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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2001, 2:59 PM CDT for Decatur County, Ringgold County, Iowa. It was in force for 31 min. 4 reports came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2001, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2001, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Decatur County, IA, Ringgold County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 E | Kellerton, IA | |
| Jun 14, 3:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Davis City, IA | |
| Jun 14, 3:28 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Van Wert, IA | |
| Jun 14, 3:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 E | Leon, IA |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDMX 142000 TORDSM IAC053-159-142030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 259 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA EASTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 256 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 18 MILES WEST OF LEON...OR ABOUT 66 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE... NEAR KELLERTON NOW NEAR GRAND RIVER AROUND 315 PM THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED kAREA. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. LAT...LON 4064 9421 4059 9356 4090 9358 4090 9408 KNOLLHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Emmet | 24 min |
| Jun 13, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 24 min |
| Jun 13, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 18 min |
| Jun 14, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk, Warren | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 9:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas, Wayne | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Monroe | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion, Warren | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wapello | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 41 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.