Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Des Moines, IA

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CENTRAL IOWA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
310 PM CDT MON AUG 19 1996

HAZARD...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE HEAVY
RAIN.

AREA OF CONCERN...EAST OF LINE FROM ALGONA TO ATLANTIC.

TIMING DETAILS...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS...A COLD FRONT WHICH EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST
MINNESOTA INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE EAST. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WAS IN PLACE ACROSS IOWA THIS
AFTERNOON WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER 70S AND SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 15
KTS...HOWEVER AFTERNOON HEATING HAS BEEN KEPT TO A MINIMUM DUE TO THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE EFFECTED MUCH OF THE STATE EARLIER TODAY.
WHILE THE AIRMASS IS UNSTABLE...THE GREATEST INSTABILITY IS IN PLACE
TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA. FREEZING LEVELS ARE ALSO OVER 14000
FEET...KEEPING LARGE HAIL THREATS LOW. IN ADDITION...UPPER LEVEL WINDS
ARE FAIRLY WEAK ACROSS THE AREA.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND INTO THIS EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONT...HOWEVER STORMS AT THIS TIME ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME
SEVERE...WITH ONLY BRIEF HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED. WITH A FAIRLY FAST
MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS AND RAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR FLOODING NEAR 4
INCHES...FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PRECAUTIONS...INTERESTED PARTIESd SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER
SITUATION...HOWEVER AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

FORSTER/HUNTER