Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1986, 12:05 PM CDT for Kossuth County, Iowa. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1986, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1986, 12:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kossuth 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
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDSM 151706
SVRDSM
IAC109-151740-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1205 PM CDT TUE JUL 15 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1240 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
..EXTREME NORTHEAST KOSSUTH.
AT 1159 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA. THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN
NORTH CENTRAL IOWA BY 1205. SOME TOWNS INCLUDED ARE LEDYARD AND
LAKOTA..ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF MASON CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH,
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
SIECZYNSKI/DOWD/OBRIENWhat 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 15, 10:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1035 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 1986 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA UNTIL 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.. AT 1030 AM... THERE WAS NO PRECIPITATION IN IOWA. THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE WITH 30 MILES OF IOWA. HOWEVER..THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL NOT MOVE I NTO IOWA UNTIL 1230 PM. NEW DEVELOPEMENT OF THUNDER STORMS COULD BRING STORMS INTO THE STATE AT AN EARLIER HOUR. OBRIEN
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 11:40 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1135 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 1986 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA UNTIL 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.. AT 1130 AM... THERE WAS NO PRECIPITATION IN IOWA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND THUNDER SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS SHOULD ENTER NORTH CENTRAL IOWA NEAR BUFFALO CENTER ABOUT 1230 PMl. SOME OF THE WEAKER STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH WEST CORNER AROUND NOON. THE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. OBRIEN
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 11:59 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
<PQ< SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1150 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 1986 RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHERN IOWA LATE THIS MORNING. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPED ALONG THE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BORDER ALL THE WAY TO SOUTH DAKOTA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN EXTREME NORTHERN IOWA FROM MASON CITY TOWARD ROCK RAPIDS SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS. REPORTS FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA HAVE INDICATED HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS FROM THESE STORMS. BOATING INTERESTS IN THE GREAT LAKES AREA SHOULD ESPECIALLY BE ALERT FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FORSTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.