Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1993, 12:06 AM CDT for Des Moines County, Lee County, Iowa. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1993, 12:06 AM CDT (05:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1993, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Des Moines County, IA, Lee 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 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 29, 6:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
IAZ030-041-042-053-054-ILZ001-WIZ018-300030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 632 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CLAYTON AND DELAWARE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR CLAYTON COUNTY... AT 625 PM RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS OR SHOWERS IN THE TRI-STATES. TO THE WEST OF THE TRI-STATES JUST TO THE WEST OF WATERLOO AND NEAR CEDAR FALLS THERE WAS A SCATTERED AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR BOTH CLAYTON AND DELAWARE COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFE~CT FOR CLAYTON COUNTY FOR TONIGHT. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND PLAN NOW WHAT YOU WILL DO SHOULD DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOP. ROWLAND NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
IAZ030-041-042-053-054-ILZ001-WIZ018-300030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 632 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CLAYTON AND DELAWARE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR CLAYTON COUNTY... AT 625 PM RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS OR SHOWERS IN THE TRI-STATES. TO THE WEST OF THE TRI-STATES JUST TO THE WEST OF WATERLOO AND NEAR CEDAR FALLS THERE WAS A SCATTERED AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR BOTH CLAYTON AND DELAWARE COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CLAYTON COUNTY FOR TONIGHT. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND PLAN NOW WHAT YOU WILL DO SHOULD DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOP. ROWLAND NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-290430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 1030 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS BEARING DOWN ON THE BISTATE... AT 1025 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NEAR DYERSVILLE IOWA...OR 75 MILES NORTH OF THE QAUD CITIES...TO KEOTA IOWA ...OR 75 MILES WEST OF THE QUAD CITIES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE HAS PRODUCED MANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL...AND EXTREMELY HIGH WINDS. THIS LINE WILL ENTER CEDAR COUNTY IOWA SHORTLY AND REACH MECHANICSVILLE IOWA IN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES. PERSONS IN CEDAR COUNTY IOWA SHOULD WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. PERSONS IN THE REST OF THE BISTATE SHOULD WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. T MEYER
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-290430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 1030 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS BEARING DOWN ON THE BISTATE... AT 1025 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NEAR DYERSVILLE IOWA...OR 75 MILES NORTH OF THE QAUD CITIES...TO KEOTA IOWA ...OR 75 MILES WEST OF THE QUAD CITIES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE HAS PRODUCED MANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL...AND EXTREMELY HIGH WINDS. THIS LINE WILL ENTER CEDAR COUNTY IOWA SHORTLY AND REACH MECHANICSVILLE IOWA IN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES. PERSONS IN CEDAR COUNTY IOWA SHOULD WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. PERSONS IN THE REST OF THE BISTATE SHOULD WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. T MEYER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clayton | 12 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clayton | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clayton, Delaware | 54 min |
| Jun 29, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 54 min |
| Jun 29, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 68 min |
| Jun 29, 11:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jones | 115 min |
| Jun 29, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 11:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Jackson | 82 min |
| Jun 29, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 51 min |
| Jun 30, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 26 min |
| Jun 30, 1:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clayton | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clayton | 14 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 69 min |
| Jun 30, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 54 min |
| Jun 30, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Whiteside | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 1:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Henry | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lafayette | 44 min |
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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.