Tornado Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Apr 22, 1989, 10:35 AM CDT (15:35 UTC)

Expired

Apr 22, 1989, 10:58 AM CDT

In force

23 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties

County Humboldt County, IA

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1035 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF IOWA
      NORTHERN HUMBOLDT

AT 1030 AM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE IOWA HIGHWAY PARTROL
NEAR THE TOWN OF BODE OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF FORT DODGE.
THE TORNADO WAS HIDDEN BY INTENSE RAINS...SO VISIBILITY IS
NEAR ZERO.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORM COMPLEX WAS SOUTHWARD AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER TOWNS THAT MAY AFFECT ARE HUMBOLDT AND LIVERMORE.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.  IF
NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR.  IF YOU ARE IN A VEHICLE OR MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT AT
ONCE AND TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR IN A DITCH.

MYERS

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
520 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1989

AT 520 AM...A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL
IOWA.

THE FIRST STORM WAS NEAR OGDEN IN BOONE COUNTY...ABOUT 40 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR THE TOWN
OF MADRID BETWEEN 530 AND 6 AM.   MADRID IS ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DES MOINES.

THE SECOND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTHWEST OF FORT DODGE.
THIS STORM WAS ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL
BE PASSING THROUGH THE FORT DODGE AREA BY AROUND 530 AM.   BRIEF HEAVY
RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

HAHN/TRUETT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
645 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1989

AT 627 AM...
AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL IOWA JUST NORTH OF
STORY CITY.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...
HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS.   THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD SOUTHEAST OF NEVADA BY
730 AM.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMVS CONTINUED OVER THE
CENTRAL THIRD OF IOWA.  THIS PRECIPITATION WAS IN A 70 MILE WIDE BAND
THAT WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM OTTUMWA TO WATERLOO TO 40 MILES EAST OF
MASON CITY. THESE SHOWERS WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

DLF

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.