Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1990, 6:27 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Webster County, Iowa. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1990, 6:27 AM CDT (11:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1990, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:40 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Calhoun, IA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 492 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDSM 051127
SVRDSM
IAC025-187-051230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
627 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF IOWA
CALHOUN...
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF IOWA
WEBSTER...
AT 620 AM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING NORTHERN CALHOUN
AND NORTHWEST WEBSTER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH
AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY
SURFACE WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.
CITIES IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROCKWELL CITY AND MANSON IN CALHOUN
COUNTY...ABOUT 20 TO 25 MILES WEST OF FORT DODGE...AND IN WEBSTER
COUNTY CITIES INCLUDED WERE FORT DODGE AND CLARE.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES
AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..Y.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.
FORSTERWhat 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
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
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.{{}
WPMSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 3:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
IAZALL-050935- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 333 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 325 AM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST...INTO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA... ALONG WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY EAST AT AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...PEOPLE IN THEIR PATH SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THE ENTIRE AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS 90 MILES WIDE...CENTERED FROM 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY...TO NEAR JUST EAST OF SIOUX CITY. THE STRONGEST STORMS SHOULD BE IN THE MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE AREA BETWEEN 4 AND 430 AM. WPM
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
IAZALL-051035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 435 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 425 AM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF IOWA. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA... ALONG WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...COULD ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE RAPIDSLY EAST AT AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR. SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...PEOPLE IN THEIR PATH SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF MASON CITY...AND NEAR SPIRIT LAKE THROUGH ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF SPENCER...OR FROM ABOUT 70 MILES NORTHEAST...THROUGH 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY. WPM
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
IA002-003-007-051100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER UPDATE FOR NORTHEAST IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA 435 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990 AT 435 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL MOVING INTO FLOYD AND MITCHELL COUNTIES...25 MILES EAST OF MASON CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STORMS WERE OCCURING IN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHWEST BUTLER AND BLACK HAWK COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE INDEPENDENCE...WATERLOO...OELWEIN...AND WEST UNION AREAS WITHIN THE HOUR. TEMPERATURES OVER THE AREA WERE IN THE 50S UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. COLLAR/ROBB
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:40 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
IAZALL-051135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 539 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA UNTIL 10 AM THIS TUESDAY MORNING... AT 525 AM CDT...AN ISOLATED LARGE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STORM LAKE...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...OR ABOUT 70 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY. THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...COULD ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...PEOPLE IN THEIR PATH SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE NORTH HALF OF IOWA...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED...WITH THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF SHOWERS AND STORMS...LOCATED IN ABOUT A 60 MILE WIDE AREA...EXTENDING FROM NEAR &SIOUX CITY...TO THE IOWA/MINNESOTA BORDER NORTHEAST OF MASON CITY. MOST OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. WPM
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:49 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
IA002-003-007-051200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER UPDATE FOR NORTHEAST IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA 550 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990 AT 550 AM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE COVERING SEVERAL AREAS IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA. ONE AREA WAS 50 MILES WIDE AND WAS LOCATED FROM DECORAH TO INDEPENDENCE. THE OTHER AREA WAS MUCH LARGER AND WAS IN A 75 MILE WIDE BAND FROM THE MINNESOTA BORDER NORTH OF MASON CITY...THEN SOUTHWEST TOWARD FORT DODGE. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE TEMPEATURES WERE IN THE 50S OVER THE AREA WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. BY 630 AM CDT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MASON CITY...HAMPTON...CHARLES CITY AND OSAGE AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 50S UNDER PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR FROM THE MINNESOTA BORDER TO THE HIGHWAY 20 AREA. ROBB/COLLAR+
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clay, Dickinson | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Buena Vista | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 5:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.