Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 774
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 8, 2005, 9:40 AM CDT for 40 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2005, 9:40 AM CDT (14:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2005, 2:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties
Adair County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Warren County, IA, Webster County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
23 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 9:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 115 min |
| Sep 8, 10:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 33 min |
| Sep 8, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 52 min |
| Sep 8, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 11:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Wright | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 38 min |
| Sep 8, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Hardin | 33 min |
| Sep 8, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk, Story | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 49 min |
| Sep 8, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall | 60 min |
| Sep 8, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 49 min |
| Sep 8, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 53 min |
| Sep 8, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson, Keokuk | 25 min |
| Sep 8, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Monroe | 47 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 1:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay and 18 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Calhoun, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt and 6 more | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 12:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson and 13 more | 97 min |
| Sep 8, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Benton, Cedar, Davis, Des Moines, Henry and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa and 5 more | 95 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.