Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1993, 4:50 PM CDT for Dubuque County, Iowa; Jo Daviess County, Illinois; Grant County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1993, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1993, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dubuque County, IA, Jo Daviess County, IL, Grant County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 350 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
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 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 192150 RRA TORDBQ IAC061-ILC085-WIC043-192215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 450 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DUBUQUE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST IOWA ...DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS ...JO-DAVIES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ...GRANT COUNTY AT 0445 PM CDT...SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR ROCKDALE...5 MILES SOUTH OF DUBUQUE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES BETWEEN 445 AND 515 PM CDT...EAST DUBUQUE...DUBUQUE...FAIRPLAY...LOUISBURG...KIELER...SAGEVILLE... AND DURANGO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. HOOPER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS A@VAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 19, 3:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-192115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 345 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE MOVING ACROSS THE QUAD CITIES... AT 345 PM CDT...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE QUAD CITY AREA. THIS STORM PRODUCED NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN WITHIN 15 MINUTES AT THE QUAD CITY AIRPORT. AN AREA OF INTENSE STORMS STRETCHED FROM WESTERN SCOTT COUNTY NEAR BLUE GRASS...TO THE QUAD CITIES...SOUTH INTO WESTERN HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS NEAR ORION AND ALPHA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WERE PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LECLAIRE...HAMPTON... BARSTOW...GENESEO...AND CAMBRIDGE. THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT STRONG STORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN BY 400 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE BISTATE AREA...SO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS STILL EXISTS. WATCH FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LAGUE &
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-192115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 345 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE MOVING ACROSS THE QUAD CITIES... AT 345 PM CDT...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE QUAD CITY AREA. THIS STORM PRODUCED NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN WITHIN 15 MINUTES AT THE QUAD CITY AIRPORT. AN AREA OF INTENSE STORMS STRETCHED FROM WESTERN SCOTT COUNTY NEAR BLUE GRASS...TO THE QUAD CITIES...SOUTH INTO WESTERN HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS NEAR ORION AND ALPHA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WERE PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LECLAIRE...HAMPTON... BARSTOW...GENESEO...AND CAMBRIDGE. THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT STRONG STORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN BY 400 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE BISTATE AREA...SO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS STILL EXISTS. WATCH FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LAGUE &
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:15 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-192145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 415 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING ACROSS THE BISTATE AREA... AT 415 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM FROM CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTY NEAR DEWITT...TO UPPER ROCK ISLAND COUNTY NEAR CORDOVA AND JOSLIN...INTO HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS NEAR CAMBRIDGE AND GALVA. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS BEHIND THE LINE...BETWEEN BLUE GRASS AND DAVENPORT IN SCOTT COUNTY. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE LINE OF STORMS ARE...CLINTON...ERIE... PROPHETSTOWN...ANAWAN...AND KEWANEE. THE SECOND STORM BETWEEN BLUE GRASS AND DAVENPORT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH PART OF THE QUAD CITIES BY 430 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF AN INCH IN 30 MINUTES...AS WELL AS WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR. RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED...AND MANY STEAMS ARE BANK FULL. WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODED STREETS AND HIGH WATER NEAR SMALL STREAMS. LAGUE
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:15 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-192145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 415 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING ACROSS THE BISTATE AREA... AT 415 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM FROM CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTY NEAR DEWITT...TO UPPER ROCK ISLAND COUNTY NEAR CORDOVA AND JOSLIN...INTO HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS NEAR CAMBRIDGE AND GALVA. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS BEHIND THE LINE...BETWEEN BLUE GRASS AND DAVENPORT IN SCOTT COUNTY. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE LINE OF STORMS ARE...CLINTON...ERIE... PROPHETSTOWN...ANAWAN...AND KEWANEE. THE SECOND STORM BETWEEN BLUE GRASS AND DAVENPORT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH PART OF THE QUAD CITIES BY 430 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF AN INCH IN 30 MINUTES...AS WELL AS WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR. RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED...AND MANY STEAMS ARE BANK FULL. WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODED STREETS AND HIGH WATER NEAR SMALL STREAMS. LAGUE
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:30 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-192230-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
430 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993
...A SECOND LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST
IOWA...
AT 430 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEW LONDON
/8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON/ TO JUST NORTH OF KEOKUK IN THE VERY
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF IOWA. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE
FORT MADISON AREA BY 445 PM AND THE BURLINGTON AREA BETWEEN 450 AND
5 PM.
ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS AT OR NEAR
BANK FULL. WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED...BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR FLOODED STREETS AND HIGH WATER NEAR SMALL STREAMS.
DICKEY
.5N3 143.3E1
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 045 KT, GUSTS 055 KT
RADIUS
OF 035 K
T WINDS - 050 NM NORTH SEMICIRCLE
045 NM ELSEWHERE
VECTOR
TO 36 HR POSIT: 285 DEG/ 10 KTS
---
36 HRS, VALID AT:
210600Z9 ---
9.1N0 14
1.4E0
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 045 KT, GUSTS 055 KT
RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS
- 050 NM N
ORTH SEMICIRCLE
045 NM ELSEWHERE
VECTOR TO 48
HR POSIT: 2
85 DEG/ 10 KTS
---
EXTENDED OUTLOOK:
48 HRS, VALID AT:
211800Z
2 --- 9.7N6
139.5E8
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 045 KT, GUSTS 055 KT
RADIUS OF 035 KT
WINDS - 060 N
M NORTH SEMICIRCLE
050 NM ELSEWHERE
VECTOR
TO 72 HR POSIT
: 285 DEG/ 10 KTS
---
72 HRS, VALID AT:
221800Z3 --- 10.9N0 13
5.5E4
MAX SU
STAINED WINDS - 050 KT, GUSTS 065 KT
RADIUS OF 035 KT WINDS - 065 NM
NORTH SEMICIRCLE
055 NM ELSEWHERE
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REMARKS:
192100Z3
POSITION 7.8N5
147.1E3
TROPICAL STORM KORYN (06W) CONTINUES WESTWARD OVER THE CAROLIN
E
ISLANDS. NEXT W
ARNINGS AT 200300Z5 (DTG 200151Z9), 200900Z1 (DTG
200751Z5), 201500Z8
(DTG 201351Z2) AND
202100Z5 (DTG 201951Z8).
REFER TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION 07W (WTPN32 PG
TW) FOR SIX-HOURLY
UPDATES.
BT
#7342Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:39 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
ILZ004-IAZ078-088-089-099-192230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 430 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...A SECOND LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA... AT 430 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEW LONDON /8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON/ TO JUST NORTH OF KEOKUK IN THE VERY SOUTHEAST CORNER OF IOWA. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE FORT MADISON AREA BY 445 PM AND THE BURLINGTON AREA BETWEEN 450 AND 5 PM. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS AT OR NEAR BANK FULL. WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODED STREETS AND HIGH WATER NEAR SMALL STREAMS. DICKEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Muscatine | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Grant | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Lafayette | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Grant | 14 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Iowa, 1993Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 1993Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 1993Every tornado warning in 1993Tornadoes in 1993
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.