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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 11:31 PM CDT for Fayette County, Iowa. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1994, 11:31 PM CDT (04:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1994, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette 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 12, 9:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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IAZALL-130440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1046 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL EXCEPT THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF IOWA UNTIL 4 AM MONDAY MORNING... AT 1030 PM...NUMEROUS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER ABOUT THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF IOWA. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG AND ABOUT 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES EAST OF SIOUX CITY EAST TO AROUND IOWA FALLS THEN NORTHEAST TO OSAGE. IOWA FALLS IS 40 MILES WEST OF WATERLOO WHILE OSAGE IS 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASON CITY. SEVERAL OF THE STORMS IN THIS AREA WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN... HAIL...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT WAS OVER SPREADING THE NORTHWEST HALF OF IOWA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS EXTENDED FROM OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS NORTHEAST TO TO NEAR WATERLOO THEN NORTHEAST TO THE IOWA/WISCONSIN BORDER NEAR LANSING. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BARLOW
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 10:48 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 12, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Dickinson | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clay, Dickinson | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clay, Palo Alto | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Kossuth | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Wright | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll | 22 min |
| Jun 13, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams | 14 min |
| Jun 13, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas | 21 min |
| Jun 13, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 26 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.