Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Apr 22, 1989, 9:05 AM CDT (14:05 UTC)

Expired

Apr 22, 1989, 9:30 AM CDT

In force

25 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Kossuth County, IA, Winnebago County, IA

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

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
905 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF IOWA
      NORTHEAST KOSSUTH AND ALL OF WINNEBAGO

AT 900 AM CDT...DES MOINES WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF MASON CITY OR ABOUT 5 MILES
NORTHWWEST OF BUFFALO CENTER IN EXTREME NORTHEAST KOSSUTH COUNTY.

THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS
STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWN OF LAKOTA...BUFFALO CENTER...THOMPSON
AND FOREST CITY.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES
AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS 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.

MYERS

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
520 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1989

AT 520 AM...A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL
IOWA.

THE FIRST STORM WAS NEAR OGDEN IN BOONE COUNTY...ABOUT 40 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR THE TOWN
OF MADRID BETWEEN 530 AND 6 AM.   MADRID IS ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DES MOINES.

THE SECOND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTHWEST OF FORT DODGE.
THIS STORM WAS ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL
BE PASSING THROUGH THE FORT DODGE AREA BY AROUND 530 AM.   BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

HAHN/TRUETT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
645 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1989

AT 627 AM...
AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL IOWA JUST NORTH OF
STORY CITY.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...
HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS.   THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD SOUTHEAST OF NEVADA BY
730 AM.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMVS CONTINUED OVER THE
CENTRAL THIRD OF IOWA.  THIS PRECIPITATION WAS IN A 70 MILE WIDE BAND
THAT WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM OTTUMWA TO WATERLOO TO 40 MILES EAST OF
MASON CITY. THESE SHOWERS WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

DLF

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.