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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Des Moines, IA

May 8, 2005Kossuth County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2005, 5:26 PM CDT for Kossuth 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: May 8, 2005, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2005, 6:19 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kossuth County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1347 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 112 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.

000 
WUUS53 KDMX 082226
SVRDMX
IAC109-082315-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0059.050508T2226Z-050508T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
526 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA.

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

* AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALGONA...OR 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DODGE...
  AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR WHITTEMORE BY 540 PM CDT.
  NEAR ALGONA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BY 545 PM CDT.
  NEAR LONE ROCK BY 600 PM CDT.
  NEAR BURT BY 605 PM CDT.

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A
MOBILE HOME...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 4293 9447 4293 9399 4322 9399 4322 9446

$$

SMALL

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDMX 082307
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
606 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

IAC109-082315-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-050508T2315Z/
KOSSUTH IA-
606 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN KOSSUTH
COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALGONA...OR 42 MILES NORTH OF
FORT DODGE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR ALGONA BY 555 PM CDT.
  NEAR BURT BY 610 PM CDT.

THE LOCATION OF ALGONA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IS 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 4293 9447 4293 9399 4322 9399 4322 9446

$$

JOHNSON

000 
WWUS53 KDMX 082319
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
619 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

IAC109-082329-
/O.EXP.KDMX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-050508T2315Z/
KOSSUTH IA-
619 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN KOSSUTH COUNTY HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 618 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.

LAT...LON 4293 9447 4293 9399 4322 9399 4322 9446

$$

JOHNSON

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 8, 2:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 2:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
238 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

.DISCUSSION...
COMPLEX SCENARIO CURRENTLY ONGOING ACROSS IOWA AS THE AREA IS BEING
AFFECTED BY TWO SEPARATE SYSTEMS. MAIN UPPER LEVEL LOW AND SHORT
WAVE ENERGY IS CURRENTLY ACROSS CNTRL SOUTH DAKOTA. ANOTHER
DEVELOPING SHORT WAVE IS CURRENTLY RACING NORTH/NORTHEAST OUT OF
OKLAHOMA AND SW MISSOURI. MULTICELLULAR CONVECTION IS LIFTING
QUICKLY NORTH AND WILL BE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA SOON.
MESO-ANALYSIS SHOWS UNCAPPED 100 MB MIXED LAYER CAPES OF 1500 J/KG
ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST IA. VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES ALSO LIFTING INTO
SOUTHWEST IA. DRYLINE NOW EXTENDING INTO ERN NEBRASKA AND IS MAKING
SLOW PROGRESS EASTWARD.

CONVECTION MOVING NORTH OUT OF MISSOURI IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE AND WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA. CONVECTION IS ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND KANSAS. CURRENT STORM MOTIONS TO THE NORTH WOULD KEEP
MUCH OF THE SEVERE CHANCES ACROSS THE FAR WEST OF THE WARNING AREA
FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON MONDAY...HOWEVER INSTABILITY WITH THE SYSTEM
WILL BE DIMINISHED WITH EXPECTED CLOUD DEBRIS AND GRADUALLY
WEAKENING LAPSE RATES. A BREAK IS EXPECTED TUESDAY. THEN EXTREMELY
STRONG THETA-E ADVECTION IS ANTICIPATED TO COMMENCE TUESDAY EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT. A LOW LEVEL JET OF 50 TO 55 KTS POINTING INTO THE
REGION WILL FEED AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE OVER IOWA. A SEVERE THREAT
OF LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY...UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN ABOUT FRONTAL LOCATION AS A WARM FRONT
IS EXPECTED TO MEANDER ACROSS IOWA AND NORTHERN MO THROUGH MUCH OF
THIS PERIOD. SEVERE CHANCES STILL APPEAR BEST FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS
THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD AS WELL WITH MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORM
COMPLEXES POSSIBLE EACH NIGHT ALONG A VERY TIGHT AND STRONG
BAROCLINIC ZONE. AT THIS TIME...FAVOR A FARTHER SOUTH FRONTAL
POSITION THAN THE GFS IS FAVORING AS EXPECT CONVECTION WILL HELP
DRIVE FRONT FARTHER SOUTH DURING PERIOD. MAIN AFFECT WILL BE
TEMPERATURES. THE SYSTEM WILL PUSH SOUTH ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND
BRING AN END TO THE WET PERIOD.

