Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2005, 11:27 PM CDT for Bremer County, Iowa. It was in force for 18 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
- Jun 4, 2005, 11:27 PM CDT (04:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bremer County, IA
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 208 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2060 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1369 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDMX 050427 SVRDMX IAC017-050445- /O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0113.050605T0427Z-050605T0445Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1127 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BREMER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA. * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT. * AT 1125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NASHUA TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NASHUA TO TRIPOLI... OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 32 MILES NORTH OF WATERLOO TO 27 MILES NORTH OF WATERLOO TO 22 MILES NORTH OF WATERLOO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BREMER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE LOCATION OF FREDERIKA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. AT 1112 PM CDT...A WIND GUST WAS MEASURED IN PLAINFIELD OF 58 MPH. LAT...LON 4279 9256 4279 9232 4291 9210 4290 9256 $$ KINNEY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDMX 050435 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1134 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 IAC017-050445- /O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050605T0445Z/ BREMER IA- 1134 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN BREMER COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... AT 1130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NASHUA TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRIPOLI TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRIPOLI...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... NEAR FREDERIKA BY 1140 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 4279 9256 4279 9232 4291 9210 4290 9256 $$ KINNEY
000 WWUS53 KDMX 050445 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1145 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 IAC017-050455- /O.EXP.KDMX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050605T0445Z/ BREMER IA- 1145 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BREMER COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 1142 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DES MOINES AT 1-800-759-9276. LAT...LON 4279 9256 4279 9232 4291 9210 4290 9256 $$ KINNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Decatur, Ringgold | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke | 66 min |
| Jun 4, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion, Monroe | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 22 min |
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.