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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 13, 2005Ringgold County, Taylor County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2005, 6:49 PM CDT for Ringgold County, Taylor County, Iowa. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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: Jun 13, 2005, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2005, 7:36 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 6:50 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 Ene Bedford, IA	TORNADO REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

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
Jun 13, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 876 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDMX 132348
TORDMX
IAC159-173-140030-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0016.050613T2349Z-050614T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
649 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA.
  EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA.

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.

* AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD...OR 83 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF DES MOINES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR CLEARFIELD BY 705 PM CDT.
  NEAR DIAGONAL BY 710 PM CDT.

THE LOCATIONS OF BLOCKTON AND CONWAY 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 4064 9474 4057 9447 4090 9427 4091 9455

$$

COGIL

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDMX 140021
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
721 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

IAC173-140031-
/O.CAN.KDMX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050614T0030Z/
TAYLOR IA-
721 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED...

AT 720 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4059 9445 4057 9429 4090 9427 4091 9447

$$

IAC159-140030-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050614T0030Z/
RINGGOLD IA-
721 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY UNTIL 730
PM CDT...

AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT AYR...OR 68 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN RINGGOLD
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE LOCATIONS OF BENTON AND DIAGONAL.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4059 9445 4057 9429 4090 9427 4091 9447

$$

COGIL

000 
WWUS53 KDMX 140036
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
736 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

IAC159-140046-
/O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050614T0030Z/
RINGGOLD IA-
736 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE...

AT 733 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR IOWA.

LAT...LON 4059 9445 4057 9429 4090 9427 4091 9447

$$

COGIL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Madison	56 min
Jun 13, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Carroll	27 min
Jun 13, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Greene	49 min
Jun 13, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Emmet	44 min
Jun 13, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Webster	48 min
Jun 13, 6:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Dallas	42 min
Jun 13, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone	41 min
Jun 13, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock	34 min
Jun 13, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Polk	53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.