Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1992, 8:36 PM CDT for Iowa County, Johnson County, Iowa. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1992, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1992, 9:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iowa County, IA, Johnson County, IA
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 380 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
- 862 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1119 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDSM 200137 TORDSM IAC095-103-200230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 836 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA ...NORTHEASTERN IOWA COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY AT 830 PM CDT NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC IN NORTHEAST IOWA COUNTIES NEAR THE AMANA COLONIES. RADAR ALSO INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE AREAS. THIS IS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR RAPIDS. PERSONS IN THE AMANA COLONIES...AS WELL AS OXFORD...TIFFIN...AND SWISHER WILL BE IN THE PATH OF THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. JLA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 19, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
IAZALL-200140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 642 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL 9 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN IOWA... AT 630 PM CDT...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL...WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST IOWA. THE STORM WAS 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF OTTUMWA OR 10 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OCCURRING 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERLOO OR 10 MILES EAST OF OELWEIN...AND IN A NARROW BAND EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTH TO 40 MILES EAST OF OTTUMWA. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS LOCATED GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM WATERLOO TO THE IOWA/MISSOURI BORDER SOUTH OF OTTUMWA. . THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. JAK
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
IAZALL-200140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION 2ND PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 642 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL 9 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN IOWA... AT 630 PM CDT...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL...WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST IOWA. THE STORM WAS 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF OTTUMWA OR 10 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OCCURRING 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERLOO OR 10 MILES EAST OF OELWEIN...AND IN A NARROW BAND EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTH TO 40 MILES EAST OF OTTUMWA. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS LOCATED GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM WATERLOO TO THE IOWA/MISSOURI BORDER SOUTH OF OTTUMWA. . THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. JAK
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
IAZALL-200100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 710 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 414 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST IOWA. COUNTIES NO LONGERy INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE HOWARD...CHICKASAW ...WINNESHIEK...ALLAMAKEE...BUTLER...BREMER...FAYETTE...GRUNDY... BLACK HAWK...AND BUCHANAN. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA UNTIL 9 PM CDT. JLA
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:41 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
IAZALL-200135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 734 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 414 IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA UNTIL 9 PM... AT 725 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF OTTUMWA NEAR ROSE HILL... 25 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON NEAR HILLSBORO...AND IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF IOW>A 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEOKUK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTINUED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. R A PRENTICE
Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:03 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
800 PM CDT FRI JUNE 19 1992
TIME COUNTY EVENT AND LOCATION
439 PM CDT WINNESHIEK CO 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED NEAR SPILLVILLE.
455-500 PM N. FAYETTE CO 60 MPH WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED
CDT ON HIGHWAY B40 BETWEEN ELDORADO AND
CLAREMONT.
527 PM CDT N. FAYETTE CO WOMAN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING SW MOF ST. LUCAS.
606-618 FAYETTE CO PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN OELWEIN.
PM CDT
SPEECESpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 8:11 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
IAZALL-200200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 810 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 414 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR AN ADDITIONAL PART OF NORTHEAST IOWA. COUNTIES NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE CLAYTON...DELEWARE...DUBUQUE...JONES...AND JACKSON. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA UNTIL 9 PM CDT. JLA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jefferson | 28 min |
Nearby
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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.