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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Des Moines, IA

May 28, 1995Guthrie County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 1995, 1:19 AM CDT for Guthrie County, Iowa. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 1995, 1:19 AM CDT (06:19 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 1995, 3:36 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Whole counties

County Guthrie County, IA

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1010 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDSM 280622
FFWDSM
IAC077-280920-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
119 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 1995

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  GUTHRIE COUNTY - WEST CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 420 AM CDT
 
* SOME STREAMS AFFECTED
    BAY BRANCH
    BRUSHY CREEK
    WILLOW CREEK
    RACCOON RIVER

* CAUSE AND EFFECT
    TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN UPSTREAM IN NORTHERN GUTHRIE...CARROLL
    AND GREENE COUNTIES WAS CAUSING MOST CREEKS IN THE COUNTY TO
    RISE RAPIDLY. SEVERAL CAMPGROUNDS IN THE AREA WERE BEING EVACUATED.

* FORECAST CONDITIONS
    NO ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT CONTINUED
    RUNOFF WILL RESULT IN RAPID FLOODING.

LEAVE FLOOD PRONE OR LOW LYING AREAS IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND
BARRICADES.

PYTLAK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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, May 27, 9:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

IAZ035-280325-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
953 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995

...TORANDO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM FOR NORTHERN WEBSTER
COUNTY...

RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT DODGE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  THERE WAS ALSO A REPORT OF A TORNADO BETWEEN
MOORLAN AND FORT DODGE AT 957 PM. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO FORT DODGE
BY 1005 PM.

TAKE COVER NOW...THIS IS A DANGEROUJS SITUATION.

JOHNSON

Special weather statement, May 27, 11:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

IAZ001>004-012>015-020>023-031>034-043>046-055>058-069>071-079>082-
090>099-280600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1158 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF IOWA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
ALTHOUGH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA DURING THE
OVERNIGHT. THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY IN FAR NORTHWEST IOWA...WHERE A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT.

PYTLAK

Special weather statement, May 28, 12:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

IAZ005-024-035-059-072-083-094-280700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1215 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 1995

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
KOSSUTH...HUMBOLDT...DALLAS...MADISON...CLARKE...AND DECATUR.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES HAS ENDED...BUT
CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING WILL KEEP THE THREAT
FLASH FLOODING HIGH. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFF8ECT FOR THESE
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM.

PYTLAK

Special weather statement, May 28, 12:30 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

IAZ060-073-084-095-280800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1229 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 1995

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR POLK...WARREN...LUCAS AND
WAYNE COUNTIES.D THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT EAST OF A LINE
FROM BUFFALO CENTER...TO BOONE...TO AMES...TO CENTERVILLE...AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM CRESCO TO KEOSAUQUA UNTIL 400 AM.

PYTLAK

Local storm report, May 28, 1:05 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
105 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 1995

TIME(CDT)   .....CITY LOCATION.....  ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE(CDT)   ....COUNTY LOCATION....
1919 CDT   NEAR CARROLL              IA   FUNNEL CLOUD
05/27/95   CARROLL COUNTY

1922 CDT   CARROLL                   IA   TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED
05/27/95   CARROLL COUNTY                 DOWN AND WAS ON THE GROUND
                                          TO NEAR FONDA.  SEVERAL
                                          FARM HOUSES LEVELED.
                                          1/4 TO 1/2 MILE WIDE WITH
                                          PROBABLE F4 STRENGTH

1927 CDT   2 SE MT CARMEL            IA   TORNADO STILL ON GROUND
05/27/95   CARROLL COUNTY

1930 CDT   SOUTH OF MT CARMEL        IA   POWER LINES DOWNED BY
05/27/95   CARROLL COUNTY                 TORNADO

1934 CDT   3S AUBURN                 IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   SAC COUNTY

1937 CDT   S OF AUBURN               IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   SAC COUNTY

1950 CDT   JUST S OF ADAIR           IA   FUNNEL CLOUD
05/27/95   ADAIR COUNTY

1950 CDT   1W OF HWY 71 NR AUBURN    IA   TORNADO STILL ON GROUND
05/27/95   SAC COUNTY

1955 CDT   2W CRESTON                IA   TORNADO ON GROUND TO POINT
05/27/95   UNION COUNTY                   ABOUT 4SE OF PERRY IN DALLAS
                                          COUNTY.  SOME INJURIES IN THE
                                          THE GREENFIELD AREA.  AT LEAST
                                          TWO HOUSES LEVELED.  PATH WIDTH
                                          UP TO 1/2 MILE WIDE.  PROBABLE
                                          STRENGTH F4.

