Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 8:22 PM CDT for Wright County, Iowa. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1995, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1995, 8:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 433 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 962 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDSM 070121 RRA
SVRDSM
IAC197-070155-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
822 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
* UNTIL 855 PM CDT
* SOME TOWNS AFFECTED
GALT
DOWS
WALL LAKE
* AT 820 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FORT DODGE JUST SOUTH OF CLARION MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
6
* THE STORM WILL BE WALL LAKE BY 835 PM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60
MPH ARE EXPECTED. A TORNADO HAS ALSO OCCURRED WITH THIS LINE EARLIER
IN THE EVENING. DO NOT GO OUTDOORS.
PYTLAKWhat 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, 3 hours 2 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, 3 hours 1 minute 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, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Franklin | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Floyd | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Franklin | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hardin | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winneshiek | 51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.