Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 2003

Tornado Warning 2, NWS Des Moines, IA

April 30, 2003Wapello County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2003, 6:22 PM CDT for Wapello County, Iowa. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2003, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2003, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wapello County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 30, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2003-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 478 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
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
478 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
567 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

924 
WFUS53 KDMX 302322
TORDMX
IAC179-010015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
621 PM CDT WED APR 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 616 PM...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF CHILLICOTHE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF
  OTTUMWA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL BE...

  NEAR CHILLICOTHE AROUND 628 PM AND
  NEAR KIRKVILLE AROUND 630 PM AND
  NEAR OTTUMWA INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT AROUND 635 PM.

THIS IS A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR IN A
CAR...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4115 9264 4095 9264 4096 9220 4115 9220

KINNEY

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCrawford26 min
Apr 29, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon, Carroll47 min
Apr 30, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPolk29 min
Apr 30, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair24 min
Apr 30, 6:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper28 min
Apr 30, 7:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDallas, Polk31 min
Apr 30, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMadison, Warren30 min
Apr 30, 7:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMadison, Warren28 min
Apr 30, 7:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPolk26 min
Apr 30, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWapello32 min
Apr 30, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXRinggold33 min
Apr 30, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMonroe37 min
Apr 30, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXLucas46 min
Apr 30, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMonroe50 min
Apr 30, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMahaska, Marion63 min
Apr 30, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDecatur31 min
Apr 30, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWayne35 min
Apr 30, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXRinggold52 min
Apr 30, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXLucas45 min
Apr 30, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMonroe65 min
Apr 30, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWayne46 min
Apr 30, 6:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXLucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe6 hr
Apr 30, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAppanoose55 min
Apr 30, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDecatur54 min
Apr 30, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCass36 min
Apr 30, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDecatur, Ringgold48 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Iowa, 2003Every tornado warning in 2003Tornadoes in 2003

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.