Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Des Moines, IA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER UPDATE FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
509 PM CDT MON JUL 9 1990

AT 502 PM...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAD RAPIDLY DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST
IOWA...JUST NORTH OF BEDFORD OR 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES.  THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF...VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...
GUSTY WIND TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH AND
WEST OF A LINE...FROM SIOUX CITY...TO WATERLOO...TO DES MOINES...TO
NEAR OTTUMWA...TO NEAR LAMONI.  THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS ABOUT
12 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANOLA...OR 25 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES.  BRIEFF...
HEAVY RAIN...WIND TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

HUTTON

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
554 PM CDT MON JUL 9 1990

AT 530 PM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...FROM 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAMONI...TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS.  SOME OF
STORMS IN THIS AREA ARE CAPABLE OF BRIEF...EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL
...WIND GREATER THAN 50 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.

OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM SIOUX CITY...TO WATERLOO...TO OTTUMWA...TO LAMONI.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...
EXCEPT IN THE SOUTHWEST WHERE THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING NORTH AT zABOUT 10
TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.

HUTTON

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER UPDATE FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
615 PM CDT MON JUL 9 1990

AT 605 PM...SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER
WESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY AND WESTERN DECATUR COUNTY...NEAR MOUNT AYR
AND DIAGONAL...AND 15 MILES NORTH OF LEON.  THESE COMMUNITIES ARE 50
TO 60 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...LARGE HAIL...WIND
UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE WITH THESE EXTREMELY STRONG STORMS.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR AND PERSONS IN
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER REPORTS AND SEEK
IMMEDIATE SHELTER.

ALSO...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL
...NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST IOWA.  THESE SHOWERS WERE
GENERALLY SOUTH OF A SIOUX CITY TO WATERLOO LINE AND WERE MOVING
EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
647 PM CDT MON JUL 9 1990

AT 631 PM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN DECATUR COUNTY...
FROM THE LAMONI AREA TO 10 MILES NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF LEON...50 MILES
SOUTH OF DES MOINES.  CONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED NEAR THE
TOWN OF KELLERON IN EXTREME EASTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY...60 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...LARGE HAIL...WIND
OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE
URGED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.

ALSO...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL IOWA...FROM EAST OF SIOUX CITY TO THE STORY CITY AREA.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

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