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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1994, 2:52 PM CDT for Rock Island County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1994, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rock Island County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 391 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 261952
TORMLI
ILC161-262030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL
252 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF ILLINOIS
ROCK-ISLAND
AT 245 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFOREMENT NEAR THE
QUAD CITY NUCLEAR PLANT...20 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE QUAD CITIES.
THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILE
AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN CORDOVA TAKE SHELTER NOW!!!!
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
GOEHRING 1951ZWhat 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 26, 2:30 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
ILZ009-015-016-024-IAZ065>068-078-088-089-099-262030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 230 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...EXTREME THUNDERSTORMS IN WHITESDIE COUNTY ILLINOIS AND IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST CLINTON COUNTY IOWA... TWO EXTREME THUNDERSTORMS WERE FOUND ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE TWO STATE REGION. THE FIRST WAS IN WHITESIDE COUNTY FROM THE STERLING/ ROCK FALLS AREA TO JUST NORTH OF MORRISON...35 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE QUAD CITIES. THE OTHER EXTREME THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST CLINTON COUNTY IOWA...25 MILES NORTH/NORTHEAST OF THE QUAD CITIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BE READY FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS IF YOU LIVE IN UPPER ROCK ISLAND COUNTY ILLINOIS OR SOUTHEASTERN WHITESIDE COUNTY ILLINOIS. WHEN YOU SEE THESE STORMS MOVING INTO YOUR AREA... THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO WAIT THEM OUT IN A STURDY SHELTER. . GOEHRING
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:32 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
ILZ009-015-016-024-IAZ065>068-078-088-089-099-262030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOLINE IL 230 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...EXTREME THUNDERSTORMS IN WHITESDIE COUNTY ILLINOIS AND IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST CLINTON COUNTY IOWA... TWO EXTREME THUNDERSTORMS WERE FOUND ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE TWO STATE REGION. THE FIRST WAS IN WHITESIDE COUNTY FROM THE STERLING/ ROCK FALLS AREA TO JUST NORTH OF MORRISON...35 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE QUAD CITIES. THE OTHER EXTREME THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST CLINTON COUNTY IOWA...25 MILES NORTH/NORTHEAST OF THE QUAD CITIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BE READY FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS IF YOU LIVE IN UPPER ROCK ISLAND COUNTY ILLINOIS OR SOUTHEASTERN WHITESIDE COUNTY ILLINOIS. WHEN YOU SEE THESE STORMS MOVING INTO YOUR AREA... THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO WAIT THEM OUT IN A STURDY SHELTER. . GOEHRING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Whiteside | 56 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.