Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2006, 7:34 PM CDT for Monroe County, Iowa. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 13, 2006, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Monroe County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 2406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDMX 140034 SVRDMX IAC135-140115- /O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0252.060714T0034Z-060714T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 734 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARITON TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTERVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... ALBIA BY 750 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF MELROSE AND LOVILIA ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. REPORT TORNADOES...WIND IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...HAIL LARGER THAN ONE HALF INCH...OR STORM DAMAGE TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES AT 1-800-759-9276. LAT...LON 4115 9310 4091 9309 4092 9264 4115 9265 $$ KINNEY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDMX 140047 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 748 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006 IAC135-140115- /O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060714T0115Z/ MONROE IA- 748 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBIA TO 13 MILES EAST OF CHARITON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... ALBIA BY 815 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF MELROSE AND LOVILIA ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DES MOINES AT 1-800-759-9276. LAT...LON 4115 9310 4091 9309 4092 9264 4115 9265 $$ KINNEY
000 WWUS53 KDMX 140109 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 809 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006 IAC135-140119- /O.EXP.KDMX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060714T0115Z/ MONROE IA- 809 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT... AT 806 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DES MOINES AT 1-800-759-9276. LAT...LON 4115 9310 4091 9309 4092 9264 4115 9265 $$ KINNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.