Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Des Moines, IA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
610 PM CDT SUN APR 26 1987

AT 610 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN
AROUND BANCROFT IN KOUSSUTH COUNTY...AROUND 50 MILES TO THE NORTH
WEST OF MASON CITY.

THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE TIKONKA AND SEXTON AREAS OR AROUND 10
MILES TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF ALGONA BETWEEN 615PM AND 645 PM.

STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH SOME SAMLL HAIL MAY
ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.

WEINBRECHT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
624 PM CDT SUN APR 26 1987

AT 620 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST
OF ALGONA IN KOSSUTH COUNTY...AROUND 50 MILES WEST OF MASON CITY.
SHERIFF REPORTS INDICATED THAT HAIL JUST SMALLER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE
OCCURRED IN THE TOWN OF BURT AT 610 PM THIS EVENING.

DURING THE PAST FEW MINUTES...THE STORM WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING.
IT WILL STILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF
40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHWEST HANCOCK COUNTY BY 640 PM THIS EVENING.

SCHUMACHER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
645 PM CDT SUN APR 26 1987

AT 630 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR EMMETSBURG
IN PALO ALTO COUNTGY...AROUND 50 MILES WEST OF MASON CITY.  VERY HEAVY
RAINS...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS TO AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND HAIL
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM.  OTHER STRONG THUNDER-
STORMS WERE LOCATED IN THIS AREA BETWEEN STORM LAKE AND THE MINNESOTA
BORDER NORTH OF MASON CITY.  SHERIFF REPORTS INDICATED THAT HAIL JUST
SMALLER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE OCCURRED IN THE TOWN OF BURT AT 610 PM THIS
EVENING.

A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
IN THE VICINITY OF RATHBUN RESERVOIR.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SCOTT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
745 PM CDT SUN APR 26 1987

AT 730 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL
IOWA ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSHOWERS WERE ALSO LOCATED IN THE REMAINDER OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
AND EXTENDED INTO NORTHWEST IOWA.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE 6 30PM.
NO SEVERE =WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THIS AREA SINCE 6 30PM.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
HAD MOVED INTO NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SCOTT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
805 PM CDT SUN APR 27 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN
IOWA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 755 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN
IN SOUTHEAST WRIGHT COUNTY OR 30 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST OF
FORT DODGE.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS IT
MOVES SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN HAMILTON...NORTHERN HARDIN ANKD SOUTHWEST
FRANKLIN COUNTIES BETWEEN 8 PM AND 845 PM.

AT 745 PM PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL OCCURRED AT CLARION IN WRIGHT COUNTY.

WEINBRECHT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
8 40PM CDT SUN APR 27 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN
IOWA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 845 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN IN NORTH
CENTRAL IOWA ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF AMES.  VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG
GUSTY SURFACE WINDS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM.

THIS CELL WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED
INTO NORTH EAST IOWA.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING IN THE COUNCIL BLUFFS AREA OF
SOUTHWEST IOWA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN
HO~UR.