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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 29, 1996Clarke County, Union County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1996, 5:52 PM CDT for Clarke County, Union County, Iowa. It was in force for 53 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 1996, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1996, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clarke County, IA, Union County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 29, 6:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Lorimor, IA
Jul 29, 6:10 PM CDTHail 0.75Murray, IA
Jul 29, 6:11 PM CDTHail 0.75Murray, IA
Jul 29, 6:18 PM CDTHail 0.75Murray, IA
Jul 29, 6:24 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Murray, IA
Jul 29, 6:32 PM CDTHail 1.75Murray, IA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 1996-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 498 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 1996-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
498 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 12:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-
092>097-291800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1150 AM CDT MON JUL 29 1996

...NO WATCHES IN AFFECT FOR THE STATE OF IOWA...

DUE TO A COMPUTER GLITCH IN THE COMMUNICATION SECTION OF THE SYSTEM
SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES FROM SUNDAY JULY 28TH WERE RESENT OVER THE
WEATHER WIRE SYSTEM.  PLEASE IGNORE THESE PRODUCTS...HOWEVER SEVERE
WEATHER IS A POSSBILITY LATER ON TODAY SO PAY ATTENTION TO THE DATE
AND TIME ON THE PRODUCT.

FORSTER
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 5:42 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 5:51 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPocahontas29 min
Jul 29, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair30 min
Jul 29, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMadison35 min
Jul 29, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCalhoun29 min
Jul 29, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXGreene43 min
Jul 29, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClarke, Decatur41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1996Every severe thunderstorm 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.