Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Des Moines, IA

SPECIA KDSM 201945

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
241 AM CDT WED MAY 20 1987

AT 235 AM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER
THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF IOWAS COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
LOCATED NEAR BEDFORD IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF DES MOINES...ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST IOWA
5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON...STILL ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS
LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF WAPELLO...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE
BURLINTON AREA. GUSTY SURFACE WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...
SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHNING IS
LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OFh A MUCH LARGER AREA SHOWERS AND STORMS
THAT WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN IOWA AND NORTHERN
MISSOURI.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
BARLOW

SPECIA KDSM 202038

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
338 PM CDT WED MAY 20 1987

AT 330 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST IOWA. STRONGEST STORMS WERE
LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF CEDAR RAPIDS...NEAR IOWA CITY...JUST
NORTH OF MUSCATINE...AND NORTH OF BURLINGTON.   ANOTHER STRONG
STORM WAS JUST NORTH OF LAMONI.   SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND...
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A MUCH LARGER AREA SHOWERS AND STORMS
THAT WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN IOWA AND NORTHERN
MISSOURI.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
BARLOW

BRUCE/GOODSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
520 PM CDT WED MAY 20 1987

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR
PARTS OF NORTHEAST, EAST CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA...

AT 520 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT WATERLOO WAS SHOWING
SEVERAL INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...FROM DYSART 25 MILES SOUTH OF WATERLOO
TO WALKER 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERLOO.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS,
AT TIMES IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR,LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING STIKES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT
30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE ENTERING THE WATERLOO,INDEPENDENCE,
REINBECK,HUDSON AND JESUP MET=RO AREAS BETWEEN 545PM AND 630PM CDT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND PEOPLE SHOULD BE
ON THE ALERT
ROBB