Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jun 26, 2002, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 2002, 3:00 PM CDT

In force

26 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Taylor County, IA

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS53 KDMX 261934
SVRDSM
IAC173-262000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
235 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 232 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
  OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD TO
  BLOCKTON...OR FROM 68 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS TO 79 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...

  NEAR ATHELSTAN AROUND 245 PM.

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

DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED
AREA.

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A
MOBILE HOME...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 4070 9496 4072 9449 4037 9438 4035 9497

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NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 26, 2:00 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
200 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

MAIN CONCERN IN SHORT TERM IS ADVERSE WX IN SRN PTN OF STATE AHD OF
BOUNDARY MOVING SLOWLY THRU PER MODELS.  ONCE SHORT TERM WX WINDS
DOWN REST OF FCST FAIRLY STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH HOT AND DRY.

IN SHORT TERM ALL MODELS SOLUTIONS CLOSE WITH UPPER RIDGE BUILDING
INTO CNTRL CANADA WHILE ST COMES UNDER NRLY FLO ALFT.  LACK OF ANY
WX PRODUCING SYSTEM S/W OR FNT PRECLUDES OR ELIMINATES CHC FOR
PCPN.  MAIN FOCUS IS TEMPS/CLD CVR.  WILL ADJST GUID UPWRD ON HIGHS
AND OVRNGT LOWS AS RECENT TRENDS HAVE SHOWN.  LOOK AT DYNAMICAL
FIELDS FORCING THETAE ADVCTN FADE QUICKLY ARND 00Z/27TH OTRW VERY
WEAK FIELDS REMAINDER OF SHORT TERM FCST PD.

IN LONG TERM UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVR CNTRL U.S. WITH PCPN CHCS SLIM
TO NONE.  WARMEST AIR LINGERS WEST OF STATE SO GUID UPPER 80S TO LOW
90S HOLD FOR FCST.  MRF/AVN/CANADIAN HINTS AT WEKA S/W BREAKING THRU
UNDER UPPER RIDGE HOWEVER WITH LTL FOCUS NO SPT FOR PCPN.  SOME
TREND AT END OF LONG TERM FCST PARTS OF STATE MAY RECEIVE RAIN HWVR
WITH UCERTAINY OF MODEL LATELY WL LEAVE OUT ATTM.

.DSM...NONE

FORSTER

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.