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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Nov 12, 2005, 5:23 PM CST for Hardin County, Iowa. It was in force for 22 min. 2 reports 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
- Nov 12, 2005, 5:23 PM CST (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2005, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hardin County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 5:27 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 S Radcliffe, IA | DELAYED REPORT |
| Nov 12, 5:27 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 S Radcliffe, IA | DELAYED REPORT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 1:44 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 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 122323 TORDMX IAC083-122345- /O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0033.051112T2323Z-051112T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 523 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA. * UNTIL 545 PM CST. * AT 519 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF STORY CITY...OR 43 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT DODGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR HUBBARD BY 530 PM CST. 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELDORA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BY 535 PM CST. THE LOCATION OF RADCLIFFE IS 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 4221 9348 4221 9302 4246 9301 4238 9347 $$ VACHALEK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDMX 122335 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 535 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 IAC083-122345- /O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-051112T2345Z/ HARDIN IA- 535 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CST... AT 532 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES EAST OF JEWELL...OR 43 MILES EAST OF FORT DODGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE LOCATIONS OF HUBBARD AND RADCLIFFE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR IOWA. LAT...LON 4221 9348 4221 9302 4246 9301 4238 9347 $$ VACHALEK
000 WWUS53 KDMX 122345 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 544 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 IAC083-122354- /O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-051112T2345Z/ HARDIN IA- 545 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 541 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DES MOINES AT 1-800-759-9276. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR IOWA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST IOWA. LAT...LON 4221 9348 4221 9302 4246 9301 4238 9347 $$ VACHALEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 4:32 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 35 more | 34 hr |
| Nov 12, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cass | 21 min |
| Nov 12, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 34 min |
| Nov 12, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Guthrie | 25 min |
| Nov 12, 3:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Audubon, Guthrie | 26 min |
| Nov 12, 3:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair | 38 min |
| Nov 12, 3:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Greene | 47 min |
| Nov 12, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Guthrie | 39 min |
| Nov 12, 3:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Dallas, Guthrie | 32 min |
| Nov 12, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Webster | 51 min |
| Nov 12, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Webster | 30 min |
| Nov 12, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas | 30 min |
| Nov 12, 4:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Story | 34 min |
| Nov 12, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Wright | 48 min |
| Nov 12, 5:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hamilton | 24 min |
| Nov 12, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Polk | 27 min |
| Nov 12, 5:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hardin | 34 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.