Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1986, 9:48 PM CDT for Guthrie County, Iowa. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 1986, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1986, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Guthrie County, IA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
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, Jul 28, 5:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 535 PM CDT MON JUL 28 1986 ..A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WESTERN IOWA UNTIL 11 PM.. AT 530 PM CDT..NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN IOWA..HOWEVER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA..NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR A"ND SHOULD BE ENTERING NORTHWEST IOWA AROUND 7 PM THIS EVENING. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 8:53 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clay | 63 min |
| Jul 28, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clay | 32 min |
| Jul 28, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Buena Vista, Pocahontas | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Buena Vista | 48 min |
| Jul 28, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas, Webster | 64 min |
| Jul 28, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Crawford | 20 min |
| Jul 28, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Greene | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford | 56 min |
| Jul 28, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Hamilton | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk, Story | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Polk | 53 min |
| Jul 28, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Monroe | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair | 98 min |
| Jul 28, 11:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adair, Union | 97 min |
| Jul 28, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Keokuk, Wapello | 43 min |
| Jul 28, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis | 43 min |
| Jul 29, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jefferson, Van Buren | 50 min |
| Jul 29, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur, Wayne | 55 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.