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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Des Moines, IA

September 14, 1987Hamilton County, Wright County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 1987, 5:21 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Wright County, Iowa. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 1987, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 1987, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hamilton County, IA, Wright County, IA

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 14, 6:15 PM CDTHail 1Hamilton, IA

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.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDickinson42 min
Sep 14, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCerro Gordo40 min
Sep 14, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClay50 min
Sep 14, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXKossuth48 min
Sep 14, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXEmmet52 min
Sep 14, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDickinson50 min
Sep 14, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBuena Vista, Clay, Pocahontas21 min
Sep 14, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPocahontas42 min
Sep 14, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPocahontas, Webster35 min
Sep 14, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBenton, Linn40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

Sources

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.