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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 7, 1995Ringgold County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1995, 9:36 PM CDT for Ringgold County, Iowa. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 1995, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1995, 10:05 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Ringgold County, IA

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 785 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
785 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-272 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDSM 080238 RRA
SVRDSM
IAC159-080305-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
936 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 1995

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  SOUTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 1005 PM CDT
 
* SOME TOWNS AFFECTED
    BENTON
    DELPHOS

* AT 933 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST
  OF MOUNT AYR OR NEAR BENTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
  ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR DELPHOS AT 945 PM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  DO NOT GO OUTDOORS.

SMALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXRinggold10 min
Jul 8, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Cass21 min
Jul 8, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair22 min
Jul 8, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.