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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Quad Cities, IA

April 15, 1994Scott County, Iowa; Rock Island County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 1:29 AM CDT for Scott County, Iowa; Rock Island County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 1994, 1:29 AM CDT (06:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 1994, 2:15 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Scott County, IA, Rock Island County, IL

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, Apr 14, 9:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
945 PM CDT THU APR 14 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HENRY AND LEE COUNTIES IN IOWA...

AT 945 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING JUST SOUTH OF
BURLINGTON AND OVER CEDAR COUNTY IN IOWA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE IN THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.

KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE TO THE SKY AND LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS ON NOAA
WEATHER RADIO STATION WXJ-73 MOLINE...ILLINOIS OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO
OR TV STATION.

J NOEL

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 10:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
1010 PM CDT THU APR 14 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HENRY AND LEE COUNTIES IN IOWA...

AT 1005 PM...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN HENDERSON COUNTY
ILLINOIS NEAR OQUAWKA.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR
AND SHOULD MOVE INTO MERCER COUNTY IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES.  THIS STORM
SHOULD REACH VIOLA ILLINOIS AROUND 1030 PM.  THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN
STRONG WINDS TO 50 MPH...PEA-SIZED TO MARBLE-SIZED HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINS.

NO STORMS WERE IN HENRY OR LEE COUNTIES IN IOWA YET BUT COULD DEVELOP AT
ANY TIME.  THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEfATHER REMAINS STRONG...SO STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV...OR OTHER RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

T MEYER

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 10:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 14, 10:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
1030 PM CDT THU APR 14 1994

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HENRY AND LEE COUNTIES IN IOWA...

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE ILLINOIS BISTATE...

AT 1025 PM CDT...THE VERY STRONG STORM IN HENDERSON COUNTY ILLINOIS HAD
MOVED TO NEAR VIOLA ILLINOIS...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF THE QUAD
CITIES.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED NEAR PORT BYRON ILLINOIS...OR
15 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE QUAD CITIES AND IN NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IOWA...
ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF THE QUAD CITIES.  THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAIN
GUSTY WINDS...PEA- TO MARBLE-SIZED HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINS.

ALTHOUGH A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HENRY AND LEE COUNTIES
IN IOWA...NO THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEAST IOWA YET.  HOWEVER...
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS HIGH.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE TV OR RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
WARNINGS.

T MEYER...CORRECTED AND UPDATED STATEMENT

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 11:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 15, 1:13 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware	33 min
Apr 14, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clayton	45 min
Apr 14, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton	24 min
Apr 14, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jackson	35 min
Apr 15, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry	36 min
Apr 15, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jones	29 min
Apr 15, 12:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware	38 min
Apr 15, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar	42 min
Apr 15, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Louisa	50 min
Apr 15, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee	41 min
Apr 15, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines	30 min
Apr 15, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Muscatine	30 min
Apr 15, 2:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton	60 min
Apr 15, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Scott	59 min
Apr 14, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jo Daviess	33 min
Apr 15, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Whiteside	65 min
Apr 14, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Grant	27 min
Apr 14, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lafayette	28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1994 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1994 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.