Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Des Moines, IA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
145 PM CDT WED APR 26 1989

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR KOSSUTH AND
POCAHONTAS COUNTIES...AS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED
EAST OF THOSE AREAS.

AT 145 PM...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR THE MASON CITY AREA.
HOWEVER...RADAR IS INDICATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
THIS CLUSTER...TO AROUND FORT DODGE..TO JUST SOUTHEAS3T OF ROCKWELL
CITY.  THEREFORE...THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA SEEMS TO BE INCREASING.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
IOWA UNTIL 7 PM.

TRUETT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
210 PM CDT WED APR 26 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING FOR A LARGE PORTION OF IOWA...

AT 204 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
...ALSO HAD DEVELOPED IN PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL IOWA.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MASON CITY TO HAMPTON
OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...WHILE OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED
BETWEEN FORT DODGE AND ROCKWELL CITY OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL IOWA.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST
AfT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MUCH OF NORTH
CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR.

GOODSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
245 PM CDT WED APR 26 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING FOR A LARGE PORTION OF IOWA...

AT 227 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
IOWA...LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF MASON CITY NEAR RUDD TO 35 MILES SOUTH
OF MASON CITY NEAR HAMPTON.  THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
1/4 INCH HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY
MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A 30 MILE
WIDE AREA THAT EXTENDED FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES NEAR
LAKE CITY OF WEST CENTRAL IOWA TO CRESCO OF NORTHEAST IOWA.
THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

GOODSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
245 PM CDT WED APR 26 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING FOR A LARGE PORTION OF IOWA...

AT 227 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
IOWA...LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF MASON CITY NEAR RUDD TO 35 MILES SOUTH
OF MASON CITY NEAR HAMPTON.  THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
1/4 INCH HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY
MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A 30 MILE
WIDE AREA THAT EXTENDED FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES NEAR
LAKE CITY OF WEST CENTRAL IOWA TO CRESCO OF NORTHEAST IOWA.
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR.
GOODSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
305 PM CDT WED APR 26 1989

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CALHOUN
COUNTY...AS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST OF THAT AREA.

AT 300 PM...A LINE OF STORMS STRETCHED FROM NORTHEAST IOWA NEAR DECORAH
...THROUGH THE WATERLOO AREA...TO AROUND BOONE.  FURTHER
INTENSIFICATION OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG...ESPECIALLY IN
CENTRAL IOWA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
IOWA UNTIL 7 PM.

TRUETT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
340 PM CDT WED APR 26 1989

AT 335 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED THROUGH BLACKHAWK AND
BUCHANAN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST IOWA.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH BUT DEVELOPING SOUTH INTO TAMA..BENTON AND LINN COUNTIES.

WITHIN THE NEXT 45 MINUTES...THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO EAST
CENTRAL IOWA COUNTIES.  IN AN AREA FROM NEAR TRAER...TO DYSART...MT.
AUBURN...VINTON...URBANA...CENTER POINT...CENTRAL CITY AND MIDWAY
TO THE CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS...EXPECT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.  WHILE
THE STORMS DO NOT PRESENTLY APPEAR TO BE SEVERE...THESE DID PRODUCE
SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS AROUND WATERLOO AT ABOUT 300 PM.

THE STORMS MAY RE-INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE ALERT FOR WORSENING
CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AT THESE MOVE INTO THE AREA.

DOWD