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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 6:33 PM CDT for Ringgold County, Iowa. It was in force for 57 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, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ringgold County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 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 042334
TORDMX
IAC159-050030-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0012.050604T2333Z-050605T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
633 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA.
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.
* AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEDFORD...OR 97 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THIS STORM WILL BE...
5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REDDING BY 710 PM CDT.
5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DELPHOS BY 715 PM CDT.
NEAR MOUNT AYR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BY 730 PM CDT.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 70 MPH.
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 4037 9470 4025 9453 4061 9403 4090 9403
4090 9426
$$
KINNEY3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDMX 042342
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
641 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
IAC159-050030-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050605T0030Z/
RINGGOLD IA-
641 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR RINGGOLD COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM
CDT...
AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEDFORD...OR 93 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT AYR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BY 730 PM CDT.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 70 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES IN NORTHERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 4058 9449 4058 9404 4090 9404 4090 9436
4069 9448
$$
KINNEY000
WWUS53 KDMX 042358
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
656 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
IAC159-050030-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050605T0030Z/
RINGGOLD IA-
656 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR RINGGOLD COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM
CDT...
AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT AYR...OR 84 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF DES MOINES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT AYR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BY 720 PM CDT.
NEAR KELLERTON BY 730 PM CDT.
AT 646 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY STORM CHASERS AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ALONG HIGHWAY 169 SOUTH OF GRANT
CITY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WAS LOCATED 5
MILES SOUTH OF WORTH...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF BETHANY.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 70 MPH.
LAT...LON 4058 9449 4058 9404 4090 9404 4090 9436
4069 9448
$$
KINNEY000
WWUS53 KDMX 050015
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
714 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
IAC159-050030-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050605T0030Z/
RINGGOLD IA-
714 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR RINGGOLD COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM
CDT...
AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT AYR...OR 75 MILES SOUTH
OF DES MOINES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KELLERTON BY 725 PM CDT.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 70 MPH.
AT 703 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LARGE TORNADO
DOING DAMAGE ALONG HIGHWAY 46 NEAR ALLENDALE...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BETHANY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LAT...LON 4058 9449 4058 9404 4090 9404 4090 9436
4069 9448
$$
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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.