Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Des Moines, IA

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

IAZALL-262335-

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

IAZALL-270135-

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

IAZALL-270135-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
750 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...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EXTREME WEST
CENTRAL IOWA...IN A 10 MILE WIDE AREA...FROM NEAR MAPLETON...30 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY...TO JUST NORTH OF COUNCIL BLUFFS.

THESE INTENSE STORMS...WERE PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND COULD ALSO PRODUCE SOME LARGE
HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND.

OVER THE REMAINDER OF ABOUT THE WEST HALF OF IOWA...NUMEROUST SHOWERS
AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS...AND
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THREATENING
WEATHER APP.ROACH.

JAK/WPM

IAZALL-270200-

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

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE WEST HALF OF
   IOWA UNTIL 2 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST
   IOWA UNTIL MIDNIGHT THIS FRIDAY EVENING...

WIDELY SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.  IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
LOCATED IN ABOUT A 20 MILE WIDE AREA...FROM NEAR DENNISON...OR 45
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY...TO NEAR SAC CITY...OR 45 MILES WEST
OF FORT DODGE.  IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED
IN ABOUT A 10 MILE WIDE BAND...CENTERED FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF VALISCA
...60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS...SOUTH TO THE IOWA/MISSOURI
BORDER.

OVER THE REMAINDER OF ABOUT THE WEST HALF OF IOWA...NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS...AND
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACH.

THE OUTLOOK THROUGH 9 CPM IS FOR CONTINUED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
TO CONTINUED OVER ABOUT THE WEST HALF OF IOWA...WITH A MOSTLY
CLOUDY SKY ELSEWHERE.

JAK/WPM