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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 10, 2002Carroll County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2002, 11:35 PM CDT for Carroll County, Iowa. It was in force for 55 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2002, 11:35 PM CDT (04:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2002, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carroll County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 11:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EManning, IA
Jun 10, 11:56 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EHalbur, IA
Jun 11, 12:16 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 MCarroll Neu Arpt, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2002-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4189 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2002-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
4189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.7
Supercell composite
13.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KDMX 110435
SVRDSM
IAC027-110530-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1134 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1129 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARCADIA...OR ABOUT 60
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT DODGE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...

  NEAR ARCADIA AROUND 1138 PM...
  5 MILES NORTH OF HALBUR AROUND 1143 PM...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF BREDA AROUND 1143 PM...
  NEAR CARROLL AROUND 1150 PM...
  NEAR LIDDERDALE AROUND MIDNIGHT
  5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LANESBORO AROUND 1210 AM.

OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE BREDA...CARROLL...DEDHAM...GLIDDEN...
HALBUR...LANESBORO...LIDDERDALE...MANNING...TEMPLETON AND WILLEY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MILES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY IN THE
WARNED AREA.

GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES...AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. SEVERE
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN SOUND LIKE A TORNADO...AND PRODUCE SIMILAR
DAMAGE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM TUESDAY
MORNING FOR WESTERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4220 9509 4187 9508 4188 9465 4221 9466

KULA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCrawford49 min
Jun 10, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon52 min
Jun 11, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone, Webster63 min
Jun 11, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton, Wright46 min
Jun 11, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXKossuth43 min
Jun 11, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXFranklin, Hardin51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.