Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Des Moines, IA

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

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.

CORBETT

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

      ...PORTIONS OF TORNADO WATCH DISCONTINUED...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE TORNADO WATCH...
MONTGOMERY...ADAMS...FREMONT...PAGE...TAYLOR.

CORBETT

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

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

AT 835 PM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN TWO GENERAL
AREA. THE FIRST AREA WAS AN ELONGATED COMPLEX OF STORMS OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...FROM ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
DES MOINES NEAR CHARITON SOUTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF LAMONI. THE
SECOND AREA EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST IOWA...FROM 30
MILES EAST OF DES MOINES NEAR NEWTON NORTHEAST TO 5 MILES SOUTH
OF WATERLOO. ANOTHER INTENSE STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF
WATERLOO.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE BAND OF STORMS THAT WAS ABOUT 60
MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM LAMONI...IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA TO THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE...NORTH OF DECORAH. THIS AREA EXTENDED
INTO ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 M"ILES AN HOUR OVER THE
NORTHEAST COUNTIES AND OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL COUNTIES
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

BARLOW/GOODSON