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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 11, 1998Taylor County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1998, 11:56 PM CDT for Taylor County, Iowa. It was in force for 19 min. 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 11, 1998, 11:56 PM CDT (04:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1998, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Taylor County, IA

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 477 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
477 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1339 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
IAZ033-034-044>047-057>060-070>073-081>084-092>095-120430-

CENTRAL IOWA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
830 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1998

HAZARD--A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70
MPH AND HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.

AREA OF CONCERN AND TIMING DETAILS--
FROM SAC CIT TO DENISON AROUND 900 PM
JEFFERSON...ATLANTIC...AUDUBON AND CORNING AREAS 915 TO 945 PM

PRECAUTIONS--SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SOON.  GO INDOORS AS
THE STORMS APPROACH.  THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

KULA
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
IAZ033-034-044>047-057>060-070>073-081>084-092>095-120430-

CENTRAL IOWA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
830 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1998

HAZARD--A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70
MPH AND HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.

AREA OF CONCERN AND TIMING DETAILS--
FROM SAC CIT TO DENISON AROUND 900 PM
JEFFERSON...ATLANTIC...AUDUBON AND CORNING AREAS 915 TO 945 PM

PRECAUTIONS--SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SOON.  GO INDOORS AS
THE STORMS APPROACH.  THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

KULA
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
IAZ033-034-044>047-057>060-070>073-081>084-092>095-120430-

CENTRAL IOWA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
830 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1998

HAZARD--A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70
MPH AND HAIL UP 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.

AREA OF CONCERN AND TIMING DETAILS--
FROM SAC CIT TO DENISON AROUND 900 PM
JEFFERSON...ATLANTIC AND CORNING AREAS 915 TO 945 PM

PRECAUTIONS--SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SOON.  GO INDOORS AS
THE STORMS APPROACH.  THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

KULA
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
IAZ033-034-044>047-057>060-070>073-081>084-092>095-120430-

CENTRAL IOWA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
830 PM CDT THU JUN 11 1998

HAZARD--A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70
MPH AND HAIL UP 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.

AREA OF CONCERN AND TIMING DETAILS--
FROM SAC CIT TO DENISON AROUND 900 PM
JEFFERSON...ATLANTIC AND CORNING AREAS 915 TO 945 PM

PRECAUTIONS--SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SOON.  GO INDOORS AS
THE STORMS APPROACH.  THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

KULA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdams33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.