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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 16, 1996Hardin County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 1996, 9:47 PM CDT for Hardin County, Iowa. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1996, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1996, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Hardin County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 242 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 1996-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 955 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 00:00Z on 1996-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
955 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1288 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDSM 170246
FFWDSM
IAC083-170515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
947 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 1996

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF HARDIN COUNTY - CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
 
* SOME STREAMS AFFECTED
    MINERVA CREEK
    HONEY CREEK

* CAUSE AND EFFECT
    MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER WEST AND SOUTHWEST
    HARDIN COUNTY SINCE 700 PM...ON TOP OF THIS MORNING'S RAIN.
    SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...DITCHES AND ROADWAYS WILL BECOME
    FLOODED MAINLY TO THE SOUTHWEST OF ELDORA.

* FORECAST CONDITIONS
    RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP AND
    MOVE INTO HARDIN COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

    LEAVE FLOOD PRONE OR LOW LYING AREAS IMMEDIATELY.  DO NOT DRIVE
    INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS AT NIGHT!

JUNGBLUTH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXBoone, Hamilton3 hr
Jun 16, 8:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXStory3 hr
Jun 16, 11:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXFayette3 hr
Jun 16, 11:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXStory6 hr
Jun 16, 11:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXHamilton, Hardin2 hr
Jun 16, 11:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXBoone2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.