Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1986, 5:14 AM CDT for Dallas County, Polk County, Iowa. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1986, 5:14 AM CDT (10:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1986, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dallas County, IA, Polk County, IA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 337 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
- 2615 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1293 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDSM 291016 SVRDSM IAC153-049-291100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 514 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF CENTRAL IOWA...POLK AND NORTHEAST DALLAS AT 510 AM CDT..RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH..LARGE HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING..AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IMMEDIATELY. / IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. IF SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED..PLEASE ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BIKLE
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, Jun 28, 11:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1140 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1986 ..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3AM FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA.. AT 1130 PM..NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN IOWA. HOWEVER.. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA. THE AREA IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUDUBON TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ADAIR. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF ADAIR..OR ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES. A SHOWER WAS ALSO LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAS[T AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SCOTT
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 145 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 1986 ..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3AM FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA.. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED IN IOWA BETWEEN 1245 AND 145 AM AT 134 AM CDT... A 25 MILE WIDE AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL IOWA SOUTHEAST IOWA. THEY EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT DODGE..TSO JUST NORTH OF OTTUMWA. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCHUMACHER
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 241 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 1986 ..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3AM FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA.. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED IN IOWA BETWEEN 145 AND 240 AM AT 234 AM CDT... A NARROW BAND OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHWEST INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA. THE BAND WAS ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY..TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES..TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF OTTUMWA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY PASS OVERHEAD. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR ANsD WERE INCREASING IN INTENSITY. \ SCHUMACHER
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
>PQ> SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 307 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 1986 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA EXPIRED AT 3 AM CDT...AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED AT THIS TIME. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AT VARIOUS POINTS ACROSS THE STATE FORE THE REST OF THIS MORNING BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT NO LONGER APPEARS LIKELY..AT LEAST FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY. ELLINGSON
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 339 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 1986 AT 334 AM CDT... A 20 MILE WIDE AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH- WEST INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM CHEROKEE..TO DES MOINES..TO NEAR OTTUMWA. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTENING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN DES MOINES AND JEFFERSON.. 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LOCAL LOWLAND FLOODING IN THESE AREAS DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. SCHUMACHER
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:42 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 440 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 1986 AT 434 AM CDT... INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL IOWA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES..AND BETWEEN FORT DODGE AND REDFIELD. THE LATER IS 25 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME PEA SIZE HAIL. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST..THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL..AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA. THEY WERE IN A 60 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY TO OTTUMWA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THERE WAS LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY..BUT AREAL COVERAGE WAS INCREASING. SCHUMACHER
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.