Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Des Moines, IA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
940 PM CST THU APR 24 1986

AT 915 PM..MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT WINTERSET.
AT 920 PM..SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST SOUTHEAST OF INDIANOLA.

AT 935 PM..
A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED 20
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES NEAR WINTERSET.  ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST
O"F DES MOINES BETWEEN INDIANOLA AND MELCHER.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.AND SHOULD BE MOVING
INTO THE KNOXVILLE AREA BY 1015 PM.

THERE HAS BEEN NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.

BARLOW/MCQUIRTER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
1110 PM CST THU MAR 24 1986

..THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA..

AT 1100 PM..WATERLOO RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTHCENTRAL IOWA.  THE BAND
EXTENDED FROM NEW HAMPTON..35 NORTH OF WATERLOO..TO FORT DODGE.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WRIGHT AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES..
BETWEEN SHEFFIELD..20 MILES SOUTH OF MASON CITY..TO EAGLE GROVE WHICH
IS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DODGE.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE
BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH
SOUTH CERRO GORDO..NORTH FRANKLIN AND FLOYD COUNTIEbS BETWEEN 1100 PM
AND MIDNIGHT.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
HAMILTON

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1120 PM CST THU APR 24 1986

TIME             REPORT

1018 PM CST      1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE
                 IN INdDIANOLA.  HAIL LASTED 2 MINUTES.

1110 PM CST      DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT NEW VIRGINIA.

SCHUMACHER

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1205 AM CST FRI APR 25 1986

TIME             REPORT

1156 PM CST      3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL REPORTED BY SHERIFF IN
                 MARION COUNTY..1 MILE NORTH OF COLUMBIA.

SCHUMACHER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
1200 AM CST FRI MAR 25 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA..

AT MIDNIGHT..A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN NORTHCENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST IOWA.  THE BAND EXTENDED FROM NEAR NEW HAMPTON..30 MILES
NORTH OF WATERLOO TO CLARION..30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN FRANKLIN AND FLOYD COUNTIES..
BETWEEN SHEFFIELD..20 MILES SOUTH OF MASON CITY..TO CHARLES CITY WHICH
IS 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MASON CITY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE AND WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL.

PERSONS IN FLOYD AND NORTH CHICKASAW COUNTIES WILL EXPERIENCE THESE
STORMS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 100 AM.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
HAMILTON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1250 AM CST FRI APR 25 1986

AT 1235 AM..
A THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLELY SOME
SMALL HAIL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA.  THE STORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES.  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR.  THE STORM WILL BE PASSING JUST NEAR OSKALOOSA BY 1 AM.
PEOPLE IN AND NEAR OSKALOOSA CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL
FROM THIS STORM.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER CENTRAL IOWA JUST NORTHEAST
OF INDIANOLA.  A THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OVER NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MASON CITY. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST
AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

FERRY