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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 28, 1990Calhoun County, Webster County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1990, 2:52 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Webster County, Iowa. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1990, 2:52 AM CDT (07:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1990, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Calhoun County, IA, Webster County, IA

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 1990-06-28Temperature 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 1990-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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

Local storm report, Jun 27, 11:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
1149 PM CDT WED JUN 27 1990

...SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FOR JUNE 27 1990...

TIME OF OCCURRENCE IN CDT               EVENT AND LOCATION

240 PM     MITCHELL CO...    GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN OSAGE WITH BROKEN WINDOWS
                             AND A DOWNED TREE.
240 PM     BUTLER CO...      45 TO 50 MPH WINDS NEAR CLARKSVILLE.
314 PM     BREMER CO...      UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED SOUTH OF
                             TRIPOLI.
327 PM     BREMER CO...      TRIPOLI FIRE DEPT. RECEIVED AN UNCONFIRMED
                             REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD
421 PM     BLACK HAWK CO...  40 TO 50 MPH WINDS AND 3/4 INCH HAIL AT
                             GILBERTVILLE.
430 PM     BLACK HAWK CO...  3/4 INCH HAIL AT RAYMOND.
430 PM     BREMER CO...      LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN TRIPOLI
                             AND 2 TRAILER HOMES DESTROYED AT THE
                             TRIPOLI TRAILER COURT.
430 PM     BLACK HAWK CO...  UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED FROM A
                             TRAILER SOUTH OF WATERLOO ON ELK RUN ROAD.
                             GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL EAST OF WATERLOO AND
                             NEAR IBP PLANT EAST OF WATERLOO.
440 PM     BLACK HAWK CO...  WATER OVER SOME ROADS IN DUNKERTON.
445 PM     BLACK HAWK CO...  UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF A FUNNEL TOUCHDOWN
                             BETWEEN GILBERTVILLE AND ELK
 RUN HEIGHTS.
503 PM     BUCHANAN CO...    OLD HIGHWAY 20 ROAD FLOODED.

COLLAR
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:17 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
IAZALL-280630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA
1215 AM CDT THU JUN 28 1990

AT 1209 AM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR ROCK RAPIDS
IN NORTHWEST IOWA...OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY.  THIS STORM
IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE AND DAMAGING HAIL
ALONG WITH DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 65 MILES AN HOUR.  THE STORM WILL
LIKELY MOVE INTO THE SIOUX CENTER AND /HULL AREAS BY 1240AM.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
IAZALL-280630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED...1ST LINE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA
1215 AM CDT THU JUN 28 1990

AT 1209 AM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR ROCK VALLEY
IN NORTHWEST IOWA...OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY.  THIS STORM
IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE AND DAMAGING HAIL
ALONG WITH DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 65 MILES AN HOUR.  THE STORM WILL
LIKELY MOVE3 INTO THE SIOUX CENTER AND HULL AREAS BY 1240AM.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

...CORRECTED...SHOULD BE ROCK VALLEY AND NOT ROCK RAPIDS...

HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 12:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
IAZALL-280700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA
1244 AM CDT THU JUN 28 1990

AT 1229 AM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL SIOUX
COUNTY...NEAR HULL AND SIOUX CENTER OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX
CITY.  THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...
LARGE AND DAMAGING HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 65 MILES AN HOUR.
IN ADDITION...NEARLY CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING HAS BEEN REPORTED.  THIS
CELL IS LIKELY TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST CHEROKEE COUNTY BY 120 AM.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR ESTHERVILLE AND NEAR SIBLEY...
ALL IN FAR NORTHWESTERN IOWA.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED IN FAR NORTHEAST IOWA.
THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUBUQUE...TO
NEAR DECORAH...OR ABOUT 55 MILES EAST OF MASON CITY.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHEAST WERE MOVING EAST AT 25
MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE STORMS IN THDE NORTHWEST WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
IAZALL-280730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA
149 AM CDT THU JUN 28 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 5AM...

AT 126 AM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHWEST IOWA...
FROM NEAR SPENCER...TO CHEROKEE TO NEAR LE MARS...OR ABOUT 20 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY.  THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY PRODUCING EXTREMELY
HEAVY RAIN...LARGE AND DAMAGING HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 65
MILES AN HOUR.  LOW LYING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE STORM LAKE AREA AND EASTERN CLAY
COUNTY BY 115 AM.

ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHWEST SIOUX COUNTY...ABOUT 45
MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY.  THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.

THE THUNDESTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:39 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
IAZALL-280830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA
236 AM CDT THU JUN 28 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 5AM...

AT 225 AM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHWEST IOWA...
FROM JUST WEST OF EMMETSBURG...OR ABOUT 70 MILES WEST OF MASON CITY...
TO CENTRAL POCOHONTAS COUNTY...TO 10 MILES NORTH OF IDA GROVE...OR
ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF SIOUX CITY.  THESE STORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND IN
EXCESS OF 65 MILES AN HOUR.  EARLIER TONIGHT...AN OBSERVER IN SHELDON
REPORTED 1.90 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH.
LOW LYING AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING WITH THE HEAVY RAINS.

OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE
STATE...ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST AND 45 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

HUTTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClay63 min
Jun 28, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBuena Vista68 min
Jun 28, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPocahontas67 min
Jun 28, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCalhoun, Sac64 min
Jun 28, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPalo Alto64 min
Jun 28, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHumboldt66 min
Jun 28, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCarroll, Greene52 min
Jun 28, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDallas35 min
Jun 28, 7:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMonroe32 min
Jun 28, 10:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXEmmet43 min
Jun 28, 11:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXKossuth43 min
Jun 28, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHancock, Winnebago50 min
Jun 28, 11:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXKossuth32 min
Jun 28, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWright30 min
Jun 28, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCerro Gordo, Franklin51 min
Jun 28, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXButler51 min
Jun 28, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXFranklin26 min
Jun 28, 1:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHardin36 min
Jun 28, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGrundy54 min
Jun 28, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk48 min
Jun 28, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHardin31 min
Jun 28, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMarshall, Tama30 min
Jun 28, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBenton47 min
Jun 28, 2:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPoweshiek, Tama37 min
Jun 28, 2:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXIowa39 min
Jun 28, 2:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXBenton23 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.