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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Des Moines, IA

May 20, 1987Union County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 1987, 3:27 PM CDT for Union County, Iowa. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 1987, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 1987, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Whole counties

County Union County, IA

The radar

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

The text

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

What 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, May 20, 2:45 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Guthrie	35 min
May 19, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur	66 min
May 19, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Ringgold	46 min
May 20, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur	30 min
May 20, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Linn	41 min
May 20, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Mahaska	41 min
May 20, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	20 min
May 20, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Bremer	40 min
May 20, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Bremer	60 min
May 20, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Tama	19 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1987 Every 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.