Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2005, 12:13 PM CST for Webster County, Iowa. It was in force for 32 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
- Mar 30, 2005, 12:13 PM CST (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2005, 12:45 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Webster County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 8:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 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
- 585 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDMX 301813 TORDMX IAC187-301845- /O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0001.050330T1813Z-050330T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1213 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA. * UNTIL 1245 PM CST. * AT 1209 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOWRIE...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF FORT DODGE... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR OTHO BY 1235 PM CST. NEAR LEHIGH BY 1240 PM CST. PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR GOWRIE AT 1205 PM. THE LOCATIONS OF CALLENDER AND HARCOURT ARE ALSO IN THE PATH. 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. LAT...LON 4222 9440 4221 9405 4251 9401 4247 9441 $$ JOHNSON
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDMX 301826 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1226 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 IAC187-301845- /O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050330T1845Z/ WEBSTER IA- 1226 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY UNTIL 1245 PM CST... AT 1224 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEBSTER CITY...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT DODGE...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE... 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAYTON BY 1220 PM CST. NEAR LEHIGH BY 1235 PM CST. NEAR DUNCOMBE BY 1245 PM CST. THE LOCATION OF OTHO IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM WHICH MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DES MOINES AT 1-800-759-9276. LAT...LON 4222 9440 4221 9396 4247 9396 4247 9441 $$ JOHNSON
000 WWUS53 KDMX 301835 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1234 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 IAC187-301845- /O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050330T1845Z/ WEBSTER IA- 1234 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY UNTIL 1245 PM CST... AT 1229 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEBSTER CITY...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT DODGE...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUNCOMBE BY 1240 PM CST. NEAR OTHO BY 1245 PM CST. A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO JUST NORTHEAST OF LEHIGH AT 1233 PM. THE LOCATIONS OF DAYTON AND LEHIGH ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DES MOINES AT 1-800-759-9276. LAT...LON 4222 9440 4221 9396 4247 9396 4247 9441 $$ JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 3:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 22 min |
| Mar 30, 4:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 21 min |
| Mar 30, 9:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 10:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 10:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 11:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 11:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 11:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 12:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 12:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 12:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 12:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Wright | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 1:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 1:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 1:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Bremer | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 1:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Worth | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 24 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.