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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Des Moines, IA

April 25, 1994Cerro Gordo County, Franklin County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1994, 9:27 PM CDT for Cerro Gordo County, Franklin County, Iowa. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 1994, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 1994, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cerro Gordo County, IA, Franklin County, IA

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1994-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1994-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 571 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
571 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
698 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.8

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXTaylor34 min
Apr 25, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdams27 min
Apr 25, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCass32 min
Apr 25, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXRinggold, Union37 min
Apr 25, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMadison27 min
Apr 25, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair25 min
Apr 25, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMadison36 min
Apr 25, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClarke, Dallas, Polk, Warren38 min
Apr 26, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Adams35 min
Apr 26, 4:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair44 min
Apr 26, 5:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton, Hardin, Story37 min

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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.