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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 26, 1990Dallas County, Guthrie County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1990, 7:15 PM CDT for Dallas County, Guthrie County, Iowa. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 26, 1990, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1990, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dallas County, IA, Guthrie 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 7:45 PM CDTHail 2.5Guthrie, 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 nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDSM 270017
SVRDSM
IAC049-077-270045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
715 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN CENTRAL IOWA
          ...WESTERN DALLAS
IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA
          ...EASTERN GUTHRIE
 
AT 710 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EAST OF GUTHRIE ON THE
GUTHRIE/DALLAS COUNTY BORDER...30 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES. 1 INCH
HAIL WAS REPORTED 2 MILES EAST OF PANORA. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
CITIES TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE LINDEN...REDFIELD...DEXTER
AND STUART.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  H:EAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
KS/ELLIS

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, Jun 26, 3:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA
340 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 1990

AT 333 PM...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING OVER
NORTH CENTRAL IOWA.  THIUS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS SOUTHWEST OF
MASON CITY NEAR BELMOND.  IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL
IS LIKELY.

THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR...MOVING BETWEEN BELMOND
AND HAMPTON BY 4 PM.

KS
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
IAZ002-003-007-262200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER UPDATE FOR NORTHEAST IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
420 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 1990

AT 415 PM CDT...THE ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NOW 30 MILES SOUTH
OF MASON CITY BETWEEN HAMPTON AND DOWS. VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL
HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM AS IT MOVES TO
THE SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WILL PUT IT IN THE IOWA FALLS
AREA BY 445 PM CDT.

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA
439 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 1990

AT 431 PM...AN ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED IN NORTH CENTRAL
IOWA...ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMPTON OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MASON CITY.  THE STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...HAIL AND WIND TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.  IT SHOULD BE IN THE IOWA
FALLS AREA BY 5PM.

OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING  FROM
45 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES...TO 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASON CITY.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
IAZALL-270000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA
540 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 1990

AT 531 PM...AN ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED IN NORTH CENTRAL
IOWA...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF STORY CITY...OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH
OF DES MOINES.  THE STORM COULD STILL PRODUCE BRIEF...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
HAIL AND WIND TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS CELL WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN
STORY COUNTY BY 615 PM.

OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 40
MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:21 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
IAZ002-003-007-262430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER UPDATE FOR NORTHEAST IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
620 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 1990

AT 610 PM CDT...A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN
NORTHEAST IOWA...ONE IN ALLAMAKEE COUNTY NEAR THE CITIES OF POSTVILLE
AND MONONA...AND ANOTHER IN NORTHERN BREMER AND SOUTHERN CHICKASAW
COUNTIES. THE TOWN OF FREDERIKA IN NORTHERN BREMER COUNTY IS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SOME SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE
THE SKIES WERE PARTLY SUNNY AND TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE UPPER 80S.
THE WINDS WERE FROM THE SOUTH/SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR.

FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS THE SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
...MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 218...ESPESCIALLY IN WESTERN FAYETTE AND
NORTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES WIL%L HOLD IN THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER 80S WHILE THE WINDS CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
COLLAR
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:53 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
IAZALL-270100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA
650 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 1990

AT 647 PM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN PART OF CENTRAL IOWA.
ONE CELL WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY JUST NORTH OF REDFIELD OR
ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES.  THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BRIEF...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL...AND POSSIBLY WIND UP TO 50 MILES
AN HOUR.

OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF DES MOINES...FROM
JUST WEST OF AMES TO SOUTHEAST STORY COUNTY...30 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DES MOINES.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

HUTTON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair27 min
Jun 26, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Adams, Union27 min
Jun 26, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXButler, Grundy35 min
Jun 27, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMitchell53 min
Jun 27, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXFloyd68 min
Jun 27, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJohnson, Linn36 min
Jun 27, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJohnson, Linn32 min
Jun 27, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBremer, Butler61 min
Jun 27, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk66 min
Jun 27, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBenton, Tama52 min
Jun 27, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBenton30 min
Jun 27, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJohnson, Linn33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.