Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 27, 2005, 5:44 PM CST for Warren County, Iowa. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2005, 5:44 PM CST (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2005, 6:20 PM CST
- In force
- 36 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), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 5:53 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Nnw Lacona, IA | HAIL LASTED FIVE MINUTES |
| Nov 27, 6:13 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 1 E Hartford, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 5:38 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDMX 272344 SVRDMX IAC181-280030- /O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0310.051127T2344Z-051128T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 544 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. * UNTIL 630 PM CST. * AT 541 PM CST...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 14 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANOLA...OR 29 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES...AND MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR MILO BY 550 PM CST. NEAR ACKWORTH BY 555 PM CST. NEAR HARTFORD BY 605 PM CST. THE LOCATIONS OF LACONA AND SANDYVILLE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN IOWA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. 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. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE. LAT...LON 4118 9379 4118 9335 4149 9333 4150 9379 $$ KINNEY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDMX 272359 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 559 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 IAC181-280030- /O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-051128T0030Z/ WARREN IA- 559 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WARREN COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CST... AT 554 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLEASANTVILLE...OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES... AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR SANDYVILLE BY 605 PM CST. 4 MILES EAST OF HARTFORD BY 610 PM CST. THE LOCATIONS OF MILO AND ACKWORTH ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL SOUTHEAST OF MILO AT 5:48 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4118 9379 4118 9335 4149 9333 4150 9379 $$ KINNEY
000 WWUS53 KDMX 280020 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 620 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 IAC181-280030- /O.CAN.KDMX.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-051128T0030Z/ WARREN IA- 620 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WARREN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 617 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4118 9379 4118 9335 4149 9333 4150 9379 $$ KINNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 26 min |
| Nov 27, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas | 16 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.