Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1995, 8:53 PM CDT for Appanoose County, Iowa. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1995, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1995, 9:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Appanoose County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 946 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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 230153 RRA
SVRDSM
IAC007-230225-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
853 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
NORTHERN APPANOOSE COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
* UNTIL 925 PM CDT
* SOME TOWNS AFFECTED
LAKE RATHBUN AREA
* AT 850 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE RATHBUN
OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTTUMWA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR THE TOWNS OF RATHBUN AND MYSTIC BY 915 PM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. DO NOT GO OUTDOORS.
KUBINAWhat 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
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
IAZ008>011-018-019-029-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA 431 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995 FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED DURING THE PAST HOUR NEAR LIME SPRINGS IN HOWARD COUNTY. OTHERS ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS PARTS OF IOWA TODAY THAT FAVORS THE FORMATION OF A SPECIES OF FUNNEL CLOUD COMMONLY CALLED COLD AIR FUNNELS. THEY ARE USUALLY QUITE SMALL AND ARE NOT AS VIOLENT AS THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE THUNDESTORMS. STUDIES OF COLD AIR FUNNELS SHOW THAT THEY RARELY TOUCH THE GROUND. THEY NORMALLY PROTRUDE A FEW HUNDRED FEET DOWNWARD FROM THE PARENT CLOUD..ROTATE OR SPIN LIKE A TOP..AND LAST FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE DISSIPATING. INFREQUENTLY..COLD AIR FUNNELS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED FOR AS LONG AS AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE AREA SHOULD NOT BECOME UNDULY ALARMED BUT SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A FUNNEL APPROACHES THE GROUND..OR A LOCAL WARNING IS ISSUED. COGIL
Local storm report, Jul 22, 7:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
730 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995
TIME(CDT) ...CITY LOCATION... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE(CDT) ...COUNTY...
502 PM MARBLE ROCK IA 30-40 MPH WIND AND
07/22/95 FLOYD 1/2 INCH HAIL.
506 PM 3 E OF MARBLE ROCK IA 1/2 - 3/4 INCH HAIL
07/22/95 FLOYD COVERED THE GROUND TO
2 INCHES DEEP. CROP
DAMAGE REPORTED. TREE
BRANCHES HAD ALSO BEEN
SNAPPED OFF.
618 PM OELWEIN IA 40-50 MPH WINDS AND
07/22/95 FAYETTE PEA SIZE HAIL.
.
704PM STRAWBERRY POINT IA PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND
07/22/95 CLAYTON UP TO 40 MPH.Local storm report, Jul 22, 7:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
730 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995
TIME(CDT) ...CITY LOCATION... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE(CDT) ...COUNTY...
502 PM MARBLE ROCK IA 30-40 MPH WIND AND
07/22/95 FLOYD 1/2 INCH HAIL.
506 PM 3 E OF MARBLE ROCK IA 1/2 - 3/4 INCH HAIL
07/22/95 FLOYD COVERED THE GROUND TO
2 INCHES DEEP. CROP
DAMAGE REPORTED. TREE
BRANCHES HAD ALSO BEEN
SNAPPED OFF.
618 PM OELWEIN IA 40-50 MPH WINDS AND
07/22/95 FAYETTE PEA SIZE HAIL.
.
704PM STRAWBERRY POINT IA PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND
07/22/95 CLAYTON UP TO 40 MPH.Local storm report, Jul 22, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
733 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995
TIME(CDT) ...CITY LOCATION... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE(CDT) ...COUNTY...
502 PM MARBLE ROCK IA 30-40 MPH WIND AND
07/22/95 FLOYD 1/2 INCH HAIL.
506 PM 3 E OF MARBLE ROCK IA 1/2 - 3/4 INCH HAIL
07/22/95 FLOYD COVERED THE GROUND TO
2 INCHES DEEP. CROP
DAMAGE REPORTED. TREE
BRANCHES HAD ALSO BEEN
SNAPPED OFF.
618 PM OELWEIN IA 40-50 MPH WINDS AND
07/22/95 FAYETTE PEA SIZE HAIL.
.
704PM STRAWBERRY POINT IA PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND
07/22/95 CLAYTON UP TO 40 MPH.Local storm report, Jul 22, 7:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
733 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995
TIME(CDT) ...CITY LOCATION... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE(CDT) ...COUNTY...
502 PM MARBLE ROCK IA 30-40 MPH WIND AND
07/22/95 FLOYD 1/2 INCH HAIL.
506 PM 3 E OF MARBLE ROCK IA 1/2 - 3/4 INCH HAIL
07/22/95 FLOYD COVERED THE GROUND TO
2 INCHES DEEP. CROP
DAMAGE REPORTED. TREE
BRANCHES HAD ALSO BEEN
SNAPPED OFF.
618 PM OELWEIN IA 40-50 MPH WINDS AND
07/22/95 FAYETTE PEA SIZE HAIL.
.
704PM STRAWBERRY POINT IA PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND
07/22/95 CLAYTON UP TO 40 MPH.The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 23 min |
| Jul 22, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Monroe | 29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.