Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1990, 9:00 AM CDT for Butler County, Iowa. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1990, 9:00 AM CDT (14:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1990, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Butler County, IA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 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 KALO 051400
SVRALO
IAC023-069-051445-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
900 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WATERLOO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
...BUTLER...EASTERN FRANKLIN
AT 900 AM CDT WATERLOO RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WATERLOO. THIS STORM SHOULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WINDS
AROUND 60 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40
MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD AFFECT THE PARKERSBURG AND APPLINGTON AREAS.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INSIDE A dREINFORCED
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DON'T USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
OR TELEPHONES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.What 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, 6:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
IAZALL-051235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 639 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF IOWA UNTIL 10 AM... AT 625 AM CDT...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER NORTHWEST IOWA...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DODGE OR JUST NORTHWEST OF MANSON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE LOCATED NEAR FORT DODGE BY 730 AM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM YOU CAN EXPECT HIGH WINDS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL. A LINE OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST IOWA. THE LARGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST COUNTIES FROM SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY NEAR MAPLETON TO NORTH OF FORT DODGE NEAR HUMBOLT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...IN THE COUNCIL BLUFFS AREA. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. eDLF
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
IA002-003-007-051300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER UPDATE FOR NORTHEAST IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA 650 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990 AT 650 AM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE COVERING MOST OF NORTHEAST IOWA. A 55 MILE WIDE BAND WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN DECORAH AND WATERLOO. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST/SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 50S OVER THE AREA WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. BY 740 AM CDT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA WHILE TEMPERATURES HOLD IN THE 50S. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. ROBB/COLLAR
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
IAZALL-051335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 745 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL TO NORTHEAST IOWA UNTIL NOON THIS TUESDAY... AT 727 AM CDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST IOWA....WHILE OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP. THE STRONG STORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST IOWA WERE PRODUCING LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN IOWA WERE NEAR COUNCIL BLUFFS...AND BETWEEN BELMOND AND JEWELL...OR FROM ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF MASON CITY TO 50 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WPM
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 8:01 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
IA002-003-007-051400 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER UPDATE FOR NORTHEAST IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA 755 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990 AT 755 AM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE COVERING MOST OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG I35 JUST WEST OF HAMPTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND THE WINDS WERE SOUTH 10 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR AND GUSTY FROM MASON CITY AND DECORAH TO THE WATERLOO/CEDAR FALLS AREAS. BY 855 AM CDT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA WITH THE INTENSE STORMS ALONG I35 MOVING INTO THE HAMPTON ...DUMONT...CLARKSVILLE AND PARKERSBURG AREAS. THE TEMPERATURES WILL RISE LITTLE AND THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 10 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR FROM THE MINNESOTA BORDER TO THE HIGHWAY 20 AREA. ROBB
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 8:39 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
IAZ006-051430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 835 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA... COUNTIES NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...HUMDOLDT...WRIGHT... FRANKLIN...WEBSTER...HAMILTON......AND HARDIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRETTY MUCH MOVED TO THE EAST OF THESE COUNTIES ...BUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL EXIST DURING THE A?FTERNOON HOURS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 395 DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA TIL NOON. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 8:46 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
IAZALL-051435- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 840 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL TO NORTHEAST IOWA UNTIL NOON... AT 827 AM CDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED OVER THE NORTHEAST THIRD OF IOWA...NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FORT DODGE TO DAVENPORT. THE LARGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES NEAR MARSHALLTOWN AND SOUTH OF MASON CITY NEAR IOWA FALLS. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA. THESE STORMS WERE IN 30 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS...SOUTH TO THE IOWA/MISSOURI BORDER. THE THUNDERHSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. DLF
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, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Webster | 63 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.