Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1995, 4:12 PM CDT for Benton County, Iowa. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1995, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Benton County, IA
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1356 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMLI 192113 SVRMLI IAC011-192215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 412 PM CDT WED JUL 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES IA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA ...BENTON COUNTY AT 4:12PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF DYSART MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWN OF KEYSTONE BY 4:30PM AND VAN HORNE BY 4:40PM. WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH AND HAIL IN EXCESS OF 3/4 INCH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN TAMA COUNTY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! HOLSTEN
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
Local storm report, Jul 19, 12:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT... UPDATED INFORMATION 2NW TIPTON... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1207 PM CDT THU JUL 19 1995 ...PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT FOR WEDNESDAY /JULY 19 1995/... TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE(CDT) ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 450 PM GARRISON IA LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS 66TH 07/19/95 BENTON 555 PM WEST BRANCH IA TREES DOWN... AND DAMAGE TO 07/19/95 CEDAR A BARN AND ANOTHER SHEDS ROOF 605 PM TIPTON IA TREES DOWN 07/19/95 CEDAR 615 PM BENNET IA TREES DOWN 07/19/95 CEDAR ... DELAYED REPORT ... 605 PM 2 1/2MI NW OF TIPTON IA TWO HOG SHEDS DESTROYED 07/19/95 CEDAR HIRSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar | 61 min |
| Jul 19, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.