Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jun 25, 2003, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)

Expired

Jun 25, 2003, 4:15 PM CDT

In force

54 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wapello County, IA

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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 252021
SVRDMX
IAC179-252115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
320 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OTTUMWA

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 315 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF CHILLICOTHE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  WEST OF OTTUMWA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...

  NEAR OTTUMWA AROUND 330 PM AND
  NEAR AGENCY AROUND 340 PM.

OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE AGENCY...KIRKVILLE AND OTTUMWA
INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT.

VERY STRONG WINDS UP TO 60 MPH 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.

LIGHTNING KILLS. STAY INDOORS DURING A THUNDERSTORM AND AVOID USE OF
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...PLUMBING FIXTURES...AND CORDED TELEPHONES. IF
OUTDOORS...AT THE FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER...GO INTO A BUILDING OR HARD
TOPPED AUTOMOBILE. AVOID TREES...OPEN AREAS...WATER...FENCES...OR
OTHER METALLIC OBJECTS.

REPORT TORNADOES...WIND IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...HAIL LARGER THAN ONE
HALF INCH...OR STORM DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4116 9263 4091 9263 4091 9221 4115 9221

KULA

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NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 25, 3:05 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
305 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

NO TIME FOR DSCSN WITH BETA BOW APCHG DSM ATTM.  WL MOV PCPN OUT OF
CWA TNGT BY 06Z, NXT PCP PDS SAT/SAT NGT, THEN TUE AFTN/EVE.  DID
NOT DEVIATE MUCH FM MOS TMPS WITH ADJ ALA ICS.

.DSM...NONE

MS JUN 03

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-
092>097-261100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1150 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THE AIRMASS OVER CENTRAL IOWA TODAY IS VERY
UNSTABLE SO AS THE FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE WEST.  TWO LINES OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON.  THUNDERSTORMS
FROM NORTHEAST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA WILL PUSH EAST OF THE AREA BY
MID AFTERNOON.  A SECOND LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT
WILL PUSH ACROSS IOWA THIS AFTERNOON.  THE STORMS WILL BE OUT OF THE
AREA BY EARLY TO MID EVENING.  THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND
WITH LARGE HAIL A SECONDARY THREAT.  HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY WITH
THE THREAT OF LOCAL FLOODING.  THE FLOODING THREAT WILL BE GREATEST
IN CITY AREA DUE TO THE LACK OF RECENT RAINFALL.  ISOLATED TORNADOES
ARE POSSIBLE...GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A WEAK STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA ON
SATURDAY.  THE STORM SYSTEM WILL RUN INTO WARMER AND MORE UNSTABLE
AIR OVER CENTRAL IOWA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND THERE WILL BE A
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP.  IT IS TOO SOON TO EVALUATE THE
SEVERE POTENTIAL WITH THE CHANCE OF STORMS ON SATURDAY BUT
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS PROBABLE OVER CENTRAL IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
&&

MORE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DMX (ALL LOWER
CASE).

MS JUN 03

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1140 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1125 AM    2 S HUDSON                IA   65 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/25/03   BLACK HAWK

BF

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
0129 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1210 PM    TAMA                      IA   60 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/25/03   TAMA                           TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.

BF

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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.