Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1991, 10:50 AM CDT for Kossuth County, Iowa. It was in force for 40 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
- Jul 7, 1991, 10:50 AM CDT (15:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1991, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kossuth County, IA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Kossuth, 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 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jul 7, 8:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
IAZALL-071440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 846 AM CDT SUN JUL 7 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 1PM... AT 835 AM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF IOWA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOME 40 TO 60 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY...NEAR ROCK RAPIDS...ROCK VALLEY AND HULL. IT APPEARS THAT MUCH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENTERING EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA BY ABOUT 930 AM. THE PRECIPITATION OVER NORTHWEST IOWA WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THERE WERE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IOWAQ. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE LOCATED SOME 35 TO 55 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES...NEAR OSCEOLA...LAMONI...LEAON AND ALLERTON. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 8:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
IAZALL-071440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED LAST PARA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 846 AM CDT SUN JUL 7 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 1PM... AT 835 AM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF IOWA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOME 40 TO 60 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY...NEAR ROCK RAPIDS...ROCK VALLEY AND HULL. IT APPEARS THAT MUCH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENTERING EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA BY ABOUT 930 AM. THE PRECIPITATION OVER NORTHWEST IOWA WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THERE WERE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTO]RMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE LOCATED SOME 35 TO 55 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES...NEAR OSCEOLA...LAMONI...LEON AND ALLERTON. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 9:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
IAZALL-071515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER UPDATE FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 915 AM CDT SUN JUL 7 1991 AT 910 AM...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF IOWA. THIS LINE WAS LOCATED SOME 20 TO 60 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY...NEAR AKRON...HAWARDEN...ROCK VALLEY AND LESTER. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 50 TO 55 MILES AN HOUR. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER OF IOWAS COUNTIES FROM 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES...NEAR BEDFORD EAST TO NEAR BLOOMFIELD OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF OTTUMWA. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE OUTLOOK THROUGH 10 AM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER FAR NORTHWEST IOWA...WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER OF IOWAS COUNTIES. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 9:55 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
IAZALL-071540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 950 AM CDT SUN JUL 7 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 1PM... AT 935 AM...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER FAR NORTHWEST IOWA. THIS LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY...NEAR LE MARS TO 60 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY...NEAR ROCK RAPIDS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL... WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS COMPLEX EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPENCER SOUTHEAST TO STORM LAKE OR ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS PERSISTED OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER OF IOWAS COUNTIES FROM MOUNT AYR...55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES EAST TO MOULTON OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTTUMWA. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 10:44 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 10:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clay, Dickinson | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Buena Vista, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock, Winnebago | 44 min |
| Jul 7, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 35 min |
| Jul 7, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Floyd, Mitchell | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Bremer, Chickasaw | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Howard | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Allamakee, Fayette | 37 min |
| Jul 7, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Allamakee | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
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.