Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Aug 8, 1988, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 1988, 6:30 PM CDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties

County Lucas County, IA

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

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
558 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF IOWA
      NORTHERN LUCAS

RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME EAST CENTRAL
LUCAS COUNTY...THIS IS ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES.

TOWNS AFFECTED INCLUDE...LUCAS...CHARITON...AND WILLIAMSON.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES
AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL...DaANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOU HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

ADAMS/FERRY

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
547 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF IOWA
   UNTIL 9 PM...

AT 530 PM CDT...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER SOUTHEAST
IOWA 30 MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR RAPIDS.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.  BY 630 PM THIS STORM SHOULD BE LOCATED 30 MILES
EAST OF CEDAR RAPIDS NEAR TIPTON.  THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG
WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
MIDWAY BETWEEN CRESTON AND LAMONI. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE JUST EAST OF OSCEOLA BY 630 PM.  LARGE
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF A LINE
FROM CRESTON TO DUBUQUE.  A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS
WAS INDICATEDB FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST THROUGH 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DES MOINES.  ALL OF THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.