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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 6, 1995Franklin County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1995, 7:33 PM CDT for Franklin County, Iowa. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 8:05 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 237 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 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 433 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
433 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDSM 070033
TORDSM
IAC069-070105-

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

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 805 PM CDT
 
* SOME AREAS AFFECTED
    MILE MARKER 176 ALONG INTERSTATE 35

* AT 732 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 20 SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY OR
  10 MILES WEST OF SHEFFIELD MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL BE THIS STORM WILL TRAVEL OVER MAINLY OPEN COUNTY.

  IF YOU ARE NEAR THIS DANGEROUS STORM. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN
  SIGHTED WITH THIS STORM. 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, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWinnebago30 min
Jun 6, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCerro Gordo32 min
Jun 6, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCerro Gordo32 min
Jun 6, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXFloyd35 min
Jun 6, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXFranklin31 min
Jun 6, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWright33 min
Jun 6, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXFranklin, Hardin30 min
Jun 6, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton35 min
Jun 7, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXEmmet46 min
Jun 7, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWinneshiek51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.