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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 4, 2005Decatur County, Ringgold County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 7:21 PM CDT for Decatur County, Ringgold County, Iowa. It was in force for 39 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, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Decatur County, IA, Ringgold County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2005-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1467 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2005-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1467 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KDMX 050022
TORDMX
IAC053-159-050100-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0013.050605T0021Z-050605T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
721 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA.
  SOUTHEASTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA.

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

* AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A CONFIRMED TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  LAMONI...OR 74 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES. THE STORM WAS MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR LAMONI BY 730 PM CDT.
  NEAR LAMONI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BY 735 PM CDT.
  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DAVIS CITY BY 745 PM CDT.

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.

AT 718 PM...STORM CHASERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR HATFIELD...JUST 
SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI LINE...MOVING NORTHEAST.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT 
FOR RINGGOLD COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM.

LAT...LON 4058 9425 4058 9414 4059 9383 4058 9356
      4073 9358 4073 9401

$$

KINNEY
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDMX 050034
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
733 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

IAC053-159-050100-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050605T0100Z/
RINGGOLD IA-DECATUR IA-
733 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN DECATUR AND SOUTHEASTERN
RINGGOLD COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF LAMONI...OR 70 MILES SOUTH OF DES
MOINES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR LAMONI BY 740 PM CDT.
  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DAVIS CITY BY 750 PM CDT.

THE LOCATIONS OF KELLERTON AND LAMONI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ARE ALSO IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THIS STORM PRODUCED A CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR HATFIELD IN NORTHERN 
MISSOURI AROUND 718 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4058 9425 4058 9414 4058 9383 4058 9356
      4073 9358 4073 9401

$$

KINNEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDecatur28 min
Jun 4, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMarion54 min
Jun 4, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMarion46 min
Jun 4, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper65 min
Jun 4, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDecatur48 min
Jun 4, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClarke66 min
Jun 4, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDecatur54 min
Jun 4, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWayne52 min
Jun 4, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPoweshiek48 min
Jun 4, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDallas, Madison, Polk, Warren55 min
Jun 4, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWarren45 min
Jun 4, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXLucas47 min
Jun 4, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMarion, Monroe60 min
Jun 4, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper55 min
Jun 4, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXTama48 min
Jun 4, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWayne43 min
Jun 4, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMahaska39 min
Jun 4, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAppanoose44 min
Jun 4, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPoweshiek57 min
Jun 4, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMarshall40 min
Jun 4, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXTama50 min
Jun 4, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMahaska22 min
Jun 4, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBremer18 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.