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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 26, 1995Marion County, Warren County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 1995, 7:02 PM CST for Marion County, Warren County, Iowa. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 1995, 7:02 PM CST (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 1995, 7:35 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marion County, IA, Warren County, IA

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 238 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1995-03-27Temperature 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1995-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 234 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
401 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDSM 270102
TORDSM
IAC125-181-270135-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
702 PM CST SUN MAR 26 1995

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  WESTERN MARION COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
  EASTERN WARREN COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 735 PM CST
 
* SOME TOWNS AFFECTED
    SANDYVILLE
    BEACH
    PLEASANTVILLE

* AT 700 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES
  MOINES NEAR INDIANOLA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL BE THROUGH SANDYVILLE BY 710 PM.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THIS DANGEROUS STORM, TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN THE
LOWEST FLOOR AND INNER MOST ROOM OF A BUILDING.

BELLES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 6:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClarke30 min
Mar 26, 6:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMadison, Warren32 min
Mar 26, 6:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPolk31 min
Mar 26, 6:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWarren32 min
Mar 26, 8:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHancock34 min
Mar 26, 8:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWinnebago33 min
Mar 26, 9:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCerro Gordo30 min
Mar 26, 9:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWorth33 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.