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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Des Moines, IA

May 24, 2004Warren County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2004, 5:59 PM CDT for Warren County, Iowa. It was in force for 46 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
May 24, 2004, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2004, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 11:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC11 hr
May 24, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-24Temperature 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2004-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

538 
WFUS53 KDMX 242259
TORDMX
IAC181-242345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
558 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 553 PM...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM THAT HAS PRODUCED A
  TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRING HILL...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH
  OF DES MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL BE...

  6 MILES NORTH OF INDIANOLA AROUND 605 PM...
  4 MILES SOUTH OF CARLISLE AROUND 615 PM AND
  NEAR HARTFORD AROUND 625 PM.

AT 540 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 2 
TO 3 MILES WEST OF MARTINSDALE IN WARREN COUNTY.

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 1000 PM MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000
PM MONDAY EVENING FOR IOWA.

LAT...LON 4151 9378 4132 9377 4132 9334 4151 9334

$$

SMALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXSac34 min
May 24, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Cass, Guthrie41 min
May 24, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCrawford28 min
May 24, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXSac11 min
May 24, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon32 min
May 24, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXSac45 min
May 24, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Cass, Guthrie46 min
May 24, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCrawford45 min
May 24, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPocahontas41 min
May 24, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCarroll39 min
May 24, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPocahontas26 min
May 24, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHumboldt, Webster39 min
May 24, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdair32 min
May 24, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon48 min
May 24, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMadison45 min
May 24, 4:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXHumboldt4 hr
May 24, 5:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXDallas, Madison6 hr
May 24, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDallas56 min
May 24, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton38 min
May 24, 5:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXAudubon, Carroll, Greene, Guthrie6 hr
May 24, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGuthrie57 min
May 24, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPolk56 min
May 24, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMadison15 min
May 24, 5:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXBoone6 hr
May 24, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWarren24 min
May 24, 5:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXPolk6 hr
May 24, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMadison32 min
May 24, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDallas, Polk28 min
May 24, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXTaylor39 min
May 24, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone, Story64 min
May 24, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMadison49 min
May 24, 6:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXTaylor19 hr
May 24, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXTaylor40 min
May 24, 6:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXMarion18 hr
May 24, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMarion49 min
May 24, 6:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXWarren18 hr
May 24, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPolk46 min
May 24, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWarren30 min
May 24, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMonroe43 min
May 24, 6:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXDecatur, Ringgold18 hr
May 24, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXRinggold38 min
May 24, 6:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXMahaska18 hr

Nearby

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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.