Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jun 18, 1998, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)

Expired

Jun 18, 1998, 4:05 PM CDT

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Davis County, IA, Wapello County, IA

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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TTAA00 KDSM 182034 RRA
SVRDSM
IAC051-179-182105-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
334 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IOWA
  WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IOWA

* UNTIL 405 PM CDT

* AT 329 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTTUMWA OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF PARIS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR...
   BLAKESBURG         BY 336 PM CDT
   DRAKESVILLE        BY 338 PM CDT
   BLOOMFIELD         BY 340 PM CDT
   CHILLICOTHE        BY 350 P
M CDT
   OTTUMWA            BY 353 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

BARLOW/JUNGBLUTH

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
957 AM CDT THU JUN 18 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0800 AM    CORYDON                   IA   WIND DAMAGE
06/18/98   WAYNE                          UTILITY POLES AND TREES
                                          DOWN, STRONG WINDS

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-
092>097-190100-

CENTRAL IOWA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1259 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998

HAZARD--SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ABOVE 60 MPH...HAIL
1 INCH OR LARGER AND HEAVY RAINS.  URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING
IS LIKELY WITH THE HEAVIEST STORMS.

AREA OF CONCERN AND TIMING DETAILS--

EAST OF A POCAHONTAS--AUDUBON--BEDFORD LINE...OR VIRTUALLY ALL OF
CENTRAL INTO EASTERN IOWA FROM NOW UNTIL 600 PM.

METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS--A COLD FRONT WAS APPROACHING A STORM LAKE--
AUDUBON--SHENANDOAH LINE AND WILL PUSH EAST THIS AFTERNOON.  THE
FIRST ROUND OF STORMS WHICH PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER IN CENTRAL IOWA
WAS AFFECTING AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA NORTH OF WEBSTER CITY UP
TOWARDS MASON CITY.  NEWER DEVELOPMENT WAS TAKING PLACE RAPIDLY
IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA FROM BOONE THROUGH CRESTON.  OTHER
STORMS MOVING INTO TAYLOR AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES FROM MISSOURI WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH ALSO.  ANY ONE OF THESE STORMS IS CAPABLE
OF SEVERE WEATHER.

PRECAUTIONS--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO
SHORT TERM FORECASTS AND FURTHER WARNINGS.   SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL
BE REQUIRED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.  REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IF AVAILABLE.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO
IN EFFECT TODAY.

KULA

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.