&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

DONAVON

Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
318 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

IAZ004-015-023-033-034-044-045-057-070-092030-
EMMET-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-
CASS-
318 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA
AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHWEST OF AN ALGONA TO DENISON LINE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WELL THROUGH THE EVENING
INTO TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL UP TO TWO
INCHES IN DIAMETER THE PRIMARY THREAT. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF
WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR MORE AS WELL. THE WINDOW OF GREATEST
THREAT IS THROUGH 11 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY
AFTERNOON...HOWEVER NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SEVERAL ROUNDS
OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. HEAVY
RAINFALL AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE BEST CHANCE
BEING TUESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 PM THIS
EVENING...LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

IAZ005>007-016-017-024>026-035>037-046>048-058>060-071>073-
081>083-092>094-092030-
KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-
FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-GUTHRIE-
DALLAS-POLK-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-
RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
318 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
IOWA...SOUTHEAST OF AN ALGONA TO DENISON LINE...AND NORTHWEST OF A
MASON CITY TO BEDFORD LINE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE
FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS THAT WILL PRODUCE LARGER THAN QUARTER SIZE
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH THE MAIN
THREAT DURING THE EARLY EVENING...AND AFTER 10 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY
AFTERNOON...HOWEVER NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SEVERAL ROUNDS
OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. HEAVY
RAINFALL AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE BEST CHANCE
BEING TUESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

IAZ027-028-038-039-049-050-061-062-074-075-084>086-095>097-092030-
BUTLER-BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK-
MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
318 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA...
SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA...GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A
MASON CITY TO BEDFORD LINE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN
AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERAL ROUNDS
OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. HEAVY
RAINFALL AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE BEST CHANCE
BEING TUESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 5:16 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
516 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     HAIL             RINGSTED                43.30N 94.51W
05/08/2005  0.75 INCH        EMMET              IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

&&

Local storm report, May 8, 5:20 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
520 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0451 PM     TSTM WND GST     MALLARD                 42.94N 94.68W
05/08/2005  73 MPH           PALO ALTO          IA   MESONET

&&

Local storm report, May 8, 5:21 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
521 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0451 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST SULLY                   41.58N 92.85W
05/08/2005  61 MPH           JASPER             IA   MESONET

&&

Local storm report, May 8, 5:23 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
523 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0451 PM     HAIL             RINGSTED                43.30N 94.51W
05/08/2005  1.50 INCH        EMMET              IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, May 8, 5:24 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
524 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0519 PM     HAIL             RINGSTED                43.30N 94.51W
05/08/2005  1.50 INCH        EMMET              IA   MESONET

&&

Local storm report, May 8, 5:25 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
525 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0521 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST WILLIAMS                42.49N 93.54W
05/08/2005  58 MPH           HAMILTON           IA   MESONET

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Crawford	22 min
May 8, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Sac	26 min
May 8, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Crawford	41 min
May 8, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Sac	45 min
May 8, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Pocahontas	56 min
May 8, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Carroll, Crawford	36 min
May 8, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun	27 min
May 8, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Palo Alto	52 min
May 8, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Sac	50 min
May 8, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Emmet, Kossuth	44 min
May 8, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun	52 min
May 8, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Pocahontas	44 min
May 8, 5:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Pocahontas	4 hr
May 8, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Humboldt	50 min
May 8, 5:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Crawford	4 hr
May 8, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Kossuth	45 min
May 8, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock, Wright	63 min
May 8, 6:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Kossuth	4 hr
May 8, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Webster	44 min
May 8, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Winnebago	40 min

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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.