Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1990, 2:28 AM CDT for Carroll County, Greene County, Guthrie County, Iowa. It was in force for 32 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 13, 1990, 2:28 AM CDT (07:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1990, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie 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 13, 2:45 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Greene, 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 3586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KDSM 130728
SVRDSM
IAC027-073-077-130800-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
228 AM CDT WED JUN 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA
...SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL...SOUTHERN GREENE
...NORTHERN GUTHRIE
AT 225 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR IN DES MOINES INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST CAROLL COUNTY...ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DES MOINES.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE
TOWNS OF COON RAPIDS...BAYARD...BAGLEY...COOPER...AND SCRANTON BETWEEN
230 AND 250 AM THIS MORNING.
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
RAP^IDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SCHUMACHERWhat 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, 11:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
IAZALL-130530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1110 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN IOWA UNTIL 1 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING... AT 1100 PM...ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST IOWA. ONE STORM WAS 60 MILES WEST OF MASON CITY NEAR EMMETSBURG AND THE OTHER NEAR CRESCO...DUE NORTH OF WATERLOO. ALONG WITH THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...HIGH WINDS AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED. LOWER LYING AREAS...SUCH AS ROADSIDE DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING. ALSO...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE NORTH QUARTER OF THE STATE. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA WILL BE ENTERING THE SIOUX CITY AREA NEAR MIDNIGHT. KS
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 11:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
IAZALL-130530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1140 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN IOWA UNTIL 1 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING... AT 1130 PM...ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA. ONE STORM WAS 50 MILES WEST OF MASON CITY NEAR ALGONA AND THE OTHER NEAR THE IOWA/MINNESOTA BORDER NORTH OF WATERLOO. ALONG WITH THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...HIGH WINDS AND SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED. LOWER LYING AREAS...SUCH AS ROADSIDE DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING. ALSO...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM NORTH- WEST INTO THE NORTHEAST COUNTIES. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE TO ENTER WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST IOWA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. KS
Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1235 AM CDT WED JUN 13 1990
WEATHER EVENTS OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF THE 12TH
...ALL TIME IN CDT...
TIME EVENT
320 PM TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF ANITA. 70 MPH WINDS AT
ANITA. /CASS COUNTY/
330 PM TORNADO AT MASSENA /CASS COUNTY/
355 PM TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE VICINITY OF
BRIDGEWATER /ADAIR COUNTY/
436 PM PEA SIZE HAIL AT JOHNSTON /POLK COUNTY/
443 PM 50-55 MPH WINDS IN ANKENY /POLK COUNTY/
448 PM PEA SIZE HAIL IN SOUTHEAST ANKENY /POLK COUNTY/
453 PM 1/2 INCH OF RAIN IN 23 MINUTES ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS
DOWNED 2 INCH DIAMETER SAPLING IN ANKENY. /POLK COUNTY/
458 PM PEA SIZE HAIL IN BONDURANT /POLK COUNTY/
508 PM 1.1 INCHES OF RAIN IN SAYLORVILLE IN ABOUT 1/2 HOUR.
/POLK COUNTY/
509 PM 50 MPH WIND GUSTS BETWEEN RHODES AND MELBOURNE/MARSHALL
COUNTY/
510 PM 6-8 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN AND TOP OF RADIO TOWER
BENT.
515 PM 56 MPH WIND REPORTED AT MARSHALLTOWN/MARSHALL COUNTY/
637 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT DAYTON /WEBSTER COUNTY/
728 PM PEA SIZE HAIL AT DOWS /WRIGHT COUNTY/
740 PM TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF DOWS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST WRIGHT
COUNTY.
747 PM PEA SIZE HAIL AT EAGLE GROVE /WRIGHT COUNTY/
902 PM PEA SIZE HAIL AT CLEAR LAKE /CERRO GORDO COUNTY/
950-955 ON 60 MPH WINDS AT MILFORD /DICKINSON COUNTY/
1010 PM 60 MPH WINDS AND HAIL A LITTLE LARGER THAN THAN PEA
SIZE AT SPIRIT LAKE /DICKINSON COUNTY/
SCHUMACHERSpecial weather statement, Jun 13, 12:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
IAZALL-130630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1235 AM CDT TUE JUN 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORWEST THIRD OF IOWA UNTIL 6 AM MORNING... AT 1225 AM...AN ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER NORTH- WEST IOWA...40 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY...OR JUST WEST OF STORM LAKE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. BY 130 AM IT WILL BE APPROACHING THE POCAHANTAS AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM YOU WILL EXPERIENCE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS ...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THE RAINS FROM THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CAUSE THE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED IN EASTERN NEBRASKA. THIS STORM WILL BE CROSSING THE MISSOURI RIVER IN THE VICINITY OF ONAWA BY 1 AM. OTHERWISE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 40 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM SIOUX CITY TO THE MINNESOTA BORDER NORTH OF MASON CITY. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. DLF
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
IAZ004-009-005-130645 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 120 AM CDT WED JUN 13 1990 VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PARTS OF MONONA AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES AT AROUND 115 AM CDT. THESE STORMS HAD PRODUCED WINDS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR IN THE TOWN OF UTE...AND 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR IN THE TOWN OF CHARTER OAK. THESE TOWNS ARE LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 TO 35 MI+LES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF DENISON... SHOULD EXPECT STRONG WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS UNTIL AROUND 2AM CDT. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:50 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
IAZALL-130730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 135 AM CDT TUE JUN 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF THE NORTHWEST HALF OF IOWA TILL 6 AM... AT 129 AM...AN ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH 50 TO 60 MILE AN HOUR WINDS...EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WAS INDICATED IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...NEAR DENNISON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR CARROLL BY 230 AM. THIS STORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MOST OF THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE STATE. THE LARGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST NORTH OF COUNCIL BLUFFS TO EAST OF SIOUX CITY ...AND NEAR ALGONA AND NORTHWEST OF MASON CBITY. ALL OF THESE STORMS 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 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, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wright | 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, 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.