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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Des Moines, IA

May 28, 1998Dallas County, Guthrie County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1998, 11:59 PM CDT for Dallas County, Guthrie County, Iowa. It was in force for 51 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
May 28, 1998, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1998, 12:50 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dallas County, IA, Guthrie County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 28, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 1998-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2835 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 1998-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2835 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
7.5

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The text

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

835 
WFUS1 KDSM 290500 RRA
TORDSM
IAC049-077-290550-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1159 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA
  EASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 1250 AM CDT

* AT 1158 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 40 MILES WEST
  NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES OR 5 MILES NORTH OF PANORA MOVING EAST
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS TORNADO CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR...
   PANORA             BY 1201 AM CDT
   LINDEN             BY 1213 AM CDT
   REDFIELD           BY 1224 AM CDT

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING UP TO GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND
DAMAGE  TAKE COVER NOW

SEARCY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXSac20 min
May 28, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCalhoun36 min
May 28, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCalhoun, Webster33 min
May 28, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCrawford33 min
May 28, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWebster36 min
May 28, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone34 min
May 28, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCrawford33 min
May 28, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXStory50 min
May 28, 10:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCarroll, Crawford39 min
May 28, 10:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCarroll, Crawford34 min
May 28, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMarshall50 min
May 28, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCrawford34 min
May 28, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCarroll35 min
May 28, 11:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCarroll36 min
May 28, 11:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAudubon35 min
May 28, 11:25 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXGreene, Guthrie35 min
May 28, 11:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAudubon, Guthrie36 min
May 29, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon36 min
May 29, 12:24 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXGuthrie26 min
May 29, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCass32 min
May 29, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Dallas, Guthrie50 min
May 29, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCass31 min
May 29, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdams34 min
May 29, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdams39 min
May 29, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Union49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.