Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 2006, 10:34 PM CDT for Carroll County, Crawford County, Iowa. It was in force for 41 min. 5 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
- Sep 16, 2006, 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2006, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Carroll County, IA, Crawford County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 11:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Templeton, IA | 8-10 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Sep 16, 11:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Templeton, IA | 8-10 INCH TREE BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Sep 16, 11:01 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Dedham, IA | |
| Sep 16, 11:04 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | Carroll, IA | |
| Sep 16, 11:16 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Manning, IA | NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AROUND TOWN IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES IN DIAMTER. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1906 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2012 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 16.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDMX 170334 SVRDMX IAC027-047-170415- /O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0310.060917T0334Z-060917T0415Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1034 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1031 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANILLA...OR 33 MILES SOUTH OF IDA GROVE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MANNING BY 1040 PM CDT. CARROLL BY 1055 PM CDT. 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLIDDEN BY 1100 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF ASPINWALL...WESTSIDE...HALBUR...ARCADIA...CARROLL AIRPORT...LIDDERDALE AND LANESBORO ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4187 9546 4186 9483 4221 9463 4221 9508 $$ JUNGBLUTH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDMX 170359 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1059 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 IAC027-047-170415- /O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-060917T0415Z/ CRAWFORD IA-CARROLL IA- 1059 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CARROLL AND SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT... AT 1057 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF COON RAPIDS...OR 44 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IDA GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 75 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CARROLL AND SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF WILLEY AND DEDHAM. A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A 51 MPH WIND GUST IN TEMPLETON. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME... SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4187 9546 4186 9483 4221 9463 4221 9508 $$ JUNGBLUTH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 38 min |
| Sep 16, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 20 min |
| Sep 16, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Crawford | 36 min |
| Sep 16, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 34 min |
| Sep 16, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 30 min |
| Sep 16, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto | 40 min |
| Sep 16, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 39 min |
| Sep 16, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock, Kossuth | 51 min |
| Sep 16, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 43 min |
| Sep 16, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Cass | 35 min |
| Sep 16, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Webster | 43 min |
| Sep 16, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene | 41 min |
| Sep 16, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll | 47 min |
| Sep 16, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock, Wright | 56 min |
| Sep 16, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Guthrie | 40 min |
| Sep 16, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Cass | 30 min |
| Sep 16, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 48 min |
| Sep 16, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Greene | 34 min |
| Sep 17, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 35 min |
| Sep 17, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 35 min |
| Sep 17, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Guthrie, Union | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Madison | 37 min |
| Sep 17, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 43 min |
| Sep 17, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 42 min |
| Sep 17, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Hardin | 48 min |
| Sep 17, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Grundy | 33 min |
| Sep 17, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 28 min |
| Sep 17, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 36 min |
| Sep 17, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.