Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1994, 1:49 PM CDT for Grant County, Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1994, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1994, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Grant County, WI, Lafayette County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Woodford, WI |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 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 041849 TORDBQ WIC043-065-041930- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 149 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DUBUQUE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ...GRANT COUNTY...LAFAYETTE COUNTY AT 146 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR DICKEYVILLE IN GRANT COUNTY 10 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE GEORGETOWN...PLATTEVILLE...AND ELK GROVE. THESE TOWNS WILL BE AFFECTED BETWEEN NOW AND 230 PM CDT. 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 AVAILABLE...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. ROWLAND & 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, Jul 4, 11:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
IAZ030-041-042-053-054-ILZ001-WIZ061-067-041845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 1145 AM CDT MON JUL 04 1994 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS IS MOVING TOWARD THE TRI-STATE... AT 1137 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A GROWING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE TRI-STATE NEAR MASONVILLE ALONG THE DELAWARE AND BUCHANAN COUNTY LINE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE ANTICIPATED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH MANCHESTER IN DELAWARE COUNTY BEFORE NOON. AREAS NEAR THE CITY OF CITY OF DUBUQUE WILL HAVE RAIN BY 200 PM. AS STORMS APPROACH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS END. STATISTICS SHOW LIGHTNING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER FATALITIES EACH YEAR. ROWLAND
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 11:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
IAZ030-041-042-053-054-ILZ001-WIZ061-067-041845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 1145 AM CDT MON JUL 04 1994 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS IS MOVING TOWARD THE TRI-STATE... AT 1137 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A GROWING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE TRI-STATE NEAR MASONVILLE ALONG THE DELAWARE AND BUCHANAN COUNTY LINE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE ANTICIPATED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH MANCHESTER IN DELAWARE COUNTY BEFORE NOON. AREAS NEAR THE CITY OF CITY OF DUBUQUE WILL HAVE RAIN BY 200 PM. AS STORMS APPROACH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS END. STATISTICS SHOW LIGHTNING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER FATALITIES EACH YEAR. ROWLAND
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:39 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
IAZ030-041-042-053-054-ILZ001-WIZ061-067-041945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 139 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN UNTIL 7 PM CDT... AT 130 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AT LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LANCASTER IN GRANT COUNTY FOLLOWING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SOUTHWARD INTO THE CITY OF DUBUQUE. THIS LINE EXTENDED THEN EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WHICH IS 30 MILES SOUTH OF DUBUQUE. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MAQUOKETA AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1/2 PER HOUR...PEA SIZE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF PLATTEVILLE...AND GALENA BY 145 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LARGE HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER...WINDS SPEEDS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER....HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU LIVE NEAR OR WITHIN THE WATCH AREA BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES. COX NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:39 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
IAZ030-041-042-053-054-ILZ001-WIZ061-067-041945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 139 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN UNTIL 7 PM CDT... AT 130 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AT LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LANCASTER IN GRANT COUNTY FOLLOWING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SOUTHWARD INTO THE CITY OF DUBUQUE. THIS LINE EXTENDED THEN EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WHICH IS 30 MILES SOUTH OF DUBUQUE. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MAQUOKETA AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1/2 PER HOUR...PEA SIZE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF PLATTEVILLE...AND GALENA BY 145 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LARGE HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER...WINDS SPEEDS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER....HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU LIVE NEAR OR WITHIN THE WATCH AREA BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES. COX NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:41 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
IAZ030-041-042-053-054-ILZ001-WIZ061-067-041945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 141 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN UNTIL 7 PM CDT... AT 130 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AT LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LANCASTER IN GRANT COUNTY FOLLOWING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SOUTHWARD INTO THE CITY OF DUBUQUE. THIS LINE THEN EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WHICH IS 30 MILES SOUTH OF DUBUQUE. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MAQUOKETA AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1/2 PER HOUR...PEA SIZE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF PLATTEVILLE...AND GALENA BY 145 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LARGE HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER...WINDS SPEEDS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER....HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU LIVE NEAR OR WITHIN THE WATCH AREA BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES. COX NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:41 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
IAZ030-041-042-053-054-ILZ001-WIZ061-067-041945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA 141 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN UNTIL 7 PM CDT... AT 130 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AT LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LANCASTER IN GRANT COUNTY FOLLOWING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SOUTHWARD INTO THE CITY OF DUBUQUE. THIS LINE THEN EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WHICH IS 30 MILES SOUTH OF DUBUQUE. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MAQUOKETA AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1/2 PER HOUR...PEA SIZE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF PLATTEVILLE...AND GALENA BY 145 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LARGE HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER...WINDS SPEEDS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER....HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU LIVE NEAR OR WITHIN THE WATCH AREA BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES. COX NNNN
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.