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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 5, 1995Chickasaw County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1995, 1:45 PM CDT for Chickasaw County, Iowa. It was in force for 15 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1995, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Chickasaw County, IA

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 226 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 316 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
226 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
342 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 KALO 051842
TORALO
IAC037-051830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATERLOO IA
145 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WATERLOO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  2 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST IOWA
 
   ...CHICKASAW COUNTY
 
AT 139 PM CDT POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 3 MILES SOUTH OF
NEW HAMPTON MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT NEW HAMPTON
AND LAWLER AND AREAS TO THE NORTHEAST OF NEW HAMPTON.
 
 
 
DURING A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A BASEMENT.  GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.  IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
 
 
&
PABST

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMahaska, Poweshiek27 min
Jul 4, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk31 min
Jul 4, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk21 min
Jul 5, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXChickasaw, Winneshiek15 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.