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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 16, 1992Dickinson County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 10:41 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Iowa. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 1992, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 1992, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Whole counties

County Dickinson County, IA

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 3.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDSM 170341
SVRDSM
IAC059-170430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1041 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST IOWA
 
   ...DICKINSON COUNTY
 
AT 1038 PM...SURFACE REPORTS AND RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN DICKINSON COUNTY. THE LINE EXTENDED
FROM THE MINNESOTA BORDER NEAR LAKE PARK SOUTHWESTARD.
 
THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE
COMMUNITIES OF ARNOLDS PARK AND SPIRIT LAKE AND THE ENTIRE LAKE OKOBOJI
COMPLEX.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO
ADVANCE WARNING.  MOVE TO THE CENTER OF YOUR HOUSE...STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A TORNADO DEVELOPS.
 
MYERS

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, Jun 16, 7:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

IAZALL-160140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
740 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR EXTREME WESTERN IOWA

AT{ 7 30 PM CDT...NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN THE STATE.

SCOTT

Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
750 PM CDT MON JUNE 16 1992

     ...STORM REPORTS OF MONDAY EVENING...

TIME           COUNTY          EVENT AND LOCATION

230 PM CDT    NORTHWEST        GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WEST END OF CEDAR
              BLACK HAWK       FALLS.

240 PM CDT    W. BLACK HAWK    1/2 INCH HAIL AT UNI-DOME WEST CEDAR
                               FALLS.

250 PM CDT    NW. BLACK HAWK   1 INCH HAIL NORTH CEDAR FALLS.

300-302       N. BLACK HAWK    FUNNEL CLOUDS SIGHTED 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF
PM CDT                         WATERLOO MUNCIPAL AIRPORT AND 1 MILE
                               NORTHEAST OF AIRPORT. / TREE DAMAGE
                               CASTLE HILLS AREA OF CEDAR FALLS.
300-322     N. BLACK HAWK TORNADOES/LARGE TREE DAMAGE/
PM CDT                    DOWNED POWER LINES 4500 BLOCK
                          OF MT. VERNON ROAD NORTHEAST OF
                          WATERLOO MUNCIPAL AIRPORT.

344 PM CDT  S. BREMER     PEA-SIZE HAIL 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF
                          DENVER.

353-412     S. BREMER     MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND DOWNED TREES
PM CDT                    AT HWY 63/MILE MARKER 181.

UNKNOWN     W. BLACK HAWK 2 1/2 IN. HAIL IN NORTH CEDAR FALLS

OTHER REPORTS WILL FOLLOW WEDNESDAY 6/17/92

SPEECE

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

IAZALL-160240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
840 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR EXTREME WESTERN IOWA

AT 8 30 PM CDT...A FEW SPRINKLES 10 TO 30 MILES NORTH OF COUNCIL BLUFFS
WERE THE ONLY PRECIPITATION ACTUALLY OCCURRING IN THE STATE...HOWEVER
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ABOUT 25
MILES NORTHWEST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AND WILL BE ENTERING WEST
CENTRAL IOWA SHORTLY.

VERY HEAVY RAINS...HAIL...AND WINDS TO FIFTY MILES AN HOUR CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

SCOTT

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

IAZ002-003-007-170300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER UPDATE FOR NORTHEAST IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
920 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
IOWA UNTIL 5 AM CDT WED 17 JUNE...

AT 9 PM RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORM OR RAINSHOWER ACTIVITY
IN NORTHEAST OR NORTH CENTRAL IOWA. SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 70S TO LOW 80S. WINDS ARE SOUTHEAST AT
15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS SKIES WILL BE
PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO THE MID TO HIGH
60S. WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE.

DP

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:55 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

IAZALL-160340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
940 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM FOR NEARLY ALL OF IOWA...

AT 9 30 PM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS HAD MOVED
INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA AND WERE LOCATED BETWEEN MONDAMIN AND ONAWA...ABOUT
40 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA.

VERY HEAVY RAINS...WINDS IN EXCESS OF FIFTY MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED IN THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL
AND NORTHWEST IOWA...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM DENISON TO SPIRIT LAKE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST EAT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SCOTT

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 10:36 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

IAZALL-160440-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1040 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM FOR NEARLY ALL OF IOWA...

AT 1030 PM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED
OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA WEST OF A LINE FROM CARROLL TO ESTERVILLE...
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ONAWA TO CARROLL.

VERY HEAVY RAINS...WINDS IN EXCESS OF SIXTY MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF IDA GROVE AND JUST
EAST OF LEMARS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SCOTT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Crawford	46 min
Jun 16, 10:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Crawford	42 min
Jun 17, 3:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Tama	22 min
Jun 17, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Grundy	45 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.