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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 17, 1987Floyd County, Mitchell County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1987, 12:22 PM CDT for Floyd County, Mitchell County, Iowa. It was in force for 68 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
Jun 17, 1987, 12:22 PM CDT (17:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1987, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Floyd County, IA, Mitchell 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
Jun 17, 1:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Floyd, 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
Jun 17, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPolk35 min
Jun 17, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDecatur44 min
Jun 17, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper35 min
Jun 17, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMarshall34 min
Jun 17, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXButler, Franklin60 min
Jun 17, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXFayette65 min
Jun 17, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBuchanan61 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.