Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1993, 11:26 AM CDT for Scott County, Iowa; Rock Island County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1993, 11:26 AM CDT (16:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1993, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Scott County, IA, Rock Island County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 384 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
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 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 KMLI 281626
SVRMLI
IAC163-ILC161-281715-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
1126 AM CDT FRI MAY 28 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE EXTREME EAST PART OF IOWA
SCOTT...
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF ILLINOIS
ROCK-ISLAND...
AT 1125 CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF THE QUAD CITIES NEAR ILLINOIS CITY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES HOUR. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE
QUAD CITY METRO AREA BETWEEN 1145 AND NOON.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE
STORM HAS PASSED.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
IF TIME PERMITS...ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY
YOUR REPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.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, May 28, 10:45 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-271700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 1045 AM CDT THU MAY 27 1993 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN BISTATE... A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN BISTATE... ESPECIALLY LOUISA COUNTY IOWA...SHORTLY. THIS LINE...STRETCHING FROM EXTREME WESTERN LOUISA COUNTY...OR 50 MILES WEST OF THE QUAD CITIES... TO NORTHEAST POWESHIEK COUNTY IOWA...OR 100 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE QUAD CITIES...IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED PEA-SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR IN CENTRAL IOWA. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY REACH A LINE FROM MUSCATINE IPWA TO WEST BRANCH IOWA BY 1115 AND A QUAD CITIES-MECHANICSVILLE IOWA LINE BY NOON. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD WATCH FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY. REMEMBER... LIGHTNING KILLS. T MEYER
Special weather statement, May 28, 10:45 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-271700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION TO DATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 1045 AM CDT FRI MAY 28 1993 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN BISTATE... A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN BISTATE... ESPECIALLY LOUISA COUNTY IOWA...SHORTLY. THIS LINE...STRETCHING FROM EXTREME WESTERN LOUISA COUNTY...OR 50 MILES WEST OF THE QUAD CITIES... TO NORTHEAST POWESHIEK COUNTY IOWA...OR 100 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE QUAD CITIES...IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED PEA-SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR IN CENTRAL IOWA. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY REACH A LINE FROM MUSCATINE IPWA TO WEST BRANCH IOWA BY 1115 AND A QUAD CITIES-MECHANICSVILLE IOWA LINE BY NOON. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD WATCH FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY. REMEMBER... LIGHTNING KILLS. T MEYER
Special weather statement, May 28, 10:54 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-271700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION TO DATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 1045 AM CDT FRI MAY 28 1993 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN BISTATE... A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN BISTATE... ESPECIALLY LOUISA COUNTY IOWA...SHORTLY. THIS LINE...STRETCHING FROM EXTREME WESTERN LOUISA COUNTY...OR 50 MILES WEST OF THE QUAD CITIES... TO NORTHEAST POWESHIEK COUNTY IOWA...OR 100 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE QUAD CITIES...IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED PEA-SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR IN CENTRAL IOWA. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY REACH A LINE FROM MUSCATINE IPWA TO WEST BRANCH IOWA BY 1115 AND A QUAD CITIES-MECHANICSVILLE IOWA LINE BY NOON. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD WATCH FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY. REMEMBER... LIGHTNING KILLS. TB MEYER
Special weather statement, May 28, 10:55 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-271700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 1055 AM CDT FRI MAY 28 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN WESTERN MERCER COUNTY ILLINOIS AND EASTERN LOUISA AND MUSCATINE COUNTIES IN IOWA. THESE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ON THE SOUTHEAST END OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN IOWA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM JUST NORTH OF NEW BOSTON ILLINOIS TO 15 MILES WEST OF IOWA CITY...OR 70 MILES WEST OF THE QUAD CITIES. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES BETWEEN 1130 AM CDT AND NOON. THEY COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DEALY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE WESTERN BISTATE AND QUAD CITY METRO AREA SHOULD WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER...IF NECESSARY. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING KILLS. T MEYER
Special weather statement, May 28, 11:02 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-271700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 1055 AM CDT FRI MAY 28 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN WESTERN MERCER COUNTY ILLINOIS AND EASTERN LOUISA AND MUSCATINE COUNTIES IN IOWA. THESE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ON THE SOUTHEAST END OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN IOWA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM JUST NORTH OF NEW BOSTON ILLINOIS TO 15 MILES WEST OF IOWA CITY...OR 70 MILES WEST OF THE QUAD CITIES. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE QUAD CITIES BETWEEN 1130 AM CDT AND NOON. THEY COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DEALY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE WESTERN BISTATE AND QUAD CITY METRO AREA SHOULD WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHEvLTER...IF NECESSARY. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING KILLS. T MEYER
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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.