Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jun 5, 1990, 3:21 AM CDT (08:21 UTC)

Expired

Jun 5, 1990, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

39 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties

County Kossuth 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
321 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF IOWA
      KOSSUTH

AT 315 AM CDT SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE
WESTERN PART OF KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE
THROUGH THE COUNTY BY 345 AM CDT.  HIGH WINDS OF AROUND 60 MILES
AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.
CITIES AFFECTED BY THE WARNING INCLUDE BANCROFT AND ALGONA...BOTH
ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF MASON CITY IOWA.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES
AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOU HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

FORSTER

In the hours before

IAZALL-050735-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
135 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990

AT 125 AM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD INTO
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA...FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
WITH SOME OF THE STORMS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MILES AN
HOUR...ALONG WITH SOME SMALL HAIL.

THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS ABOUT 60 MILES WIDE...CENTERED
FROM THE IOWA/SOUTH DAKO_TA BORDER 50 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY...TO
60 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE SPREADING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...PEOPLE IN THE PATH SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

WPM

IAZALL-050835-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
235 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION
OF EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 7AM THIS TUESDAY MORNING...

AT 225 AM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD ACROSS
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL IOWA.

THE AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS 60 MILES
WIDE...CENTERED FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF IOWA...TO ABOUT 40
MILES WEST OF DES MOINES.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE EXTREME NORTHWEST AREAS
OF IOWA...AND WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR.{{}
SHOULD THREATENING STORMS APPROACH...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.{{}
WPM

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

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.