Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1994, 4:19 PM CDT for Benton County, Iowa. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1994, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1994, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Benton County, IA
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 332 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
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 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 072119 TORDSM IAC011-072145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 419 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA ...SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY AT 418 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN DES MOINES INDICATED A TORNADO IN SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR RAPIDS. THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITIES OF BELLE PLAINE AND LUZERNE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OrR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...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, Jun 7, 12:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
IAZALL-071840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA 1250 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST IOWA... AT 1225 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM DUBUQUE TO DEWITT...20 MILES NORTH OF DAVENPORT. A SECOND AREA OF SHOWERS WAS LOCATED BETWEEN MANDAMIN...25 MILES NORTH OF COUNCIL BLUFFS AND HAMBURG...40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SCHAFER/RUNYAN
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
IAZALL-071940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA 130 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST IOWA... AT 125 PM...RAIN SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM PORTSMOUTH...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS TO BEDFORD...30 MILES WEST OF LAMONI. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SCHAFER/RUNYAN WSNT01KMKC -
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
IAZALL-072040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA 235 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 225 PM...RAIN SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWEST AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CARROLL...60 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES TO LAMONI. A SMALL SHOWER WAS ALSO OCCURRING IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF DAVENPORT TO DAVENPORT. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SCHAFER/RUNYAN
Local storm report, Jun 7, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...ADDITIONAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
318 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994
....SEVERE WEATHER ON 6/6/94....
700 PM CDT... MAJOR CROP DAMAGE IN AND AROUND THE CALLENDER AREA IN
WEBSTER COUNTY DUE TO HAIL. MOST OF HAIL WAS PEA TO
MARBLE SIZE.
845 PM CDT...NUMEROUS POWER LINES AND LARGE TREES DOWNED IN THE
NEW PROVIDENCE AREA. /SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY/
JMLocal storm report, Jun 7, 3:19 PM CDT, 1 hour before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...ADDITIONAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
318 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994
....SEVERE WEATHER ON 6/6/94....
700 PM CDT... MAJOR CROP DAMAGE IN AND AROUND THE CALLENDER AREA IN
WEBSTER COUNTY DUE TO HAIL. MOST OF HAIL WAS PEA TO
MARBLE SIZE.
845 PM CDT...NUMEROUS POWER LINES AND LARGE TREES DOWNED IN THE
NEW PROVIDENCE AREA. /SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY/
JMSpecial weather statement, Jun 7, 3:40 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
IAZALL-072140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA 340 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 326 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE CENTRAL THIRD OF THE STATE AND IN THE SOUTHERN TIER OF IOWA COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WAS LOCATED IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM TAMA TO 15 MILES WEST OF CEDAR RAPIDS. THE REMAINDER OF THE SHOWERS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SIOUX CITY TO NEWTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALLS OF OVER ONE INCH IN THE TAMA/TOLEDO AREA. SCHAFER/RUNYAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Boone | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk, Story | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Benton | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Linn | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Benton | 15 min |
| Jun 7, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Johnson | 30 min |
| Jun 7, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Johnson | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.