Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Apr 8, 2001, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)

Expired

Apr 8, 2001, 10:15 PM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Clarke County, IA, Decatur County, IA

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS53 KDMX 090226
SVRDSM
IAC039-053-090315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
927 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
  NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 923 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEON...OR ABOUT 52 MILES
  SOUTH OF DES MOINES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR OSCEOLA AROUND 950 PM

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

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE NEAR DES MOINES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MONDAY MORNING FOR
IOWA.

LAT...LON 4114 9402 4068 9401 4071 9357 4116 9357

SEARCY

NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 8, 8:58 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
758 PM CST SUN APR 8 2001

FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO BE ISSUED MOMENTARILY FOR SAME COUNTIES AS TOR
WATCH.

.DSM...TOR WATCH TIL 1 AM AND FFA TIL 4 AM FOR SRN 2/3RDS.

KULA

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.