Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Des Moines, IA

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
650 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 1988

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE STORM REPORTS RECEIVED FROM THE LATE MORNING OF
THE 7TH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING OF THE 8TH.

              ...   MAY 7TH   ...

TIME          EVENT

1049 AM CDT   BEE BEE SIZE HAIL IN WEST DES MOINES. /POLK COUNTY/

1050 AM CDT   PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IN WINDSOR HGTS. /POLK
              COUNTY/

1115 AM CDT   PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN ANKENY. /POLK COUNTY/

1129 AM CDT   PEA SIZE HAIL AT HIGHLAND PARK. /POLK COUNTY/

1135 AM CDT   1/2 TO 3/4 INCH DIAMETER 3S OF ANKENY. /POLK COUNTY/

 742 PM CDT   1 TO 2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AT VAIL. /CRAWFORD COUNTY/

 808 PM CDT   MARBLE SIZE HAIL JUST EAST OF DENISON. /CRAWFORD COUNTY/

 826 PM CDT   HAIL (SIZE UNKNOWN) JUST SOUTH OF ULMER. /SAC COUNTY/

 843 PM CDT   TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST SOUTH OF CHARTER OAK SPOTTED
              BY AN OFFICER.  TORNADO WENT BACK INTO THE CLOUDS AT
              848 PM. /CRAWFORD COUNTY/

 903 PM CDT   PEA SIZE HAIL AT PALMER. /POCAHONTAS COUNTY/

 920 PM CDT   MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG THE CLAY/PALO ALTO COUNTY LINE
              JUST SOUTH OF AYRSHIRE.

 925 PM CDT   PEA TO PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AT MAPLE HILL.
              /EMMET COUNTY/

 925 PM CDT   ICE CUBE SIZE HAIL AT ARMSTRONG. /EMMET COUNTY/

 930 PM CDT   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT VAIL. /CRAWFORD COUNTY/

1113 PM CDT   MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT LAURENS. /POCAHONTAS COUNTY/

1159 PM CDT   ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL AT MANILLA. /CRAWFORD COUNTY/

              ...   MAY 8TH   ...

1220 AM CDT   HAIL LARGER THAN MARBLE AT MANILLA. /CRAWFORD COUNTY/

 305 AM CDT   HAIL (SIZE UNKNOWN) AT EARLY. /SAC COUNTY/

 421 AM CDT   MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT FORT DODGE AIRPORT. /WEBSTER COUNTY/

 430 AM CDT   ONE INCH TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT BADGER...5 NORTH OF
              FORT DODGE.  /WEBSTER COUNTY/

 445 AM CDT   MARBLE SIZE HAIL FOR 3 MINUTES AT ROCKWEJLL CITY.
              /CALHOUN COUNTY/

SCHUMACHER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
735 AM CST SUN MAY 8 1988

AT 730 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT
30 MILES WIDE FROM AMES TO MARSHALLTOWN TO NEAR WATERLOO.
HEAVIEST STORM WES NEARING WATERLOO AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT
45 MILES AN HOUR.

PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...STRONG SURFACE WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINS CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OFF THESE STORMS.
JOHNSON