Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Apr 8, 2001, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)

Expired

Apr 8, 2001, 11:10 PM CDT

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Adams County, IA

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 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 090342
SVRDSM
IAC003-090410-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1041 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 1110 PM CDT

* AT 1037 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF CORNING TO
  11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORNING...OR FROM 50 MILES EAST OF COUNCIL
  BLUFFS TO 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS...MOVING EAST AT 50
  MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR CORNING AROUND 1050 PM

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.

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 4116 9493 4092 9494 4090 9449 4116 9449

SEfARCY

NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 8, 8:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 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.