Tornado Warning 23, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jul 28, 1986, 11:38 PM CDT (04:38 UTC)

Expired

Jul 29, 1986, 1:15 AM CDT

In force

97 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Adair County, IA, Union County, IA

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

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1138 PM CDT MON JUL 28 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

SOUTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHERN ADAIR  AND NORTHERN UNION

AT 1137 PM...DES MOINES RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN
SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY..ABOUT 40 TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DES MOINES..OR JUST SOUTH OF GREENFIELD.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF CRESTON AND ORIENT.}
IF A TORNADO APPROACHES..TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.  A BASEMENT..
INTERIOR HALLWAY..OR A ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IS THE SAFEST PLACE
IN MOST BUILDINGS.  IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR AN AUTOMOBILE..
LEAVE AT ONCE.  TAKE COVER IN A STORM SHELTER..OR LIE IN A NEARBY
DITCH OR DEPRESSION.

BARLOW/TRUETT

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
845 PM CDT MON JUL 28 1986

A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN
NORTHCENTRAL IOWA.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE THE RESULT
OF OUT RUSHING WINDS FROM THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF SPENCER.

THE BAND OF RAIN EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF MASON CITY..NEAR
ALGONA..TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATERLOO..NEAR ELDORA.  THESE
THUNDERSTRORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

AT THE PRESENT TIME RAIN AND LIGHTNING COULD  OCCUR AS THESE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO HANCOCK..FRANKLIN AND GRUNDY COUNTIES.
HAMILTON

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1005 PM CDT MON JUL 28 1986

..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 422 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A LARGE PORTION
OF NORTHWEST IOWA..

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 423 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR WEST
CENTRAL..CENTRAL..SOUTHWEST AND AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

WATCH NUMBER 422 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST IOWA
AS THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY PASSED THROUGH THE AREA.
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO WREAK HAVOC AS
IT HAS MOVED INTO WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL IOWA.  FOR THOSE
FAMILIAR WITH THE ZONE ALIGNMENT..ZONES 1..4 AND 5 HAVE BEEN
CLEARED OF THE TORNADO WATCH.

REMEMBER..A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN E\FFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR
MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL..CENTRAL..SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

DOWD

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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.