Tornado Warning 11, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Aug 8, 1988, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 1988, 6:45 PM CDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Lucas County, IA, Marion County, IA, Warren 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/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
617 PM CDT MON AUG 8 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF IOWA
      EXTREME SOUTHEAST WARREN...NORTHERN LUCAS...SOUTHWEST
      MARION

RADAR INDICATED A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST LUCAS
COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA.  THIS IS ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF
DES MOINES.

A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR LUCAS AROUND 610 PM CDT.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF LACONA...DALLAS...AND MELCHER SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.  IF
NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SyEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR.  IF YOU ARE IN A VEHICLE OR MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT AT
ONCE AND TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR IN A DITCH.

ADAMS/TRUETT

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.

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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.