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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Des Moines, IA

September 13, 2000Marshall County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 2000, 10:41 PM CDT for Marshall County, Iowa. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 2000, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2000, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Marshall County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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
Sep 13, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 217 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDMX 140341
SVRDSM
IAC127-140415-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1041 PM CDT WED SEP 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 1115 PM

* AT 1040 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. ANTHONY...OR ABOUT 48
  MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR CLEMONS AROUND 1050 PM
  NEAR ALBION AROUND 1100 PM
  NEAR MARSHALLTOWN AROUND 1110 PM
  
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED
AREA.

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS DURING A SEVERE STORM...WIND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH
COULD BLOW THEM OUT.

LAT...LON 4219 9323 4188 9322 4188 9279 4220 9280

SMALL
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas53 min
Sep 13, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHumboldt, Kossuth27 min
Sep 13, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas25 min
Sep 13, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHumboldt, Kossuth20 min
Sep 13, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHancock, Wright52 min
Sep 13, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHumboldt, Kossuth17 min
Sep 13, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton, Webster, Wright45 min
Sep 13, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHardin47 min
Sep 13, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton, Story46 min
Sep 14, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCalhoun, Sac33 min
Sep 14, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMarion40 min
Sep 14, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMahaska42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.