLAND...WHITESIDE...HENRY...AND MERCER...HAS BEEN RELACED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE QUAD CITIES AND THE ILLINOIS COUNTIES OF ROCK ISLAND...WHITESIDE... HENRY...AND MERCER UNTIL 1 AM CDT. LAGUE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 8:59 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-250230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 900 PM CDT THUN JUN 24 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE QUAD CITIES AND ILLINOIS PART OF THE BISTATE AREA UNTIL 1 AM... THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE QUAD CITIES AND THE ILLINOS COUNTIES OF ROCK ISLAND...WHITESIDE...HENRY...AND MERCER...HAS BEEN RELACED WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE QUAD CITIES AND THE ILLINOIS COUNTIES OF ROCK ISLAND...WHITESIDE... HENRY...AND MERCER UNTIL 1 AM CDT. LAGUE
Local storm report, Jun 24, 9:05 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA
905 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993
...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR THURSDAY JUNE 24TH...
JO-DAVIES COUNTY
700 PM CDT...REPORT RECEIVED FROM JO-DAVIES COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OF
HAIL OF 1/2 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH IN TOWNS OF ELIZABETH AND
STOCKTON AREAS. REPORT RECEIVED AT 702 PM.
ROWLANDLocal storm report, Jun 24, 9:05 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA
905 PM CDT THU JUN 24 1993
...PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR THURSDAY JUNE 24TH...
JO-DAVIES COUNTY
700 PM CDT...REPORT RECEIVED FROM JO-DAVIES COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OF
HAIL OF 1/2 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH IN TOWNS OF ELIZABETH AND
STOCKTON AREAS. REPORT RECEIVED AT 702 PM.
ROWLANDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.