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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 13, 2000Kossuth County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2000, 4:56 PM CDT for Kossuth County, Iowa. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2000, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Kossuth County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 5:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EFenton, IA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 267 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 997 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
997 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-254 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 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 132157
SVRDSM
IAC109-132230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
456 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 530 PM

* AT 453 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF FENTON...OR ABOUT 28 
MILES EAST   OF SPENCER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BEFORE 530 PM CDT INCLUDE 
WHITTEMORE...WESLEY...TITONKA...  SWEA CITY...LONE 
ROCK...LEDYARD...LAKOTA...BURT...BANCROFT AND   ALGONA

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

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MILES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY IN THE
WARNED AREA.

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

LAT...LON 4292 9444 4291 9398 4349 9399 4349 9444

JUNGBLUTH
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCalhoun, Pocahontas25 min
Jun 13, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXLucas33 min
Jun 13, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPolk33 min
Jun 13, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXStory47 min
Jun 13, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton, Wright41 min
Jun 13, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMarshall31 min
Jun 13, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGrundy, Tama36 min
Jun 13, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDavis, Wapello32 min
Jun 13, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer44 min
Jun 13, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPalo Alto32 min
Jun 13, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCass26 min
Jun 13, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdams, Cass44 min
Jun 13, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWebster39 min
Jun 13, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Adams35 min
Jun 13, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton, Story41 min
Jun 13, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHardin38 min
Jun 13, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMarshall33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.