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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 5, 1995Boone County, Hamilton County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1995, 4:26 PM CDT for Boone County, Hamilton County, Iowa. It was in force for 14 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1995, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1995, 4:40 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boone County, IA, Hamilton County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 234 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 1995-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 314 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 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 052126
TORDSM
IAC015-079-052155-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
426 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY - CENTRAL IOWA
  SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY - CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 455 PM CDT
 
* SOME TOWNS AFFECTED
    STANDHOPE

* AT 424 PM CDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SMALL TORNADO
  5 MILES WEST OF STORY CITY MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR STANDHOPE AROUND 440 PM.

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

FELDT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 3:36 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXGreene28 min
Jun 5, 3:36 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDallas13 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.