Severe Thunderstorm Warning 421, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Aug 26, 2004, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)

Expired

Aug 26, 2004, 10:45 PM CDT

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lucas County, IA, Monroe County, IA

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WUUS53 KDMX 270307
SVRDMX
IAC117-135-270345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1007 PM CDT THU AUG 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA.
  EASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA.

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.

* AT 1005 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES EAST OF CHARITON...OR 37 MILES WEST OF OTTUMWA...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALBIA BY 1035 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF RUSSELL...MELROSE AND LOVILIA ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4113 9332 4092 9332 4092 9271 4114 9269

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DONAVON

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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.