Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Des Moines, IA

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

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF IOWA UNTIL 10 PM...

AT 305 PM...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY AND
POSSIBLY SOME HAIL WAS LOCATED ALONG THE IOWA/MINNESOTA BORDER
20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASON CITY...NEAR NORTHWOOD. THIS STORM
WAS PART OF A SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL
IOWA...LOCATED FROM FORREST CITY OR 10 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
MASON CITY NORTHEAST TO JUST NORTH OF OSAGE. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

OVER THE REST OF IOWA SKIES WERE CLOUDY...EXCEPT THE FAR EAST CENTRAL
AND FAR NORTHWEST COUNTIES WHERE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WERE
REPORTED.

THE OUTLOOK THROUGH 5PM IS FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND STORMS
ALONG A COLD FRONT...THAT WAS SITUATED FROM SPENCER IN NORTHWErST
IOWA SOUTHWEST TO OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS.

BARLOW

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

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF IOWA UNTIL 10 PM...

AT 325 PM...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY AND
POSSIBLY SOME HAIL WERE LOCATED ALONG THE IOWA/MINNESOTA BORDER
OR JUST NORTH OF THE BORDER...FROM NORTH OF MASON CITY TO NORTH
OF OSAGE 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASON CITY.  THESE STORMS WERE
PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE IN SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR.

MG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND IOWA SHORT RANGE WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
415 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF IOWA UNTIL 10 PM...

AT 405 PM...ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE IN THE NORTHERN PART
OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...OTHERWISE THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE IN
NORTH CENTRAL IOWA MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.

SKIES WERE CLOUDY OVER MOST OF THE STATE...EXCEPT FOR PARTS OF WEST
CENTAL AND SOUTHWEST IOWA WHERE SKIES WERE PARTLY CLOUDY.  TEMPERATURES
RANGED FROM THE LOWER 70S IN THE NORTHEAST TO AROUND 90 IN THE
SOUTHWEST.

WINDS WERE FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR IN THE
NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE AND SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MILES AN
HOUR OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE.

THE OUTLOOK THROUGH 6PM IS FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND STORMS
ALONG A COLD FRONT...THAT WAS SITUATED FROM SPENCER IN NORTHWEST
IOWA SOUTHWEST TO OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS.

MG

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

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF IOWA UNTIL 10 PM...

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN IOWA SINCE 330PM.

AT 430 PM...THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE IOWA/MINNESOTA
BORDER HAD MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.

ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING  FROM NORTHWEST INTO
NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL IOWA. THE SHOWERS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM  EMMETSBURG...20 MILES EAST OF SPENCER
SOUTHEAST TO TOLEDO...30 MILES SOUTH OF WATERLOO.

MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.

BARLOW/GOODSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
510 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF IOWA UNTIL 10 PM...

AT 505 PM...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAD RAPIDLY DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST
IOWA...NEAR RED OAK OR 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER MNORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA
30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM HUMBOLDT...10 MILES NORTH OF
FORT DODGE EAST TO WATERLOO. MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS WAS NORTHEAST AT
30 MILES AN HOUR.

BARLOW

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

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF IOWA UNTIL 10 PM...

AT 535 PM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA
ALONG THE MONTGOMERY/ADAMS COUNTY LINE ABOUT 15 MILES EAST NORTHEAST
OF RED OAK. VERY HEAVY...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND
LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED AROUND HUMBOLDT AROUND ABOUT
10 MILES NORTH OF FORT DODGE.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY THE CITIES OF CEDAR RAPIDS...WATERLOO AND
MONTEZUMA...50 MILES EAST OF DES MOINES.

THESE SHOWERS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

BARLOW/GOODSON