Tornado Warning 2, NWS Des Moines, IA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
100 PM CST FRI MAR 22 1991

...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
   IOWA LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS POSTED FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
FOR LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.  SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH
ARE ALGONA...FORT DODGE...MASON CITY...SIOUX CITY...AND SPENCER.

A STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AT NOON WILL CONTINUE TO
INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA BY EVENING.  THE STORM WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS IOWA OVERNIGHT.

IN THIS WATCH AREA...RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSHOWERS ARE LIKELY INTO THE
EVENING HOURS.  THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO WET SNOW LATE
TONIGHT.  TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN SIX
INCHES.  HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE OCCURRING WHEN THE
THE CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW TAKES PLACE.  THIS WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY SNOW THAT FALLS.

PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA SHOULD MONITOR THE
SITUATION CAREFULLY AND MAKE APPROPRIATE PREPARATIONS.  PEOPLE PLANNING
TRAVEL INTO NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA AND ADJACENT AREAS OF
NEBRASKA...SOUTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY SHOULD
ALSO MONITOR THE DEVELOPING STORM CAREFULLY.

ELLIS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
146 PM CST FRI MAR 22 1991

AT 135 PM...A 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD
DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED FROM 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS...OR JUST
EAST OF SHENANDOAH NORTH TO AVOCA WHICH IS ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF
DES MOINES. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF AN EXPANDING AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...MOST OF WHICH WERE LOCATED 50 MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS NORTHEAST TO ABOUT 30U
MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERLOO.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AS
AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WERE INCREASING.

BARLOW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER UPDATE FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
220 PM CST FRI MAR 22 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL
... AND CENTRAL IOWA UNTIL 7 PM...

AT 2 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA SOUTH OF ATLANTIC.  THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...
SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
ALSO OCCURRING NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CORNING TO NORTHWEST OF
WATERLOO.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE NORTHWEST HALF OF IOWA THROUGH 3 PM.

JAK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
245 PM CST FRI MAR 22 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL
... AND CENTRAL IOWA UNTIL 7 PM...

AT 234 PM...A TEN MILE WIDE BAND OF WIDELY SCATTERED VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL IOWA.  THE STORMS
EXTENDED FROM NEAR CUMBERLAND...60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES...TO
50 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES NEAR WEBSTER CITY.  VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED OVER MUCH OF THE
NORTHWEST TWO THIRDS OF IOWA...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM OTTUMWA TO CEDAR
RAPIDS.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
JAK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
312 PM CST FRI MAR 22 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL
... AND CENTRAL IOWA UNTIL 7 PM...

AT 3 PM...A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTHWEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA.  THE STORMS EXTENDED
FROM 50 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES NEAR ANITA...TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MASON CITY NEAR EAGLE GROVE.  THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE
SIZE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING.

THE STORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER MUCH OF IOWA...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM BURLINGTON TO DECORAH.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

JAK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
340 PM CST FRI MAR 22 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL
... AND CENTRAL IOWA UNTIL 7 PM...

AT 329 PM...A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WAS LOCATED FROM CENTRAL INTO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA.  THE STORMS EXTENDED
FROM ADAIR...45 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES...TO JUST NORTH OF FORT DODGE.
THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING.

THE STORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER MUCH OF IOWA.  MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED WEST OF A LINE
FROM OTTUMWA TO WATERLOO.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
JAK