Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1999, 10:10 PM CDT for Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. It was in force for 35 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
- Aug 9, 1999, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1999, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cerro Gordo County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1808 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 13.0
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.
NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 9, 3:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 3:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 330 PM CDT MON AUG 9 1999 WX QUITE FOR TNGT WITH HI MOVG ACRS IA OVR NGT. MAIN FEAT COMES LATE WED INTO THU MRNG. MDLS CONSISTENT WITH MVMT OF UPR LO AND STG VMAX FOR THIS TIME OF YR. MEAN RDG PSN TO THE W OF IA AND MVMTS OF UPR LO AND SFC CONSISTENT WITH THIS PSN. QUICK REBOUND OF MSTR INDCTD BY ALL MDLS WITH PWATS UP TO 50 MM B WED EVE. THETA-E AVCTN STG OVR IA LATE IN DAY WED THRU 08Z THU AND VRY GUF LLJ FOR MID AUG. TSTMS SHUD BE WDSPRD AND WL GO CAT POPS N, LKLY CNTRL AND CHC S WED NGT AFT INTRO CHC OVR W THIRD WED. MNTND POPS MAINLY MRNG THU AND A LOT CUD GO WRONG WITH THIS FCST BFR ALL IS SAID AND DONE. INDICTNS OF 1ST DRY SLOT IN AVN FOR THU AFTN AND EVE BFR COLD AIR WRAPS ARND FM THE NW INTO ERY FRI. WL CARRY SOME POPS INTO FRI ERY, BUT THEN DRY UNTIL LATE SUN WITH NXT SYS. SHUD WRM UP OVR WKND WITH PHASE 2 OF SUMMER GETTING INTO SWING. DSM 02722 ALO 01865 .DSM...NONE MS AUG 99
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 8:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-101100- CENTRAL IOWA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 800 PM CDT MON AUG 9 1999 HAZARD--WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. AREA OF CONCERN AND TIMING DETAILS--ALL OF CENTRAL IOWA BUT PRIMARILY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. STORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT. METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS--A FRONTAL BOUNDARY BRINGING IN DRIER AIR WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST IOWA THIS EVENING. THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WAS QUITE UNSTABLE AND WIND SHEAR PROFILES WERE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN IOWA. STORMS WHICH HAVE ALREADY FORMED IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING WITH ALL FORMS OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT TORNADOES. PRECAUTIONS--SPOTTER DEPLOYMENT MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. THE WEATHER SITUATION COULD CHANGE RAPIDLY SO PEOPLE WITH OUTDOOR CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR LATER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER QUICKLY. COGIL
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 8:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-101100- CENTRAL IOWA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 800 PM CDT MON AUG 9 1999 HAZARD--WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. AREA OF CONCERN AND TIMING DETAILS--ALL OF CENTRAL IOWA BUT PRIMARILY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. STORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT. METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS--A FRONTAL BOUNDARY BRINGING IN DRIER AIR WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST IOWA THIS EVENING. THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WAS QUITE UNSTABLE AND WIND SHEAR PROFILES WERE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN IOWA. STORMS WHICH HAVE ALREADY FORMED IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING WITH ALL FORMS OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT TORNADOES. PRECAUTIONS--SPOTTER DEPLOYMENT MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. THE WEATHER SITUATION COULD CHANGE RAPIDLY SO PEOPLE WITH OUTDOOR CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR LATER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER QUICKLY. COGIL
Local storm report, Aug 9, 9:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
906 PM CDT MON AUG 09 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0902 PM SCARVILLE IA TORNADO
08/09/99 WINNEBAGO TORNADO REPORTED NEAR
SCARVILLELocal storm report, Aug 9, 9:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
906 PM CDT MON AUG 09 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0902 PM SCARVILLE IA TORNADO
08/09/99 WINNEBAGO TORNADO REPORTED NEAR
SCARVILLELocal storm report, Aug 9, 10:00 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 63 min |
| Aug 9, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Winnebago, Worth | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler | 35 min |
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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.