Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Des Moines, IA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
445 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 1990

AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTHWEST IOWA.  AT 428 AM...
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT DODGE...OR JUST SOUTH-
WEST OF LAKE VIEW.  THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY
RAINS...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN
HOUR.  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.   THE STORM
WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE LAKE VIEW AREA TO AROUND ROCKWELL CITY BY
530 AM.

THIS STORM WAS PART OF A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS LOCATED
BETWEEN IDA GROVE AND JEFFERSON.  OTHER ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDER-
STORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA NEAR DENISON AND IN THE NORTHWEST
JUST SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA.  THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS
WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING OVER SOUTHERN MINNISOTA...JUST NORTH
THE BORDER...NORTH OF MASON CITY.

DLF

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
545 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 1990

A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST
IOWA.  AT 530 AM...THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF
FORT DODGE TO ROCKWELL CITY...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT DODGE.  THE
CALHOUN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND
WINDS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR OCCURRED WITH THE STORMS AS THE PASSED
OVER ROCKWELL CITY.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.   THE STORMS WILL
BE PASSING THROUGH MANSON AND FORT DODGE TO JUST SOUTH OF HUMBOLT AND
EAGLE GROVE BY 630 AM.  IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS
...SOME SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA...EAST OF COUNCIL
BLUFFS NEAR AVOCA AND IN NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS
SOUTH DAKOTA...NEAR SIBLEY.  THESE STORMS WERE AL+SO MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

DLF

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
600 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 1990

...HOT TEMPERATURES AND UNPLEASANT HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR ACROSS IOWA...

TYPICAL AUGUST WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER THE STATE FROM MIDDAY INTO THE
EVENING HOURS AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S TO MIDDLE 90S.
THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES IN THE
UPPER 90S IN EXTREME NORTHEAST IOWA TO AROUND 107 DEGREES IN THE
SOUTHWEST QUARTER.

PEOPLE WORKING OUT-OF-DOORS...THOSE LIVING IN UN-AIRCONDITIONED SPACES
...THE ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE IN POOR HEALTH SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS.
PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS OR STRENUOUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
CAN LEAD TO HEAT EXHAUSTION OR POSSIBLE HEAT STROKE.

PEOPLE ATTENDING OUTDOOR EVENTS SUCH AS THE IOWA STATE FAIR SHOULD
WEAR LIGHT-COLORED...LOOSE-FITTING CLOTHING...HAVE PROTECTION FROM THE
SUN AND DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC LIQUIDS.

SLIGHTLY HIGHER HEA;T INDICES ARE EXPECTED MONDAY.

MYERS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
645 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 1990

AN ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTOM WAS OVER NORTH CENTRAL IOWA.  AT 535 AM
...THE STORM WAS LOCATED NORTH OF FORT DODGE...JUST SOUTH OF HUMBOLT.
HAIL...WINDS UPTO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS WILL
OCCUR WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  BY
730 AM THE STORM WILL BE LOCATED SOUTH OF MASON CITY NEAR BELMOND.

OTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED IN
NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY NEAR BRITT AND JUST SOUTH-
WEST OF FORT DODGE.   IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIdNS WAS LOCATED 70 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES NEAR
AUDUBON.

THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

DLF

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
730 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 1990

AT 725 AM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN
HALF OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IN EXTREME NORTHEAST IOWA.
THIS THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS...HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL EFFECT THE TOWNS OF LANSING...NEW ALBIN
AND HARPERS FERRY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN 730 AND 800 AM CDT.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS BETWEEN BELMOND AND DOWS...50 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WATERLOO. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND
CAN PRODUCE HAIL...EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY SURFACE WIND AS IT ENTERS
WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY AROUND 745 AM.

JOHNSON

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
735 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 1990

AT 725 AM CDT...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
IOWA...BETWEEN CLARION AND BELMOND...OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MASON CITY.  THIS THUNDERSTORM ALONG WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
COULD ALSO PRODUCE SOME HAIL AND BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WIND AS IT MOVES
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL IOWA...SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER ABOUT A 40 MILE WIDE AREA
FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASON CITY...TO NEAR EXIRA...OR 60 MILES
WEST OF DES MOINES.  THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS
THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF IOWA.  THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

WPM