Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jun 29, 1998, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)

Expired

Jun 29, 1998, 7:25 PM CDT

In force

66 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties

County Decatur County, IA

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TTAA00 KOMA 292320 RRA
SVRDSM
IAC053-300025-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 725 PM CDT

* AT 618 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 61 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES OR 7
  MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF GRAND RIVER MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GRAND RIVER                  AT 630 PM CDT
  DECATUR CITY                 AT 640 PM CDT
  VAN WERT                     AT 645 PM CDT
  LEON                         AT 650 PM CDT
  WELDON                       AT 650 PM CDT

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

BYRD

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.