2001 CDT   3S WESTSIDE               IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   CRAWFORD COUNTY

2005 CDT   6SE OF LAKEVIEW           IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   SAC COUNTY

2008 CDT   1 3/4W YETTER             IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   SAC COUNTY

2010 CDT   9W ROCKWELL CITY          IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   SAC COUNTY

2015 CDT   3E ORIENT                 IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   ADAIR COUNTY

2025 CDT   9NNE GREENFIELD           IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   ADAIR COUNTY

2030 CDT   NEAR GREENFIELD           IA   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/95   ADAIR COUNTY

2035 CDT   1W LYTON                  IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   SAC COUNTY

2039 CDT   NE OF GREENFIELD          IA   TORNADO 1/4 MILE WIDE
05/27/95   ADAIR COUNTY

2039 CDT   NW OF LYTON               IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   SAC COUNTY

2040 CDT   SCRANTON                  IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   GREENE COUNTY

2045 CDT   SE OF MENLO               IA   ROTATING WALL CLOUD
05/27/95   ADAIR COUNTY

2045 CDT   6S STUART                 IA   *** 1INJURY ***
05/27/95   ADAIR COUNTY                   HOUSE LEVELED. WOMAN INJURED
                                          IN BASEMENT WHEN TORNADO
                                          LEVELED HOUSE AND IT COLLAPSED

2047 CDT   FONDA                     IA   TORNADO (END OF TRACK)
05/27/95   POCAHONTAS COUNTY

2050 CDT   S OF STUART               IA   TORNADO HAD BECOME A TWIN
05/27/95   ADAIR COUNTY                   VORTICIES

2058 CDT   I-80 MARKER 95            IA   TORNADO CROSSES I-80
05/27/95   ADAIR COUNTY

2108 CDT   NEAR CHURDAN              IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   GREENE COUNTY

2110 CDT   4NW REDFIELD              IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   DALLAS COUNTY

2113 CDT   CHURDAN                   IA   60 MPH WINDS
05/27/95   GREENE COUNTY

2115 CDT   2SE LINDEN                IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   DALLAS COUNTY

2115 CDT   5NE LINDEN                IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   DALLAS COUNTY

2124 CDT   4SSW PERRY                IA   TORNADO (END OF TRACK)
05/27/95   DALLAS COUNTY

2139 CDT   CROMWELL                  IA   WALL CLOUD
05/27/95   UNION COUNTY

2139 CDT   HAVELOCK                  IA   ROTATING WALL CLOUD
05/27/95   POCAHONTAS COUNTY

2140 CDT   CROMWELL                  IA   STRUCTURAL DAMAGE BY WINDS
05/27/95   UNION

2145 CDT   SW MOORLAND               IA   ROTATING WALL CLOUD
05/27/95   WEBSTER COUNTY

2145 CDT   W OF CRESTON              IA   ROTATING WALL CLOUD
05/27/95

2149 CDT   SE MOORLAND               IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   WEBSTER COUNTY

2156 CDT   3SW FORT DODGE            IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   WEBSTER COUNTY

2221 CDT   5SE MT AYR                IA   TORNADO
05/27/95   RINGGOLD COUNTY

2223 CDT   2W DAVIS CITY             IA   TORNADO...TRACKED TO 3NE WELDON
05/27/95   DECATUR COUNTY                 IN CLARK COUNTY

2240 CDT   GUTHRIE CENTER            IA   2.5 INCHES RAIN IN 2 HOURS
05/27/95   GUTHRIE COUNTY

2250 CDT   SE EDGE OF LEON           IA   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/95   DECATUR COUNTY

2325 CDT   NR PILOT MOUND            IA   WALL CLOUD (LARGE)
05/27/95   BOONE COUNTY

2359 CDT   NEAR FRASER               IA   FUNNEL CLOUD
05/27/95   BOONE COUNTY

0003 CDT   LAKE PANORA AREA          IA   FLOODING REPORTED
05/28/95   GUTHRIE COUNTY

0048 CDT   LAKE RATHBUN              IA   FUNNEL CLOUD
05/28/95   MARION COUNTY

0050 CDT   LAKE RATHBUN              IA   POSSIBLE BRIEF TORNADO
05/28/95   MARION COUNTY                  TOUCHDOWN

MS/BS MAY 95

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Carroll, Sac	28 min
May 27, 7:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Carroll, Sac	22 min
May 27, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Sac	34 min
May 27, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Adair, Union	33 min
May 27, 8:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Cass	32 min
May 27, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Crawford	18 min
May 27, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Sac	32 min
May 27, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Carroll	32 min
May 27, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Greene, Guthrie	35 min
May 27, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Adair	35 min
May 27, 8:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Pocahontas	33 min
May 27, 8:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Guthrie	36 min
May 27, 8:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Carroll	34 min
May 27, 8:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Dallas	31 min
May 27, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Sac	16 min
May 27, 9:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Greene	35 min
May 27, 9:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Greene	29 min
May 27, 9:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Webster	25 min
May 27, 9:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Adams, Union	28 min
May 27, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Webster	31 min
May 27, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Guthrie	31 min
May 27, 10:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Decatur, Ringgold	34 min
May 27, 10:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Dallas	34 min
May 27, 10:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Decatur	29 min
May 27, 10:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Decatur	15 min
May 27, 10:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Clarke	34 min
May 27, 11:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Boone	35 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.