Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

May 8, 1988, 12:02 AM CDT (05:02 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 1988, 12:45 AM CDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties

County Crawford County, IA

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

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

In the hours before

RADAR SUMMARY...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
905 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 1988

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
WESTERN IOWA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THIS SATURDAY EVENING.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST
IOWA.  AT 9 PM THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM DENNISON
TO 20 MILES WEST OF FORT DODGE.  THE HEAVIEST OF THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED JUST WEST OF DENNISON...5 MILES SOUTH OF IDA GROVE...NEAR
SAC CITY AND 20 MILES WEST OF FORT DODGE NEAR GILMORE CITY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.  THEY
ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS.

BRUCE/FERRY4

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.