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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 6, 1995Worth County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT for Worth County, Iowa. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 7:20 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Worth County, IA

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1995-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDSM 062345
TORDSM
IAC195-070020-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
645 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  EASTERN WORTH COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 720 PM CDT
 
* SOME TOWNS AFFECTED
    KENSETT
    MANLY
    BOLAN

* AT 644 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR KENSETT 15 MILES NORTH
  OF MASON CITY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR GRAFTON AND MANLY BY 705 P*M.

  TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN THE LOWEST FLOOR AND INNER MOST ROOM OF A
  BUILDING.

PYTLAK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton30 min
Jun 6, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWinnebago36 min
Jun 6, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWorth30 min
Jun 6, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCerro Gordo, Hancock30 min
Jun 6, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMitchell54 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Iowa, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes 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.