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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Des Moines, IA

May 8, 2000Audubon County, Cass County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2000, 2:51 AM CDT for Audubon County, Cass County, Iowa. It was in force for 29 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 8, 2000, 2:51 AM CDT (07:51 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2000, 3:20 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Audubon County, IA, Cass County, IA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2000-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2120 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 2000-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
2120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDMX 080752
SVRDSM
IAC009-029-080815-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
251 AM CDT MON MAY 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
  SOUTHERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 320 AM CDT

* AT 251 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 5 MILES WEST OF BRAYTON...OR ABOUT 48
  MILES NORTHEAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR BRAYTON AROUND 255 AM CDT
  8 MILES NORTH OF WIOTA AROUND 258 AM CDT
  NEAR EXIRA AROUND 305 AM CDT

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

DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED
AREA.

SEEK A STURDY SHELTER SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4151 9504 4140 9506 4147 9475 4164 9478
          4165 9505

KULA
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXKossuth32 min
May 8, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDallas29 min
May 8, 4:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPolk, Warren28 min
May 8, 4:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPolk33 min
May 8, 5:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper29 min
May 8, 5:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPoweshiek30 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.