Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 1994, 7:28 PM CDT for Carroll County, Iowa. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 1994, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 1994, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carroll County, IA
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 KDSM 070027 TORDSM IAC027-070100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 728 PM CDT THU OCT 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA ...WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY 728 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR ARCADIA OR 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE BREDA AND MT CARMEL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AV AILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. JM
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, Oct 6, 6:40 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
IAZALL-0701000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 640 PM CDT THU OCT 6 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF IOWA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 630 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST IOWA. THE STORMS STRETCHED FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS NORTH TO NEAR ESTHERVILLE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ELSEWHERE...LESS INTENSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND CENTERED FROM THE MINNESOTA BORDER NORTH OF MASON CITY SOUTH THROUGH DES MOINES TO LAMONI. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTH AT 40 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Oct 6, 6:45 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
IAZALL-0701000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 640 PM CDT THU OCT 6 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF IOWA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 630 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST IOWA. THE STORMS STRETCHED FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS NORTH TO NEAR ESTHERVILLE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ELSEWHERE...LESS INTENSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND CENTERED FROM THE MINNESOTA BORDER NORTH OF MASON CITY SOUTH THROUGH DES MOINES TO LAMONI. MOVEMENT OF ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS NORTH AT 40 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Oct 6, 7:10 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
IAZ023-0250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 710 PM CDT THU OCT 6 1994 ...MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN POCHAHONTAS COUNTY AT 7 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 2 MILES WEST OF LAURENS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST POCHAHONTAS COUNTY. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS HAIL WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH AND WILL APPROACH THE EMMETSBURG AREA BY 730 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOW. ETP
Special weather statement, Oct 6, 7:12 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
IAZ023-0250030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 710 PM CDT THU OCT 6 1994 ...MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN POCHAHONTAS COUNTY AT 7 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 2 MILES WEST OF LAURENS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST POCHAHONTAS COUNTY. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS HAIL WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH AND WILL APPROACH THE EMMETSBURG AREA BY 730 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOW. ETP
Special weather statement, Oct 6, 7:13 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
IAZ016-017-026-070115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA 714 PM CDT THU OCT 6 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CERRO GORDO...FRANKLIN AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... THROUGH 815 PM...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THOSE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 14. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SUDDEN WIND GUST UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH IN WINNEBAGO...HANCOCK AND CERRO GORDO COUNTIES. OTHERWISE THE REST OF NORTHEAST IOWA WILL SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILING WITH PATCHY SHOWERS CONTINUING TO PLAGUE ALLAMAKEE COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM. RE MEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Oct 6, 7:14 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
IAZ016-017-026-070115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA 714 PM CDT THU OCT 6 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CERRO GORDO...FRANKLIN AND HANCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... THROUGH 815 PM...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THOSE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 14. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SUDDEN WIND GUST UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH IN WINNEBAGO...HANCOCK AND CERRO GORDO COUNTIES. OTHERWISE THE REST OF NORTHEAST IOWA WILL SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILING WITH PATCHY SHOWERS CONTINUING TO PLAGUE ALLAMAKEE COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 14 min |
| Oct 6, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 35 min |
| Oct 6, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton | 33 min |
| Oct 6, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Madison | 33 min |
| Oct 6, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wright | 38 min |
| Oct 6, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 33 min |
| Oct 6, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Worth | 51 min |
| Oct 6, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 33 min |
| Oct 6, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Wright | 81 min |
| Oct 6, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.