Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 3:03 PM CDT for Black Hawk County, Iowa. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1992, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Black Hawk County, IA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Black Hawk, IA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALO 162006 TORALO IAC013-162100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA 303 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WATERLOO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST IOWA ...BLACK HAWK COUNTY AT 300 PM CDT...SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR THE WATERLOO AIRPORT. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE WEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. DURING A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS.
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 16, 9:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
IAZALL-161540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 950 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 AT 932 AM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER FAR NORTHEAST IOWA...WHILE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA. OVER FAR NORTHEAST IOWA THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM THE IOWA/MINNESOTA BORDER 55 MILES NORTH OF WATERLOO...NEAR MCINTIRE SOUTHEAST TO DUBUQUE. THE STRONGEST STORM IN THIS AREA WAS 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERLOO NEAR WEST UNION. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VER HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA THE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES EAST OF LAMONI NORTHEAST TO OTTUMWA THEN SOUTHEAST TO BURLINGTON. A SMALL CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD JUST DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA. THIS CLUSTER WAS CENTERED 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER NORTHEAST IOWA WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERSr AND STORMS OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
IAZALL-161750- PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1130 AM CDT TUESDAY JUNE 16 1992 ..TORNADO OUTBREAK EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI IS FORECASTING AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES AND THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. MOST OF IOWA IS INCLUDED IN THIS AREA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE INTENSE NATURE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS MAY REMAIN SEVERE WELL INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS AND SEVERE STORM SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER. ALL PERSONS IN THE THREATEN$ED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION FOR IOWA AND SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY. WEINBRECHT/ANDERSON
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:41 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
IAZALL-161750- PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION CHANGED HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1130 AM CDT TUESDAY JUNE 16 1992 ..TORNADO OUTBREAK EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI IS FORECASTING AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES AND THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. MOST OF IOWA IS INCLUDED IN THIS AREA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE INTENSE NATURE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS MAY REMAIN SEVERE WELL INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS AND SEVERE STORM SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER. ALL PERSONS IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION FOR IOWA AND SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY. WEINBRECHT/ANDERSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Bremer | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Bremer, Chickasaw, Fayette | 44 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.