Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1998, 8:55 AM CDT for Guthrie County, Iowa. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1998, 8:55 AM CDT (13:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1998, 9:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Guthrie County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:55 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 9:05 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Panora, IA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -531 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1182 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 17, 5:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-171700- CENTRAL IOWA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 517 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1998 HAZARD--SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH AND VERY LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. TIMING AND AREA OF CONCERN--THROUGH NOON...WEST OF A LINE FROM MASON CITY...TO NEWTON...TO CORYDON. METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS--EARLY THIS MORNING...A NARROW ZONE OF LIFT CAUSED BY MID-LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN THIS AREA AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER FAR SOUTHWEST IOWA HAVE GENERALLY BEEN IN THE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH RANGE DURING A THREE HOUR PERIOD... HOWEVER ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO ONE-HALF TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH CANNOT BE RULED OUT THIS MORNING. WITH ALL THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN RECENTLY OVER A LARGE PART OF IOWA...DITCHES MAY RAPIDLY FILL IN THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE MOST RAIN THIS MORNING. SOME QUICK RISES ON SMALL STREAMS COULD ALSO OCCUR BUT LARGER CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD NOT BE EFFECTED DUE TO THE RELATIVELY FAST MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION. ADDITIONALLY...SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR...BUT THESE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. PRECAUTIONS--SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THOUGH SOME RAINFALL REPORTS MAY BE REQUIRED NEAR THE STRONGEST SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. IF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN OCCURS...THERE MAY BE SOME RAPID RISES ON STREAMS. INFORMATION REGARDING WATER OVER ROADS OR BRIDGES SHOULD BE CONVEYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DES MOINES. SEARCY
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-171700- CENTRAL IOWA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 517 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1998 HAZARD--SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH AND VERY LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. TIMING AND AREA OF CONCERN--THROUGH NOON...WEST OF A LINE FROM MASON CITY...TO NEWTON...TO CORYDON. METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS--EARLY THIS MORNING...A NARROW ZONE OF LIFT CAUSED BY MID-LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN THIS AREA AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER FAR SOUTHWEST IOWA HAVE GENERALLY BEEN IN THE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH RANGE DURING A THREE HOUR PERIOD... HOWEVER ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO ONE-HALF TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH CANNOT BE RULED OUT THIS MORNING. WITH ALL THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN RECENTLY OVER A LARGE PART OF IOWA...DITCHES MAY RAPIDLY FILL IN THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE MOST RAIN THIS MORNING. SOME QUICK RISES ON SMALL STREAMS COULD ALSO OCCUR BUT LARGER CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD NOT BE EFFECTED DUE TO THE RELATIVELY FAST MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION. ADDITIONALLY...SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR...BUT THESE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. PRECAUTIONS--SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THOUGH SOME RAINFALL REPORTS MAY BE REQUIRED NEAR THE STRONGEST SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. IF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN OCCURS...THERE MAY BE SOME RAPID RISES ON STREAMS. INFORMATION REGARDING WATER OVER ROADS OR BRIDGES SHOULD BE CONVEYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DES MOINES. SEARCY
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-171700- CENTRAL IOWA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTED AREA OF CONCERN... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 520 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1998 HAZARD--SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH AND VERY LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. TIMING AND AREA OF CONCERN--THROUGH NOON...WEST OF A LINE FROM WATERLOO...TO NEWTON...TO CORYDON. METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS--EARLY THIS MORNING...A NARROW ZONE OF LIFT CAUSED BY MID-LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN THIS AREA AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER FAR SOUTHWEST IOWA HAVE GENERALLY BEEN IN THE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH RANGE DURING A THREE HOUR PERIOD... HOWEVER ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO ONE-HALF TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH CANNOT BE RULED OUT THIS MORNING. WITH ALL THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN RECENTLY OVER A LARGE PART OF IOWA...DITCHES MAY RAPIDLY FILL IN THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE MOST RAIN THIS MORNING. SOME QUICK RISES ON SMALL STREAMS COULD ALSO OCCUR BUT LARGER CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD NOT BE EFFECTED DUE TO THE RELATIVELY FAST MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION. ADDITIONALLY...SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR...BUT THESE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. PRECAUTIONS--SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THOUGH SOME RAINFALL REPORTS MAY BE REQUIRED NEAR THE STRONGEST SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. IF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN OCCURS...THERE MAY BE SOME RAPID RISES ON STREAMS. INFORMATION REGARDING WATER OVER ROADS OR BRIDGES SHOULD BE CONVEYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DES MOINES. SEARCY
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-171700- CENTRAL IOWA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTED AREA OF CONCERN... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 520 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1998 HAZARD--SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH AND VERY LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. TIMING AND AREA OF CONCERN--THROUGH NOON...WEST OF A LINE FROM WATERLOO...TO NEWTON...TO CORYDON. METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS--EARLY THIS MORNING...A NARROW ZONE OF LIFT CAUSED BY MID-LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN THIS AREA AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER FAR SOUTHWEST IOWA HAVE GENERALLY BEEN IN THE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH RANGE DURING A THREE HOUR PERIOD... HOWEVER ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO ONE-HALF TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH CANNOT BE RULED OUT THIS MORNING. WITH ALL THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN RECENTLY OVER A LARGE PART OF IOWA...DITCHES MAY RAPIDLY FILL IN THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE MOST RAIN THIS MORNING. SOME QUICK RISES ON SMALL STREAMS COULD ALSO OCCUR BUT LARGER CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD NOT BE EFFECTED DUE TO THE RELATIVELY FAST MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION. ADDITIONALLY...SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR...BUT THESE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. PRECAUTIONS--SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THOUGH SOME RAINFALL REPORTS MAY BE REQUIRED NEAR THE STRONGEST SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. IF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN OCCURS...THERE MAY BE SOME RAPID RISES ON STREAMS. INFORMATION REGARDING WATER OVER ROADS OR BRIDGES SHOULD BE CONVEYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DES MOINES. SEARCY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 9:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 9:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.