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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 336, NWS Des Moines, IA

October 4, 2006Winnebago County, Worth County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 4, 2006, 2:42 AM CDT for Winnebago County, Worth County, Iowa. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 2006, 2:42 AM CDT (07:42 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 2006, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2006-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 746 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2006-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
746 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
530 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
23.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 3, 10:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 10:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 6:15 PM CDT, 8 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
615 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-041100-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-
BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-
615 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM NEAR THE MINNESOTA BORDER AFTER SUNSET. A FEW
STORMS MAYBE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAING WINDS UNTIL 10 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING THROUGH 10 PM.

IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-041100-
AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-
WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-
TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
615 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA
MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS OVERNIGHT...WITH ANY SEVERE THREAT
BEING LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY.

MYERS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWorth15 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.