Tornado Warning 9, NWS Des Moines, IA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
215 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 1988

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN IOWA UNTIL 400 PM...

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVING INTO THE CEDAR RAPIDS
AND IOWA CITY AREA BETWEEN 215 PM AND 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH SOME

PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT...AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNING
OR STATEMENTS.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE LINE
WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
MCQIRTER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
239 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 1988

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA ARE CLEARED FROM
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 110:

   WINNEBAGO...WORTH...MITCHELL...HANCOCK...CERRO GORDO...AND
   FLOYD.

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OVER NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWEST IOWA ARE CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 108:

   WRIGHT...FRANKLIN...HAMILTON...HARDIN...BOONE...STORY...
   MARSHALL...DALLAS...POLK...JASPER...MADISON...WARREN...
   MARION...ADAIR...ADAMS...TAYLOR...UNION...CLARKE...LUCAS...
   RINGGOLD...DECATUR...WAYNE.

WHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE
CLEARED COUNTIES...THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OF THESE.

TORNADO WATCHES 108...110...AND 111 REMAIN IN EFFECT AT THE
PRESENT TIME FOR ABOUT THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE.

BIKLE

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
255 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 1988

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE STORM REPORTS RECEIVED FROM THE LATE MORNING TO
EARLY AFTERNOON OF THE 8TH.

              ...   MAY 8TH   ...

TIME          EVENT

1100 AM CDT   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 2SE CRESTON. /UNION/

1123 AM CDT   FUNNEL CLOUD SW ST. CHARLES. MARBLE SIZED HAIL. /MADISON/

1136 AM CDT   PEA SIZE HAIL IN ST. MARY. /WARREN/

1145 AM CDT   MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT NORWALK. /WARREN/
1146 AM CDT   DIME SIZE HAIL 6 MILES SOUTH OF NORWALK. /WARREN/

1156 AM CDT   POSSIBLE FUNNEL EAST OF HARTFORD. /WARREN/

1200 PM CDT   3/4 INCH HAIL AT CARLISLE. /WARREN/

1200 PM CDT   3/4 INCH HAIL AT INDIANOLA. /WARREN/

1204 PM CDT   MARBLE SIZED HAIL 2 MILES NORTH OF RUNNELS.  ALSO 30
              TO 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS. /POLK/

1220 PM CDT   PEANUT SIZED HAIL AT ROCKWELL. /CALHOUN/

1228 PM CDT   3/4 INCH HAIL 5 MILES NORTHWEST NEWTON. /JASPER/

1230 PM CDT   ONE INCH HAIL 5 MILES NORTHWEST NEWTON. /JASPER/

1230 PM CDT   PEA SIZED HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AT BAXTER AND
              MELBOURNE. /MARSHALL

1230 PM CDT   PEA SIZED HAIL AT INDIANOLA. /WARREN/

 130 PM CDT   PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AT PELLA. /MARION/

 130 PM CDT   PUBLIC REPORT OF TORNADO BLOWING DOWN BARN AT LAMONI.
               /DECATUR/

 150 PM CDT   PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL COVERING GROUND AT GARRISON
              AND NEAR KEYSTONE. /BENTON/

 150 PM CDT   3 HOUSES DAMAGED...1 SERIOUSLY...NE EDGE OF CENTERVILLE.
               /APANOOSE/

 158 PM CDT   TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF GIBSON./ KEOKUL/

 205 PM CDT   TORNADO ON THE GROUND 3 MILES NORTHEAST BLOOMFIELD.
              TORNADO AT LAKE KEOMA'H.

 206 PM CDT   TORNADO 1 MILE EAST OSKALOOSA. /MAHASKA/

 207 PM CDT   FUNNEL CLOUDS AT PELLA. /MARION/