Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 3:14 AM CDT for Emmet County, Iowa. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1995, 3:14 AM CDT (08:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1995, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Emmet County, IA
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 070813 RRA
SVRDSM
IAC063-070900-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
314 AM CDT WED JUN 7 1995
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
EMMET COUNTY - NORTHWEST IOWA
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
* SOME TOWNS AFFECTED
ESTHERVILLE
GRUVER
DOLLIVER
* AT AT 312 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST
OF ESTHERVILLE OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPENCER MOVING EAST AT 40
M,ILES AN HOUR.
* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR ESTHERVILLE AT 325 AM AND NEAR ARMSTRONG AT
345 AM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. DO NOT GO OUTDOORS.
SMITHWhat 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, 9:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
952 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE(CDT) ....COUNTY LOCATION....
1825 CDT 5E BUFFALO CENTER IA 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
06/06/95 WINNEBAGO COUNTY
1830 CDT 2N FOREST CITY IA 1.75 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
06/06/95 WINNEBAGO COUNTY
1830 CDT LAKE MILLS IA 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
06/06/95 WINNEBAGO COUNTY
1830 CDT 10NE LAKOTA IA 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
06/06/95 KOSSUTH COUNTY
1835 CDT 4W FOREST CITY IA BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
06/06/95 WINNEBAGO COUNTY
1840 CDT 2N FOREST CITY IA WIND DAMAGE AND CANOE BLOWN
06/06/95 WINNEBAGO COUNTY UPHILL
1840 CDT 2N FOREST CITY IA 1.9 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS
06/06/95 WINNEBAGO COUNTY THAN AN HOUR
1845 CDT FOREST CITY IA 75 MPH WINDS
06/06/95 WINNEBAGO COUNTY
1918 CDT MASON CITY AIRPORT IA 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO COUNTY
1920 CDT 4N MASON CITY AIRPORT IA SEMI OVERTURNED ON I-35 BY
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO COUNTY HIGH WINDS
1921 CDT 4NW MASON CITY AIRPORT IA CONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO COUNTY BARN DESTROYED
1921 CDT 5NW MASON CITY IA 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO COUNTY
1925 CDT WESTERN MASON CITY IA 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO COUNTY
1925 CDT 3W OF MASON CITY IA SHERRIFF REPORTS TORNADO
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO COUNTY STILL ON GROUND
1926 CDT WESTERN MASON CITY IA 60 MPH WINDS
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO COUNTY
1931 CDT 4S MASON CITY IA FUNNEL CLOUD
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO
1934 CDT 4S MASON CITY IA 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO COUNTY
2000 CDT 1N AND 21/2E HAMPTON IA FUNNEL CLOUDS
06/06/95 FRANKLIN COUNTY
2005 CDT 5N NEW HAMPTON IA 2.4 INCHES IN 45 MINUTES
06/06/95 FRANKLIN
2015 CDT SOUTH OF HAMPTON AIRPORT IA TREES UPROOTED BY HIGH
06/06/95 FRANKLIN COUNTY WINDS
2041 CDT 3/4E OF IOWA FALLS IA TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY
06/06/95 HARDIN COUNTY AT GOLF COURSE AND COUNTRY
CLUB
2123 CDT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IA NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER
06/06/95 FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER...SOME 2 FEET DEEP
MS JUN 95Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
952 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE(CDT) ....COUNTY LOCATION....
1825 CDT 5E BUFFALO CENTER IA 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
06/06/95 WINNEBAGO COUNTY
1830 CDT 2N FOREST CITY IA 1.75 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
06/06/95 WINNEBAGO COUNTY
1830 CDT LAKE MILLS IA 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
06/06/95 WINNEBAGO COUNTY
1830 CDT 10NE LAKOTA IA 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
06/06/95 KOSSUTH COUNTY
1835 CDT 4W FOREST CITY IA BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
06/06/95 WINNEBAGO COUNTY
1840 CDT 2N FOREST CITY IA WIND DAMAGE AND CANOE BLOWN
06/06/95 WINNEBAGO COUNTY UPHILL
1840 CDT 2N FOREST CITY IA 1.9 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS
06/06/95 WINNEBAGO COUNTY THAN AN HOUR
1845 CDT FOREST CITY IA 75 MPH WINDS
06/06/95 WINNEBAGO COUNTY
1918 CDT MASON CITY AIRPORT IA 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO COUNTY
1920 CDT 4N MASON CITY AIRPORT IA SEMI OVERTURNED ON I-35 BY
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO COUNTY HIGH WINDS
1921 CDT 4NW MASON CITY AIRPORT IA CONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO COUNTY BARN DESTROYED
1921 CDT 5NW MASON CITY IA 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO COUNTY
1925 CDT WESTERN MASON CITY IA 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO COUNTY
1925 CDT 3W OF MASON CITY IA SHERRIFF REPORTS TORNADO
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO COUNTY STILL ON GROUND
1926 CDT WESTERN MASON CITY IA 60 MPH WINDS
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO COUNTY
1931 CDT 4S MASON CITY IA FUNNEL CLOUD
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO
1934 CDT 4S MASON CITY IA 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
06/06/95 CERRO GORDO COUNTY
2000 CDT 1N AND 21/2E HAMPTON IA FUNNEL CLOUDS
06/06/95 FRANKLIN COUNTY
2005 CDT 5N NEW HAMPTON IA 2.4 INCHES IN 45 MINUTES
06/06/95 FRANKLIN
2015 CDT SOUTH OF HAMPTON AIRPORT IA TREES UPROOTED BY HIGH
06/06/95 FRANKLIN COUNTY WINDS
2041 CDT 3/4E OF IOWA FALLS IA TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY
06/06/95 HARDIN COUNTY AT GOLF COURSE AND COUNTRY
CLUB
2123 CDT SEVERAjL LOCATIONS IA NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER
06/06/95 FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER...SOME 2 FEET DEEP
MS JUN 95Special weather statement, Jun 6, 11:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
IAZ036-070510- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1137 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995 ...HAIL WAS FALLING OVER CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY... AT 1130 PM...AN IOWA STATE TROOPER REPORTED MARBLE SIZED HAIL ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF WEBSTER CITY. THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL ARRIVE IN JEWELL BY 1145 PM. HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER IS LIKELY FROM THIS STORM...ALONG WITH RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR. STAY INDOORS AS THIS STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 11:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
IAZ036-070510- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1137 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995 ...HAIL WAS FALLING OVER CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY... AT 1130 PM...AN IOWA STATE TROOPER REPORTED MARBLE SIZED HAIL ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF WEBSTER CITY. THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL ARRIVE IN JEWELL BY 1145 PM. HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER IS LIKELY FROM THIS STORM...ALONG WITH RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR. STAY INDOORS AS THIS STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 12:02 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
IAZALL-070610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1203 AM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF IOWA HAS EXPIRED... THE THREA*T OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED...BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA THROUGH 300 AM. SMALL HAIL... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 12:03 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
IAZALL-070610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1203 AM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF IOWA HAS EXPIRED... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED...BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA THROUGH 300 AM. SMALL HAIL... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. PYTLAK
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, 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, 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.