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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Des Moines, IA

May 10, 2001Tama County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2001, 5:39 PM CDT for Tama County, Iowa. It was in force for 31 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
May 10, 2001, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2001, 6:10 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Tama County, IA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2001-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2001-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 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 
WFUS53 KDMX 102240
TORDSM
IAC171-102310-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
539 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 610 PM CDT

* AT 538 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRAER...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  WATERLOO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  4 MILES NORTH OF TRAER AROUND 550 PM

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EF,FECT UNTIL 1000 PM THURSDAY
EVENING FOR IOWA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST IOWA.

LAT...LON 4229 9261 4216 9262 4214 9230 4229 9231

MYERS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXSac29 min
May 9, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas39 min
May 9, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPocahontas18 min
May 9, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon38 min
May 9, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGuthrie28 min
May 9, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton31 min
May 9, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGrundy, Tama30 min
May 9, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCass29 min
May 9, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXTama29 min
May 10, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCass30 min
May 10, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHardin46 min
May 10, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXButler32 min
May 10, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHardin30 min
May 10, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGreene29 min
May 10, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone47 min
May 10, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGrundy41 min
May 10, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGreene30 min
May 10, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXGreene28 min
May 10, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXBoone29 min
May 10, 5:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMarshall19 min
May 10, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon, Guthrie42 min
May 10, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGreene40 min
May 10, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXGrundy13 min
May 10, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXButler28 min
May 10, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXGreene, Guthrie40 min
May 10, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXTama31 min
May 10, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXBoone, Story45 min
May 10, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk46 min
May 10, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXStory30 min
May 10, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXGuthrie41 min
May 10, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMarshall40 min
May 10, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper39 min
May 10, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXJasper31 min
May 10, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDallas43 min
May 10, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPoweshiek, Tama42 min
May 10, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper42 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.