Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1995, 12:41 AM CDT for Ringgold County, Iowa. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 1995, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ringgold County, IA
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDSM 090542 RRA
SVRDSM
IAC159-090615-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1241 AM CDT SUN APR 9 1995
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
* UNTIL 115 AM CDT
* SOME TOWNS AFFECTED
OPEN FARMLAND SOUTHEAST OF MT AYR
* AT 1137 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 70 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR COUNTY HIGHWAY J55 BY 1250 AM CDT.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. DO NOT GO OUTDOORS.
BELLES
SEEK SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. ALL THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.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, Apr 8, 9:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
IAZ002>011-013>027-031>35-SDZ071-NEZ013>015-090800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 935 PM CDT SAT APR 8 1995 THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN IOWA HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND EXTENDED. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WAUKON TO FORT DODGE TO SIOUX CITY. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE SIOUX CITY...SPENCER... ESTHERVILLE...STORM LAKE...MASON CITY...AND DECORAH. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. AN INITIAL SHOT OF RAIN TONIGHT MAY MIX WITH SNOW LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW...WILL MOVE IN LATE SUNDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL JUST NORTH OF THE RAIN-SNOW LINE...SO EVEN A SMALL SHIFT IN STORM TRACK COULD RADICALLY ALTER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. PEOPLE PLANNING TO BE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS CLOSELY AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY PREPARATIONS. PYTLAK/JEB
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 9:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
IAZ002>011-013>027-031>35-SDZ071-NEZ013>015-090800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 935 PM CDT SAT APR 8 1995 THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN IOWA HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND EXTENDED. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WAUKON TO FORT DODGE TO SIOUX CITY. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE SIOUX CITY...SPENCER... ESTHERVILLE...STORM LAKE...MASON CITY...AND DECORAH. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. AN INITIAL SHOT OF RAIN TONIGHT MAY MIX WITH SNOW LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW...WILL MOVE IN LATE SUNDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL JUST NORTH OF THE RAIN-SNOW LINE...SO EVEN A SMALL SHIFT IN STORM TRACK COULD RADICALLY ALTER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. PEOPLE PLANNING TO BE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS CLOSELY AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY PREPARATIONS. PYTLAK/JEB
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 9:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
IAZ002>011-013>027-031>35-SDZ071-NEZ013>015-090800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 935 PM CDT SAT APR 8 1995 THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN IOWA HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND EXTENDED. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WAUKON TO FORT DODGE TO SIOUX CITY. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE SIOUX CITY...SPENCER... ESTHERVILLE...STORM LAKE...MASON CITY...AND DECORAH. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. AN INITIAL SHOT OF RAIN TONIGHT MAY MIX WITH SNOW LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER. A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW...WILL MOVE IN LATE SUNDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL JUST NORTH OF THE RAIN-SNOW LINE...SO EVEN A SMALL SHIFT IN STORM TRACK COULD RADICALLY ALTER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. PEOPLE PLANNING TO BE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS CLOSELY AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY PREPARATIONS. PYTLAK/JEB
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 10:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
IAZ071-090320- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1021 PM CDT SAT APR 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ADAIR COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THUNDERSTORMS CAPABABLE OF PRODUCING MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING WERE STILL OCCURING ACROSS ADAIR COUNTY NEAR GREENFIELD ALTHOUGH THE STORMS WERE NO LONGER SEVERE. THOSE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD STILL TAKE COVER. BELLES
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 10:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
IAZ071-090320- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1021 PM CDT SAT APR 8 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ADAIR COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THUNDERSTORMS CAPABABLE OF PRODUCING MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING WERE STILL OCCURING ACROSS ADAIR COUNTY NEAR GREENFIELD ALTHOUGH THE STORMS WERE NO LONGER SEVERE. THOSE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD STILL TAKE COVER. BELLES
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 11:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
IAZ061-090415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1115 PM CDT SAT APR 8 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JASPER COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS AT KELLOGG AND OAKLAND ACRES IN NORTHEAST JASPER COUNTY WERE STRONG BUT NO LONGER SEVERE. LOOK FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY PUSH OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 1130 PM CDT. BELLES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Cass, Guthrie | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Guthrie | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 23 min |
| Apr 9, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Taylor | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.