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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Des Moines, IA

April 27, 1989Adair County, Adams County, Cass County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1989, 10:05 PM CDT for Adair County, Adams County, Cass County, Iowa. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1989, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1989, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Cass County, IA

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 10:19 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70Adams, IA
Apr 27, 10:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Adair, IA

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.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 8:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 9:50 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
945 PM CDT THU APR 27 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN IOWA THIS
THURSDAY EVENING AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED IN IOWA BETWEEN 830PM AND 930 PM.

AT 932 PM CDT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
OVER ABOUT THE WEST ONE HALF OF IOWA.

THE LEADING...OR EAST EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION IN IOWA...EXTENDED
FROM THE IOWA/MISSOURI BORDER 25 MILES WEST OF LAMONI...OR 75 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES....TO 10 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES...TO THE
IOWA/MINNESOTA BORDER NEAR ESTHERVILLE...OR 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SIOUX CITY.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR...WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA OF RAINFALL WAS SHIFTING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MILES AN HOUR.

THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL FROM SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
CAUSE SOME STREET AN3D LOW LYING AREA FLOODING.

BARLOW/MARTIN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDavis, Van Buren22 min
Apr 27, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXVan Buren27 min
Apr 27, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCalhoun, Carroll, Sac61 min
Apr 27, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon, Carroll37 min
Apr 27, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXRinggold, Taylor, Union40 min
Apr 27, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClarke, Madison42 min
Apr 27, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDecatur42 min
Apr 27, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDallas, Polk, Warren40 min
Apr 27, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper, Marion49 min
Apr 27, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXLucas, Monroe48 min
Apr 28, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAppanoose, Monroe44 min
Apr 28, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper, Mahaska, Poweshiek44 min
Apr 28, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMarion44 min
Apr 28, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDavis, Wapello44 min

Nearby

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

Sources

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.