Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1997, 5:36 PM CDT for Lucas County, Iowa. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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
- Jun 5, 1997, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1997, 6:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lucas County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 5:45 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Chariton, IA | |
| Jun 5, 5:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Chariton, 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 245 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1411 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
914
WUUS1 KDSM 052236 RRA
SVRDSM
IAC117-052305-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
536 PM CDT THU JUN 5 1997
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
SOUTHERN LUCAS COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
* UNTIL 605 PM CDT
* SOME AREAS AFFECTED
RUSSELL
* AT 535 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF CHARITON OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES MOVING SOUTH AT 25
MPH.
* THE STORM WILL BE MOVE ACROSS OPEN FARM LAND ALONG HIGHWAY 14.
STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY AS WELL WITH THIS STORM
WHICH COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. DO
NOT GO OUTDOORS.
FABWhat 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
Local storm report, Jun 5, 12:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1212 PM CDT THU JUN 5 1997 1204 PM NORTHWOOD IA 5/8 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 WORTH HAIL COVERED GROUND MYERS
Local storm report, Jun 5, 12:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1225 PM CST SUN APR 07 1997 TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE(CST) ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 1214 PM 10 E ALGONA IA 1/4 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 KOSSUTH MYERS
Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:02 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 503 CST SUN APR 07 1997 TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE(CST) ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 120 PM 35 NW WATERLOO IA 0.25 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 BUTLER 1228 PM 7 NE MASON CITY IA 0.25 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 CERRO GORDO 40 MPH WIND GUST 125 PM 30 WNW WATERLOO IA 50 MPH WIND GUST 06/05/97 BUTLER 130 PM 30 W WATERLOO IA 0.25 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 BUTLER 123 PM 5 S DUMONT IA TORNADO 06/05/97 BUTLER UNCONFIRMED PUBLIC REPORT 125 PM 5 S DUMONT IA 0.25 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 BUTLER COVERED GROUND 6 INCHES DEEP 131 PM KESLEY IA 0.25 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 BUTLER BLIZZARD OF HAIL 136 PM 1/2 N PARKERSBURG IA TORNADO 06/05/97 BUTLER UNCONFIRMED PUBLIC REPORT 215 PM WATERLOO IA 50 MPH WIND GUST 06/05/97 BLACK HAWK 238 PM 3 S MARSHALLTOWN IA 0.75 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 MARSHALL 231 PM 2 W MARSHALLTOWN IA 0.50 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 MARSHALL 240 PM MARSHALLTOWN IA 1.75 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 MARSHALL 248 PM FERGUSON IA 0.75 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 MARSHALL 345 PM NEWTON IA 0.25 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 JASPER 358 PM 6 S NEWTON IA 0.25 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 JASPER HAIL COVERED GROUND 415 PM 7 SE HAMPTON IA 0.50 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 FRANKLIN 440 PM 30 WNW WATERLOO IA 0.75 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 BUTLER 445 PM 30 WNW WATERLOO IA 0.50 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 BUTLER COVERING GROUND 450 PM 8 S PLEASANTVILLE IA 0.25 INCH HAIL 06/05/97 MARION MYERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 1:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Butler | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Grundy | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.