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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1989, 8:30 PM CDT for Floyd County, Howard County, Iowa. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report 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
- May 24, 1989, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1989, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Floyd County, IA, Howard 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Howard, 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, May 24, 7:48 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
750 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989
...PORTIONS OF TORNADO WATCH DISCONTINUED...
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE TORNADO WATCH...
CARROLL...GREENE...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE...CASS...ADAIR.
CORBETTSpecial weather statement, May 24, 8:27 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hardin, Story | 39 min |
| May 24, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Decatur | 67 min |
| May 24, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke | 58 min |
| May 24, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 26 min |
| May 24, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mitchell | 50 min |
| May 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marshall | 45 min |
| May 24, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Poweshiek, Tama | 50 min |
| May 24, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne | 59 min |
| May 24, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Winneshiek | 29 min |
| May 24, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Benton, Iowa | 56 min |
| May 24, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis | 68 min |
| May 24, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 23 min |
| May 24, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Johnson, Linn | 66 min |
| May 24, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Iowa | 27 min |
| May 24, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Washington | 46 min |
| May 24, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Johnson | 32 min |
| May 24, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Johnson, Washington | 23 min |
Nearby
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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.