Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Des Moines, IA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
140 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 309 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THESE
COUNTIES IN NORTH AND NORTHWEST IOWA...

KOSSUTH...CALHOUN...SAC

CORBETT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
147 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TILL 3AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR A LARGE
PART OF THE WESTERN HALF OF IOWA...

AT 125 AM...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MARBLE SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS...
AND 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS WERE INDICATED OVER WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL
...AND NORTHEAST IOWA.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STRONG STORMS WAS
FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS...NEAR MANILLA...TO 5 MILES
NORTH OF DES MOINES...TO THE NEWTON AREA...30 MILES EAST OF DES MOINES.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

ALSO...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER A
LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
SPREADING INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA.  THESE SHOWERS WERE GENERALLY NORTH
OF A LINE FROM AUDUBON...60 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES...TO DES MOINES
...TO THE IOWA CITY AREA.

THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

DM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
150 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING THE DES MOINES METRO AREA...

AT 150 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE DES MOINES
METRO AREA BETWEEN 200 AM AND 230 AM THIS MORNING.

HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL
IOWA UNTIL 300 AM THIS MORNING.

MCQUIRTER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
155 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS AREA...

AT 155 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING INTO THE WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS METROPOLITAN AREA. THESE
STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT
WAS MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM HAMPTON TO CHARLES CITY AND ON
TO DECORAH.

HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 20 TO 30 MPH.

HEITKAMP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
248 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TILL 3AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR A LARGE
PART OF THE WESTERN HALF OF IOWA...AND FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN IOWA
UNTIL 7 AM...

AT 225 AM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEA TO MABLE SIZE HAIL...
HEAVY RAINS...AND DAMAGING WINDS WERE INDICATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA.
THE AREA OF STRONG STORMS WAS IN A 25 TO 30 MILE WIDE BAND...THE
LEADING EDGE EXTENDING FROM GUTHRIE CENTER...45 MILES WEST OF DES
MOINES...TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES...TO THE OSKALOOSA VICINITY...
50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

ALSO...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER A
LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR
STORM LAKE TO THE OLWEIN AREA...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERLOO.

THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

DM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
300 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...STRONG WINDS AT THE WATERLOO AIRPORT...

AT 250 AM CDT STRONG WINDS UP TO 55 MPH WERE OCCURRING AT THE
AIRPORT IN WATERLOO.  THESE WINDS ARE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA AT THE PRESENT
TIME.

PEOPLE IN THE COUNTIES OF BLACK HAWK...BUCHANAN...AND DELAWARE
SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THESE STRONG WINDS A&S THEY COULD
CAUSE SOME MINOR DAMAGE.

HEITKAMP