Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1993, 6:50 PM CDT for Jo Daviess County, Illinois; Grant County, Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1993, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1993, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jo Daviess County, IL, Grant County, WI, Lafayette County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 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 KDBQ 172353 SVRDBQ IAC061-ILC085-WIC043-065-180045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 650 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DUBUQUE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST IOWA ...DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS ...JO-DAVIES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ...GRANT COUNTY...LAFAYETTE COUNTY AT 646 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF BELLEVUE IN JACKSON COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTH OF DUBUQUE. THIS SEVERE STORM HAS DONE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE ACROSS BOTH JONES AND JACKSON COUNTIES AND CONTINUES TO PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR AS WELL AS TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE DUBUQUE AND SAGEVILLE IN DUBUQUE COUNTY AND GALENA AND SCALES MOUND IN JO-DAVIES COUNTY...HAZEL GREEN IN GRANT COUNTY AND NEW DIGGINGS IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY. THESE CITIES WILL BE AFFECTED BETWEEN 646 PM AND 745 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIRND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. &
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, Jun 17, 4:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
IAZ030-041-042-053-054-ILZ001-WIZ018-172200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 406 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE TRI-STATES UNTIL 800 PM CDT... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE IOWA COUNTIES OF THE TRI-STATES FOR THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUBUQUE OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF BUCK CREEK IN DELAWARE COUNTY AND 5 MILES NORTH OF DUBUQUE AND ALSO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUBUQUE NEAR SPRINGBROOK IN JACKSON COUNTY. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS ARE...HOPKINTON IN DELAWARE COUNTY...FAIRPLAY IN GRANT COUNTY AND BELLEVUE IN JACKSON COUNTY BETWEEN 400 AND 500 PM CDT. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS ...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE TRI-STATES SHOULD BE ALERT AS STORMS APPROACH AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY IF THE STORMS BECOME SEVERE OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. DEROY NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-172230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 445 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ENTIRE BISTATE REGION UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 445 PM A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WAS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT PLEASANT IOWA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...BLOWING DOWN POWER LINES AND TREES IN IT/S PATH. HENRY AND LEE COUNTIES IN IOWA CAN LOOK FOR THESE STORMS TO ARRIVE BY 515 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE APPROACHING STORMS...PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MEYER/DICKEY Ix>...b\6WWUSR @sGWWUS> q6WWUS\ gf6WWUS u 6WWUSt 4q6WWUS py6WWUS PHo=FQUSd&FQUS luFQUS:*g WUUS( gg6WWUSD 89 72/ 89 89 72/ 89 o6WWUS P MINS NORMALLY On I`WWUSz XS DURId6WWUSB tRHWSPAH&
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:50 PM CDT, 2 hours before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-172230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 445 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ENTIRE BISTATE REGION UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 445 PM A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WAS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT PLEASANT IOWA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...BLOWING DOWN POWER LINES AND TREES IN IT/S PATH. HENRY AND LEE COUNTIES IN IOWA CAN LOOK FOR THESE STORMS TO ARRIVE BY 515 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE APPROACHING STORMS...PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MEYER/DICKEY
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-172345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 545 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY IOWA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 545 PM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF THE WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY IOWA HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY. A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES WEST OF TIPTON IOWA TO WEST LIBERTY IOWA TO 20 MILES WEST OF KEITHSBURG ILLINOIS TO 15 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON IOWA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF TIPTON...MUSCATINE...KEITHSBURGH AND BURLINGTON SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY 40 TO 50 MPH...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. DICKEY/MEYER
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-172345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 545 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY IOWA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 545 PM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF THE WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY IOWA HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY. A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES WEST OF TIPTON IOWA TO WEST LIBERTY IOWA TO 20 MILES WEST OF KEITHSBURG ILLINOIS TO 15 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON IOWA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF TIPTON...MUSCATINE...KEITHSBURGH AND BURLINGTON SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY 40 TO 50 MPH...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. DICKEY/MEYER
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:45 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-180045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 645 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SCOTT AND CLINTON COUNTIES IN IOWA HAD EXPIRED AT 645 PM. AT 645 PM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS HAD MOVED NORTHEAST OUT CLINTON COUNTY IOWA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES WEST OF CLINTON IOWA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...BUT THIS STORM WAS NOT SEVERE. A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN EXTENDED FROM CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA TO WEST LIBERTY IOWA TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON IOWA. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT THIS WILL AGGRAVATE AN ALREADY SOAKED AND SATURATED AREA. A THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEOKUK IOWA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BRING SOME GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF IOWA BETWEEN 715 AND 730 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. DICKEY/MEYER H |OFPUS HOC# gf6WWUS sGWWUS LG= FTCI$pG#FXUStNu 6WWUS" Pq6WWUS 1012/29 K;FPAKa&WWUS8 |HFZPNgg6WWUS g WUUS \GHFQUSnWUUSd WSAC&Z 4o6WWUS |`WWUSJ FTPO 4/FACNFACN< $FACNlFTUSb
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Grant | 32 min |
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.