Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jul 28, 1986, 8:51 PM CDT (01:51 UTC)

Expired

Jul 28, 1986, 9:55 PM CDT

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Calhoun County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Webster County, IA

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
851 PM CDT MON JUL 28 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 955 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF

WEST CENTRAL IOWA...CALHOUN AND WEBSTER AND SOUTHEAST POCAHONTAS

AT 849 PM..DES MOINES RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER SOUTHEAST POCAHONTAS COUNTY..JUST SOUTHEAST OF POCAHONTAS OR
ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DODGE.

THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR..AND WILL
BE AFFECTING THE CITIES OF MANSON..CLARE..AND FORT DODGE.

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.

THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING..SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED.

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.

BARLOW/TRUETT

In the hours 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

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

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