Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Des Moines, IA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
255 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991

AT 235 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  WERE LOCATED OVER THE
NORTHERN TWO TIERS OF IOWAS COUNTIES...FROM ESTHERVILLE TO 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WAUKON...WAUKON IS 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUBUQUE. BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

FILLBACH/BARLOW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
440 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN IOWA
   UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS FRIDAY EVENING.

AT 430 PM...THERE WAS A SMALL RAIN SHOWER LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL
IOWA...ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY.

THIS SHOWER WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THERE WILL BE OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM?S ENTERING WESTERN IOWA...
FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA DURING THE NEXT HOUR...BETWEEN OMAHA/COUNCIL
BLUFFS AND SIOUX CITY.

JAK/WPM

IAZALL-262235-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND IOWA WEATHER UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
508 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN IOWA
   UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS FRIDAY EVENING.

WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA.

THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

THE OUTLOOK THROUGH 6PM...THE SKY WILL REMAIN CLOUDY TO MOSTLYn
CLOUDY STATEWIDE.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA.  SOME OF THESE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WIND...AS WELL
AS FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

JAK/WPM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
534 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN IOWA
   UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS FRIDAY EVENING.

AT 527 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER EXTREME WEST
CENTRAL IOWA...BETWEEN COUNCIL BLUFFS/OMAHA AND SIOUX CITY.

THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

JAK/WPM

IAZALL-270035-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND IOWA WEATHER UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
605 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN IOWA
   UNTIL MIDNIGHT THIS FRIDAY EVENING.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA...IN A 45 MILE
WIDE AREA...CENTERED FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY...
TO 15 MILES NORTH OF COUNCIL BLUFFS.

THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

THE OUTLOOK THROUGH 7 PM...IS FOR CONTINUED INCREASING COVERAGE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER ABOUT THE WEST ONE-THIRD OF IOWA.
THE SKY WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY STATEWIDE.

JAK/WPM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
740 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN IOWA
   UNTIL MIDNIGHT THIS FRIDAY EVENING.

AT 727 PM CDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY
OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN
ABOUT A 20 MILE WIDE AREA...CENTERED FROM NEAR ADAIR...OR 50 MILES
WEST OF DES MOINES...TO NEAR MANILLA...OR 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COUNCIL BLUFFS...TO JUST NORTH OF COUNCIL BLUFFS.

THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAVE BEEN
PRODUCING SOME LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND
COULD ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WIND.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

JAK/WPM