Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2005, 8:29 PM CDT for Marion County, Iowa. It was in force for 48 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 13, 2005, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2005, 9:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marion County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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 13, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 969 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KDMX 140128
TORDMX
IAC125-140215-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0018.050614T0129Z-050614T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
829 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA.
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT.
* AT 824 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF PLEASANTVILLE...OR 25 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THIS STORM WILL BE...
NEAR KNOXVILLE BY 840 PM CDT.
NEAR PELLA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BY 855 PM CDT.
NEAR PELLA BY 900 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.
LAT...LON 4142 9333 4122 9333 4138 9288 4150 9287
4151 9296
$$
COGIL2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDMX 140151
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
850 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005
IAC125-140215-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050614T0215Z/
MARION IA-
850 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MARION
COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF KNOXVILLE...OR 29 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
NEAR PELLA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BY 900 PM CDT.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
AT 830 PM A SPOTTER REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 1 MILE
NORTHWEST OF MELCHER.
LAT...LON 4142 9333 4122 9333 4138 9288 4150 9287
4151 9296
$$
COGIL000
WWUS53 KDMX 140217
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
916 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005
IAC125-140226-
/O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050614T0215Z/
MARION IA-
916 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MARION COUNTY HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
AT 915 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 4142 9333 4122 9333 4138 9288 4150 9287
4151 9296
$$
SMALLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 55 min |
| Jun 13, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 53 min |
| Jun 13, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Monroe | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 45 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.