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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Des Moines, IA

April 29, 1986Tama County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1986, 5:23 PM CDT for Tama County, Iowa. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 1986, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 1986, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Whole counties

County Tama 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, Apr 29, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:42 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Greene	27 min
Apr 29, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Marshall	39 min
Apr 29, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Benton, Iowa	32 min
Apr 29, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Linn	35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1986 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

Sources

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