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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Des Moines, IA

April 10, 1992Jasper County, Marshall County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT for Jasper County, Marshall County, Iowa. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, IA, Marshall County, IA

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 284 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1992-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDSM 102133
SVRDSM
IAC099-127-102130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTION
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
430 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL IOWA
 
   ...NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY...MARSHALL COUNTY
 
AT 427 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 25
MILES NORTHEAST OF DES MOINES IN CENTRAL IOWA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST
AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE
MINGO...MELBOURNE...RHODES...MARSHALLTOWN AND HAVERHILL.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THEO WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO
ADVANCE WARNING.  MOVE TO THE CENTER OF YOUR HOUSE...STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A TORNADO DEVELOPS.
 
MCQUIRTER

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, Apr 10, 3:41 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
IAZALL-102140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
340 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST HALF
   OF IOWA UNTIL 10 PM THIS FRIDAY EVENING...

AT 327 PM CDT...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE
OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST IOWA.  THE STORMS WERE WITHIN
A 25 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 40 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES TO 30 MILES SOUTHEbAST
OF OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

RICHTER
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:15 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
IAZALL-102210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND IOWA WEATHER UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
412 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST HALF
   OF IOWA UNTIL 10 PM THIS FRIDAY EVENING...

AT 405 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA.
THE STORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES EAST OF OMAHA/COUNCIL BLUFFS...NEAR
ANITA.

THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO EAST DALLAS COUNTY NEAR REDFIELD...OR 25
MILES EAST OF DES MOINES AT 5 PM.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
OVER CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST IOWA.

RICHTER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 6:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDecatur, Wayne42 min
Apr 10, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper, Marshall72 min
Apr 10, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Madison25 min
Apr 10, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk48 min
Apr 10, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWarren53 min
Apr 10, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBuchanan44 min
Apr 10, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMadison52 min
Apr 10, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMarion63 min
Apr 10, 6:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXMadison, Warren2 hr
Apr 10, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXLinn34 min
Apr 10, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper, Poweshiek63 min
Apr 10, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWarren34 min

Nearby

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Sources

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.