Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jul 5, 2000, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)

Expired

Jul 5, 2000, 2:45 PM CDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Adams County, IA

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS53 KDMX 051902
SVRDSM
IAC003-051945-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
202 PM CDT WED JUL 5 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 245 PM

* AT 159 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CORNING...OR ABOUT 60 MILES EAST OF
  COUNCIL BLUFFS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER CORNING THROUGH 210 PM
  NEAR PRESCOTT AROUND 210 PM

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE HAIL SLARGER THAN THREE QUARTERS OF
AN INCH AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.

LAT...LON 4116 9494 4092 9491 4091 9448 4116 9449

JUNGBLUTH
NNNN

NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 5, 1:35 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
135 PM CDT WED JUL 5 2000

ISSUED FFA SW HALF OF CWA.\

.DSM...FFA SW HALF OF CWA THRU TNGT

MS JUL 00

In the hours before

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-
092>097-061100-

CENTRAL IOWA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1140 AM CDT WED JUL 5 2000

HAZARD--THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL AND
TORRENTIAL RAIN.  RAINFALL RATES WILL EXCEED AN INCH AN HOUR WHICH
COULD PRODUCE LOCAL FLOODING.

AREA OF CONCERN--ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30.

TIMING DETAILS--CURRENTLY THROUGH 3 PM AND AGAIN AFTER 10 PM.

METEOROLOGICAL COMMENTS--A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG AN
OLD THUNDERSTORM BOUNDARY IN NORTHWEST IOWA AND IS MOVING SOUTHEAST
ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT OVER SOUTHERN IOWA.  THIS LINE OF STORMS
WILL EXIT CENTRAL IOWA BY 1 PM.

MEANWHILE A SECOND COMPLEX OF STORMS OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA WILL
MOVE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT BRINGING A SECOND ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AREAS.  FREEZING LEVELS ARE
QUITE HIGH SO LARGE HAIL IS A MINIMAL THREAT.  SOUNDINGS AND QPF VALUES
INDICATE THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG WIND AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

PRECAUTIONS--SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED NOW THROUGH 3 PM FOR
THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO AGAIN
BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT.  EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS NEED TO
KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR STRONG WIND AND THE POTENTIAL FOR
FLOODING.
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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.