Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 6:55 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Iowa. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1995, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1995, 7:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mitchell County, IA
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALO 062354 RRA SVRALO IAC131-070100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA 655 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WATERLOO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA ...MITCHELL COUNTY AT 655PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF ST. ANSGAR OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASON CITY. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF ST. ANSGAR...MITCHELL AND OSAGE. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. SjEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND OCCASIONALLY TORNADOES. COGIL
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
Local storm report, Jun 6, 5:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 520 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE(CDT) ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 1443 CDT 4W NORTHWOOD IA 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL 06/06/95 WORTH COUNTY MS JUN 95
Local storm report, Jun 6, 5:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 520 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE(CDT) ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 1443 C&DT 4W NORTHWOOD IA 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL 06/06/95 WORTH COUNTY MS JUN 95
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Worth | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Worth | 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.