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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2005, 12:55 PM CST for Wright County, Iowa. It was in force for 35 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, 12:55 PM CST (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2005, 1:30 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 260 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 301855 TORDMX IAC197-301930- /O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0003.050330T1855Z-050330T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1255 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA. * UNTIL 130 PM CST. * AT 1253 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF CLARION...OR 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DODGE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR CLARION MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BY 105 PM CST. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM NORTHEAST OF WEBSTER CITY AT 1255 PM. 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 4256 9397 4256 9352 4284 9353 4280 9396 $$ JOHNSON
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDMX 301913 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 112 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 IAC197-301930- /O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050330T1930Z/ WRIGHT IA- 112 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR WRIGHT COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM CST... AT 108 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARION...OR 27 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DODGE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. A TORNADO REMAINS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 130 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4256 9397 4256 9352 4284 9353 4280 9396 $$ JOHNSON
000 WWUS53 KDMX 301927 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 128 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 IAC197-301938- /O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050330T1930Z/ WRIGHT IA- 128 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WRIGHT COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 123 PM CST...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. LAT...LON 4256 9397 4256 9352 4284 9353 4280 9396 $$ 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, 12:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Webster | 32 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, 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.