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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 26, 2000Boone County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2000, 3:26 PM CDT for Boone 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
Jul 26, 2000, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Boone County, IA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 26, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 2000-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1188 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 2000-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
1188 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
918 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDMX 262026
TORDSM
IAC015-262100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
326 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 400 PM

* AT 323 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER BOONE...OR ABOUT 33 MILES NORTH OF DES MOINES.  THE   
  STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.  A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED IN BOONE.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR BOONE AROUND 400 PM

TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS...COVER YOURSELF WITH A
MATTRESS...CUSHIONS...BLANKETS OR PILLOWS.

IF YOU ARE IN A SCHOOL...HOSPITAL OR_ NURSING HOME...GO TO YOUR
PRE-DESIGNATED SHELTER AREA. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND EXTERIOR
WALLS.



LAT...LON 4194 9395 4194 9371 4212 9371 4212 9395

KULA
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPalo Alto40 min
Jul 25, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPocahontas52 min
Jul 26, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHumboldt37 min
Jul 26, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCalhoun, Webster47 min
Jul 26, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXSac52 min
Jul 26, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton44 min
Jul 26, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPalo Alto52 min
Jul 26, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas46 min
Jul 26, 8:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXStory41 min
Jul 26, 8:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMarshall36 min
Jul 26, 9:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMarion27 min
Jul 26, 9:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper, Marshall, Story33 min
Jul 26, 10:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper45 min
Jul 26, 11:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPoweshiek42 min
Jul 26, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMahaska27 min
Jul 26, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGreene34 min
Jul 26, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDallas, Guthrie42 min
Jul 26, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDallas52 min
Jul 26, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone45 min
Jul 26, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGreene, Guthrie43 min
Jul 26, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXGuthrie27 min
Jul 26, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXStory39 min
Jul 26, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXStory23 min
Jul 26, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXGuthrie38 min
Jul 26, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXGuthrie46 min
Jul 26, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair40 min
Jul 26, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon46 min
Jul 26, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair43 min
Jul 26, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXTama28 min
Jul 26, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCass50 min
Jul 26, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair33 min
Jul 26, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCass35 min
Jul 26, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCass27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.