Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jun 29, 1998, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 29, 1998, 6:35 PM CDT

In force

35 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties

County Ringgold County, 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.

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TTAA00 KOMA 292300 RRA
SVRDSM
IAC159-292335-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
600 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 635 PM CDT

* AT 558 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 72 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES
  MOINES OR 8 MILES WEST OF DIAGONAL MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BENTON                       NOW
  DIAGONAL                     NOW
  MOUNT AYR               \     AT 610 PM CDT
  TINGLEY                      AT 615 PM CDT
  ELLSTON                      AT 620 PM CDT

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

POWERS

In the hours before

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-033>034-291930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
125 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 699 HAVE BEEN
CLEARED FROM THE WATCH...

EMMET - KOSSUTH - WINNEBAGO - WORTH - PALO ALTO - HANCOCK - CERRO
GORDO - POCAHONTAS - HUMBOLDT - WRIGHT - FRANKLIN - SAC - AND CALHOUN.

THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM.  IN ADDITION
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 700 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR THE REST
OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN IOWA.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CLEARED COUNTIES...HOWEVER THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED TO THE SOUTH.

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.