Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 8:35 PM CDT for Franklin County, Hardin County, Iowa. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1995, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1995, 9:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, IA, Hardin County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Iowa Falls, IA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 845 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1301 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 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 070134 RRA
SVRDSM
IAC069-083-070205-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
835 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY - CENTRAL IOWA
* UNTIL 905 PM CDT
* SOME TOWNS AFFECTED
BRADFORD
ACKLEY
IOWA FALLS
* AT 832 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES SOUTH OF
MASON CITY OR NEAR BRADFORD IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. MOVING SOUTH AT 20
MPH.
* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR IOWA FALLS AT 850 PM CDT.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. DO NOT GO OUTDOORS.
LEWIS
^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, 3 hours 15 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 14 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, 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, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wright | 33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.