Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Mar 10, 1990, 12:04 AM CST (06:04 UTC)

Expired

Mar 10, 1990, 12:30 AM CST

In force

26 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties

County Warren 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
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1204 AM CST SAT MAR 10 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST IOWA
          ...WASHINGTON

AT 1159 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT DES MOINES INDICATED A
SEVERE STORM IN WASHINGTON COUNTY...APPROXIMATELY OVER THE CITY OF
WASHINGTON.  THE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF
CEDAR RAPIDS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS AND CITIES OF WASHINGTON...
...AND AINSWORTH.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

DOWD

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1038 PM CST FRI MAR 9 1990

AT 1028 PM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN MAHASKA
COUNTY...50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES.  VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG
WIND...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.  OTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF LAKE RATHBUN...ABOUT 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF OTTUMWA...WITH ANOTHER STRONG STORM ABOUT 10 MILES EASTC
OF NEWTON...OR ABOUT 35 MILES EAST OF DES MOINES.

OTHER LIGHTER SHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN PART OF CENTRAL IOWA.

MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HUTTON

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1123 PM CST FRI MAR 9 1990

AT 1118 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER EASTERN KEOKUK
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA.   THE STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF
SIGOURNEY OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF OTTUMWA.  THE THUNDERSTORM
WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

AT 1110 PM THE KEOKUK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN AT SIGOURNEY.  ALSO...THE POWER HAD BEEN KNOCKED OUT
IN SIGOURNEY.

DLF

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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