Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Des Moines, IA

IAC153-182115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
319 PM CDT WED AUG 18 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AROUND DES MOINES...BUT SEVERE
STORMS ARE MORE LIKELY AFTER 4 PM...

AT 315 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD POPPED UP ACROSS PARTS OF THE
DES MOINES METRO AREA...MAINLY ACROSS EAST SECTIONS.

FURTHER TO THE WEST...ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES...A LINE
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

IT IS LIKELY THAT THESE STORMS WILL HOLD TOGETHER AND REACH THE
DES MOINES METRO AREA BETWEEN 415 AND 445 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

IF YOU PLAN ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DURING THIS TIME...YOU SHOULD
KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY...KEEP INFORMED TO THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION...AND KEEP WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE OF A SAFE SHELTER.

FELDT

IAC153-182115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
319 PM CDT WED AUG 18 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AROUND DES MOINES...BUT SEVERE
STORMS ARE MORE LIKELY AFTER 4 PM...

AT 315 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD POPPED UP ACROSS PARTS OF THE
DES MOINES METRO AREA...MAINLY ACROSS EAST SECTIONS.

FURTHER TO THE WEST...ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES...A LINE
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

IT IS LIKELY THAT THESE STORMS WILL HOLD TOGETHER AND REACH THE
DES MOINES METRO AREA BETWEEN 415 AND 445 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

IF YOU PLAN ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DURING THIS TIME...YOU SHOULD
KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY...KEEP INFORMED TO THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION...AND KEEP WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE OF A SAFE SHELTER.

FELDT

IAC153-182145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
345 PM CDT WED AUG 18 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY IN DES MOINES...

AT 340 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF
DES MOINES.

THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH ACROSS THE DES MOINES METRO AREA
BETWEEN 415 AND 5 PM.

AS THE STORMS PASS...WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY...THERE IS A CHANCE
FOR HAIL...AND THERE WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAIN.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM
THESE STORMS COULD REACH AROUND TWO INCHES.

MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION AS THE STORMS MOVE NEAR.  IF YOU
HAVE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PLANNED DURING THIS TIME...YOU MIGHT WANT TO
POSTPONE THEM...OR REMAIN NEAR A SHELTER.

...SPECIAL MENTION FOR FAIRGROUND WORKERS...THESE STRONG STORMS ARE
LIKELY TO AFFECT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

FELDT

IAZALL-181945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
355 PM CDT WED AUG 18 1993

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF IOWA THIS AFTERNOON
   AND EVENING...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
   IOWA UNTIL 8 PM...

AT 331 PM CDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS D
OVER MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL INTO NORTHWEST IOWA. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS
WERE GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES WEST OF LAMONI...NEAR
BEDFORD TO 20 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES...NEAR DALLAS CENTER TO
NEAR MASON CITY.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAG FROM 45
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES...NEAR GREENFIELD TO NEAR FORT DODGE.
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...INTENSE THUNDERSTORM
WINDS...HAIL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING.

ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA...GENERALLY ALONG AND 20 ILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM DES MOINES TO BURLINGTON.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT NEARLY 40 MILES AN HOUR.

PETERSEN

IAZ006-007-008-009-010-011-016-017-018-019-026-027-028-029-038-
039-040-182200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
410 PM CDT WED AUG 18 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED ROUGHLY FOR AREAS ALONG
AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 INCLUDING WATERLOO...GRUNDY CENTER...AND THE
INDEPENDENCE AREA THROUGH 8 PM TONIGHT.

AT 400 PM RADAR INDICATED INTENSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL
INTO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR. ANOTHER SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 18.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND
GUST TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE MASON CITY...HAMPTON
AND ST. ANSGAR AREAS THROUGH 5 PM AND WILL CONTINUE IN THE FOREST CITY
AND GARNER AREAS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENINGZ HOURS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL WEATHER RADIO AND TELEVISION
FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TRS/PABST

IAZ006-007-008-009-010-011-016-017-018-019-026-027-028-029-038-
039-040-182200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IAED AUG 18 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED ROUGHLY FOR AREAS ALONG
AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 INCLUDING WATERLOO...GRUNDY CENTER...AND THE
INDEPENDENCE AREA THROUGH 8 PM TONIGHT.

AT INDICATED INTENSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL
INTO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR. ANOTHER SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 18.

SHOWERS AND T HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND
GUST TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE MASON CITY...HAMPTON
AND ST. ANSGAR AREAS THROUGH 5 PM AND WILL CONTINUE IN THE FOREST CITY
AND GARNER AREAS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FORTATE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL WEATHER RADIO AND TELEVISION
FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TRS/PABST