Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1995, 1:30 AM CDT for Palo Alto County, Iowa. It was in force for 21 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1995, 1:30 AM CDT (06:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1995, 1:51 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Palo Alto County, IA
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2368 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 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 220629 RRA
SVRDSM
IAC147-220700-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
130 AM CDT THU JUN 22 1995
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
NORTHWESTERN PALO ALTO COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* SOME TOWNS AFFECTED
GRAETTINGER
RUTHVEN
* AT 125 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR RUTHVEN...15
MILES EAST OF SPENCER MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* THE STORM, WILL BE OVER OPEN FARMLAND WEST OF GRAETTINGER THROUGH 200
AM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. DO NOT GO OUTDOORS.
MS JUN 95What 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 22, 12:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1224 AM CDT THU JUN 22 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE(CDT) ....COUNTY LOCATION....
2318 CDT EMMETSBURG IA 70 MPH WINDS AND HALF INCH
06/21/95 PALO ALTO COUNTY DIAMETER HAIL. NUMEROUS
TREE LIMBS DOWN. BASEMENTS
FLOODED WITH 1 INCH OR RAIN
IN UNDER AN HOUR. HIGH WINDS
RESULTED IN CONSIDERABLE
DRIFTING OF HAIL.
MS JUN 95Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1224 AM CDT THU JUN 22 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE(CDT) ....COUNTY LOCATION....
2318 CDT EMMETSBURG IA 70 MPH WINDS AND HALF INCH
06/21/95 PALO ALTO COUNTY DIAMETER HAIL. NUMEROUS
TREE LIMBS DOWN. BASEMENTS
FLOODED WITH 1 INCH OR RAIN
IN UNDER AN HOUR. HIGH WINDS
RESULTED IN CONSIDERABLE
DRIFTING OF HAIL.
MS JUN 95The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 34 min |
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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.