Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1990, 7:26 PM CDT for Wright County, Iowa. It was in force for 44 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 12, 1990, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1990, 8:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wright 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 12, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Wright, 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
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 1326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.4
- Supercell composite
- -2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDSM 130028
SVRDSM
IAC197-130110-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
726 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 810 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
...THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF WRIGHT
AT 725 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN DES MOINES INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST WRIGHT COUNTY...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM IS ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF FORT DODGE
...OR 40 TO 45 MILES NORTH OF AMES.
THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF DOWS...GALT...AND ROWAN...AND THE
REMAINDER OF THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF WRIGHT COUNTY.
THE WARNING ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE 150 AND MILE 157.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
DOWD/ZWhat 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 12, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
IAZALL-122340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 545 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF IOWA UNTIL 10 PM THIS TUESDAY EVENING... AT 532 PM CDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND...EXTENDING FROM NEAR WEST BRANCH...OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERLOO...TOROUGH ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSHALLTOWN...OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN ...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HAVE ALSO PRODUCED BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND COULD PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL...AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER ABOUT A 50 MILE WIDE AREA...FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF WATERLOO...TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES. WPM/KAS
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
IAZALL-122340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...LINE 2 FIRST PARA.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 545 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF IOWA UNTIL 10 PM THIS TUESDAY EVENING... AT 532 PM CDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND...EXTENDING FROM NEAR WEST UNION...OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERLOO...THROUGH ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSHALLTOWN...OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN ...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HAVE ALSO PRODUCED BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND COULD PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL...AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCAT2TERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER ABOUT A 50 MILE WIDE AREA...FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERLOO...TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES. WPM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
IA002-003-007-130200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER UPDATE FOR NORTHEAST IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA 615 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHEAST IOWA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 615 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF IOWA TO NEAR DECORAH TO JUST WEST OF WATERLOO. TO THE WEST OF THE PRECIPITATION THE SUN WAS OCCASIONALLY PEEKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE UPPER 70S TO MIDDLE 80S AND THE WINDS WERE FROM SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THEIR NORTHEAST MOVEMENT WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN ENTERING THE INDEPENDENCE AREA BY 645 PM. SKIES WILL REMAIN CLOUDY FOR THE MOST PART AND TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY IN THE LOWER 80S EXCEPT IN THE RAIN AREAS WHERE THEY MIGHT DROP INTO THE 70S. WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THaE SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:50 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
IAZALL-130040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 645 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF IOWA UNTIL 10 PM THIS TUESDAY EVENING... AT 633 PM CDT...A SMALL AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...IN A 15 MILE WIDE AREA...BETWEEN IOWA FALLS AND DAYTON...OR FROM 40 MILES WEST OF WATERLOO...TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOIMES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE VERY STRONG STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN...FREREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND CUULD ALSO PRODUCED BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WIND AND HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE |STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. OVER THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST IOWA... SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP. WPM/KAS
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:08 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
IAZALL-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 705 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF IOWA UNTIL 10 PM THIS TUESDAY EVENING... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS TUESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN IOWA... AT 700 PM CDT...A SMALL AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...IN A 15 MILE WIDE AREA...BETWEEN SHEFFIELD AND WEBSTER CITY...OR FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF MASON CITY TO 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE INTENSE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN...FREREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND COULD ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WIND AND HAIL. WPM/KAS
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:23 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
IA002-003-007-130200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER UPDATE FOR NORTHEAST IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA 715 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHEAST IOWA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 715 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A 45 MILES WIDE BAND FROM FORT DODGE WEST OF I35 TO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MASON CITY. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SOME SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE AT TIMES AND WIND GUST TO AROUND 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST IOWA HAD VARIABLE CLOUDS WITH SOME SUNSHINE FROM MASON CITY TO WATERLOO TO OELWEIN TO THE DECORAH AREA. THE TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 70S AND 80S WITH SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE MASON CITY/ROCKFORD/ CHARLES CITY AND HAMPTON AREAS BY 810 PM. STORMS COULD DEVELOP ANYWHERE IN NORTHEAST IOWA WITH STEADY WINDS AND TEMPERATURES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 13 min |
| Jun 12, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mitchell | 69 min |
| Jun 12, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Chickasaw | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Floyd | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winneshiek | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Fayette | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dickinson | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Howard | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Chickasaw | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Allamakee | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winneshiek | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Greene, Guthrie | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cass | 18 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.