Tornado Warning 10, NWS Des Moines, IA

SPECIAL IOWA DROUGHT STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
905 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 1988

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER CONTINUED ACROSS IOWA DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS.
HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY RANGED FROM THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S IN THE
EXTREME NORTH AND WEST TO THE MIDDLE 90S ELSEWHERE.  NO RECORD HIGHS
WERE REPORTED.  OVERNIGHT LOWS WERE IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO LOWER 70S.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTH AND WESTERN COUNTIES
YESTERDAY...LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING.  SUBSTANTIAL RAINS FELL IN
AN AREA BETWEEN OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS...CHEROKEE AND SPIRIT LAKE.

SEVERAL ISOLATED AREAS PICKED UP HEAVIER RAINS.  CHEROKEE IN NORTHWEST
IOWA...RECEIVED A LITTLE UNDER ONE INCH AND FOUR TENTHS /1.39/...SPENCER
IN NORTHWEST IOWA...PICKED UP A AROUND AN INCH /.97/...AND HAMBURG IN
EXTREME SOUTHWEST IOWA REPORTED EIGHT TENTHS /.80/.  OVERALL...RAINFALL
AMOUNTS RANGED FROM LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH IN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL IOWA...TO OVER THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OVER THE NORTHWEST
THIRD OF THE STATE.
WARM AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH
HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 80S AND LOWER 90S.   SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL LINGER OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN COUNTIES TODAY...AND BEGIN
TO SPREAD OR DEVELOP FURTHER INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA LATER
THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.  SUBSTANIAL RAINS WILL BE SPOTTY.

THE FORECAST FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR IOWA INDICATES A
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY WITH PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH NEAR SEASONAL TEMPERATURES.

THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK CALLS FOR TEMPERATURES TO AVERAGE
ABOVE NORMAL...WITH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL.

MCQUIRTER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1148 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 1988

AT 1135 AM...A SMALL CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED
10 TO 20 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES AROUND THE CITIES
OF INDIANOLA AND MELCHER. DUE TO THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS
VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

A 70 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM THE
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST CORNERS OF THE STATE. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS
WERE LOCATED 35 TO 40 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM OMAHA/COUNCIL
BLUFFS NORTHEAST TO DECORAH. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS BAND WERE
(LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS AND 45 MILES NORTHEAST
OF WATERLOO NEAR POSTVILLE.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

BARLOW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1245 PM CDT SAT JUL 9 1988

AT 1235 PM...AN 80 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL INTO NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN
A 30 MILE WIDE BAND FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES NORTHEAST
TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERLOO...NEAR VINTON. VERY HEAVY RAIN
...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COUNTIES OF THE STATE.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20g MILES AN HOUR.

BARLOW