Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Des Moines, IA

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.

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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

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

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

AT 635 PM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. OVER NORTH CENTRAL IOWA THE STORM WAS LOCATED
ABOUT 60 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES...NEAR WEBSTER CITY. IN SOUTHWEST
IOWA AN INTENSE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DES MOINES NEAR CRESTON.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES
NEAR GREENFIELD. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DES MOINES...OR JUST NORTH OF BEDFORD.

OVER NORTH CENTRAL A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF MASON
CITY.

ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST IOWA BETWEEN WATERLOO
AND DUBUQUE.

MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35
MILES AN HOUR.

BARLOW/GOODSON

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

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

AT 735 PM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL
IOWA. OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA A COMPLEX OF OF VERY STRONG STORMS
WAS CENTERED ALONG THE RINGOLD...DECATUR...UNION AND CLARKE COUNTY
LINES. THE STRONGEST CELL IN THIS AREA WAS LOCATED 55 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF DES MOINES OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF MT AYR.

ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING FROM CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST
IOWA. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
DES MOINES...OR 15 MILES WEST OF MARSHALLTOWN.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EASnT AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

BARLOW/GOODSON