Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1995, 12:36 PM CDT for Howard County, Iowa. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1995, 12:36 PM CDT (17:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1995, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Howard County, IA
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 467 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1285 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALO 271738 RRA SVRALO IAC089-271815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA 1236 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WATERLOO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST IOWA ...NORTHERN HOWARD COUNTY AT 12:36PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WATERLOO INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHWEST HOWARD COUNTY 10 MILES WEST OF CHESTER OR 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASON CITY. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF CHESTER...LIME SPRINGS...SARATOGA AND CRESCO. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. COGIL
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
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 10:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
IAZALL-271800- IOWA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA 1010 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 HAZARD...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. AREAS OF CONCERN...NORTHEAST IOWA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM FROM MASON CITY TO OLEWEIN...TO DUBUQUE. TIMING DETAILS...DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL BUILD SOUTH INTO IOWA. METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM...FOR JULY...IS MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST. THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL MOVE SOUTH ALONG A WARM FRONT INTO NORTHEAST IOWA DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN WESTERN IOWA AROUND MIDDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE STATE. PRECAUTIONS...PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ESPECIALLY THOSE BORDERING MINNESOTA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. TIMING OF THUDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN IOWA IS MORE UNCERTAIN. RIGHT NOW THE BEST CHANCE APPEARS TO BE AROUND MIDDAY. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS. THE NEXT OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND NOON...UNLESS A WATCH OR WARNING IS ISSUED. BELLES
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 10:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
IAZALL-271800- IOWA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA 1010 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 HAZARD...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. AREAS OF CONCERN...NORTHEAST IOWA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM FROM MASON CITY TO OLEWEIN...TO DUBUQUE. TIMING DETAILS...DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL BUILD SOUTH INTO IOWA. METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM...FOR JULY...IS MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST. THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL MOVE SOUTH ALONG A WARM INTO NORTHEAST IOWA DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN WESTERN IOWA AROUND MIDDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE STATE. PRECAUTIONS...PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ESPECIALLY THOSE BORDERING MINNESOTA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. TIMING OF THUDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN IOWA IS MORE UNCERTAIN. RIGHT NOW TH E BEST CHANCE APPEARS TO BE AROUND MIDDAY. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS. THE NEXT OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND NOON...UNLESS A WATCH OR WARNING IS ISSUED. BELLES
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 10:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
IAZALL-271800- IOWA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IOWA 1010 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 HAZARD...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. AREAS OF CONCERN...NORTHEAST IOWA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM FROM MASON CITY TO OLEWEIN...TO DUBUQUE. TIMING DETAILS...DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL BUILD SOUTH INTO IOWA. METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM...FOR JULY...IS MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST. THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL MOVE SOUTH ALONG A WARM FRONT INTO NORTHEAST IOWA DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN WESTERN IOWA AROUND MIDDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE STATE. PRECAUTIONS...PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA...ESPECIALLY THOSE BORDERING MINNESOTA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. TIMING OF THUDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN IOWA IS MORE UNCERTAIN. RIGHT NOW THE BEST CHANCE APPEARS TO BE AROUND MIDDAY. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS. THE NEXT OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND NOON...UNLESS A WATCH OR WARNING IS ISSUED. BELLES
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 12:16 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
IAZ007-271750- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1217 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNING FOR WORTH COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED INTO NORTHWEST MITCHELL COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF WORTH COUNTY NORTH OF THE TOWNS OF NORTHWOOD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE SEVERE. BELLES
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 12:17 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
IAZ007-271750- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR IOWA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1217 PM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNING FOR WORTH COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED INTO NORTHWEST MITCHELL COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF WORTH COUNTY NORTH OF THE TOWNS OF NORTHWOOD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE SEVERE. BELLES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mitchell | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Worth | 26 min |
| Jul 27, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mitchell | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mitchell | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Winneshiek | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Allamakee | 93 min |
| Jul 27, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Fayette | 46 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.