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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 29, 1993Clay County, Dickinson County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1993, 5:46 PM CDT for Clay County, Dickinson County, Iowa. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1993, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1993, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 29, 5:00 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:05 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
505 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE I35 CORRIDOR...

AT 500 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN
...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE MOVING OVER
NORTH CENTRAL IOWA.  THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF MASON CITY...JUST WEST OF SHEFFIELD AND
SOUTH OF THORNTON.  THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT SHEFFIELD...HAMPTON...THORNTON...AND
THE MASON CITY AREA BY 515PM TO 600 PM CDT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING MONITORED CLOSELY BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AND UPDATES ON THESE STORMS WILL BE ISSUED AS
THEY MOVE THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST IOWA. PEOPLE
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
QUICK ACTION IF THE STORMS BECOME INTENSE.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:30 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
IAZ006-007-008-009-010-011-016-017-018-019-026-027-028-029-038-
039-040-292330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
530 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...

AT 525 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES
SOUTH OF MASON CITY NEAR SHEFFIELD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH.

SOME CITIES TO BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 6 PM ARE
SHEFFIELD...ROCKWELL...DOUGHERTY...AREDALE AND DUMONT.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
UNTIL 11 PM SO ALL CITIZENS ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR
COMMERCIAL RADIO.

BY ALL MEANS MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACH.

COLLAR
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:31 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
IAZ006-007-008-009-010-011-016-017-018-019-026-027-028-029-038-
039-040-292330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
530 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...

AT 525 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES
SOUTH OF MASON CITY NEAR SHEFFIELD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH.

SOME CITIES TO BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 6 PM ARE
SHEFFIELD...ROCKWELL...DOUGHERTY...AREDALE AND DUMONT.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
UNTIL 11 PM SO ALL CITIZENS ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR
COMMERCIAL RADIO.

BY ALL MEANS MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACH.

COLLAR
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:40 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
IAZALL-292340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
540 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 8 PM...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA
   UNTIL 11 PM...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF EXTREME
   NORTHEAST IOWA TONIGHT...

AT 530 PM CDT...ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST IOWA.  THE STORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM 25 MILES
NORTHWEST TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPENCER...AND 20 MILES SOUTH OF MASON
CITY.  THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...HAIL...STRONG
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THE STORMS WERE OCCURRING IN AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS OCCURRING
NORTH OF A LINE FROM HAWARDEN TO NEAR WATERLOO.  HAWARDEN IS 30 MILES
NORTH OF SIOUX CITY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING IN A 25 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING
FROM 15 MILES EAST OF FORT DODGE NEAR WEBSTER CITY...TO 40 MILES SOUTH
OF OTTUMWA AT THE IOWA/MISSOURI BORDER.

THE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

JAK/BRF

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:42 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
IAZALL-292340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
540 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 8 PM...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA
   UNTIL 11 PM...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF EXTREME
   NORTHEAST IOWA TONIGHT...

AT 530 PM CDT...ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST IOWA.  THE STORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM 25 MILES
NORTHWEST TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPENCER...AND 20 MILES SOUTH OF MASON
CITY.  THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...HAIL...STRONG
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THE STORMS WERE OCCURRING IN AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS OCCURRING
NORTH OF A LINE FROM HAWARDEN TO NEAR WATERLOO.  HAWARDEN IS 30 MILES
NORTH OF SIOUX CITY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING IN A 25 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING
FROM 15 MILES EAST OF FORT DODGE NEAR WEBSTER CITY...TO 40 MILES SOUTH
OF OTTUMWA AT THE IOWA/MISSOURI BORDER.

THE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

JAK/BRF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClay, Dickinson28 min
Jun 29, 4:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXDickinson3 hr
Jun 29, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDickinson30 min
Jun 29, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXEmmet39 min
Jun 29, 5:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXEmmet3 hr
Jun 29, 5:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXKossuth, Palo Alto62 min
Jun 29, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXKossuth, Palo Alto62 min
Jun 29, 5:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXClay, Dickinson59 min
Jun 29, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth32 min
Jun 29, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPalo Alto26 min
Jun 29, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHancock50 min
Jun 29, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPocahontas30 min
Jun 29, 6:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXKossuth3 hr
Jun 29, 6:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXBuena Vista2 hr

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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.