Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jun 29, 1998, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)

Expired

Jun 29, 1998, 7:30 PM CDT

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Appanoose County, IA, Wayne 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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WUUS1 KDSM 292326 RRA
SVRDSM
IAC007-185-300030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 623 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 44 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF OTTUMWA OR 2
  MILES WEST OF PROMISE CITY MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PROMISE CITY                 AT 627 PM CDT
  SEYMOUR                      AT 625 PM CDT
  CENTERVILLE                  AT 645 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.