Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1995, 12:49 AM CDT for Adair County, Cass County, Iowa. It was in force for 21 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 1995, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1995, 1:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adair County, IA, Cass County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:06 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 785 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 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 080549 RRA
SVRDSM
IAC001-029-080610-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1249 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
WESTERN ADAIR COUNTY - SOUTHWEST IOWA
NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY - SOUTHWEST IOWA
* UNTIL 110 AM CDT
* SOME TOWNS AFFECTED
ANITA
BRIDGEWATER
* AT 1248 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ANITA 60
MILES EAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS pMOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL BE BRIDGEWATER BY 100 AM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. DO NOT GO OUTDOORS. PREPARE FOR ONE TO
INCH DIAMETER HAIL.
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, Jul 7, 10:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1057 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 1995 TIME (CDT) ...CITY LOCATION... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE (CDT) ...COUNTY LOCATION... 2134 CDT 1 W OF BENTON IA 1 INCH HAIL 07/07/95 RINGGOLD COUNTY 2140 CDT DELPHOS IA 0.50 INCH HAIL 07/04/95 RINGGOLD COUNTY 2140 CDT 2 SW OF BENTON IA 0.75 INCH HAIL 07/07/95 RINGGOLD COUNTY 2204 CDT 1 W OF BENTON IA 1 INCH HAIL 07/07/95 RINGGOLD COUNTY BAILEY /
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 10 min |
| Jul 8, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair | 22 min |
| Jul 8, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.