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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 30, 2006Worth County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2006, 7:29 PM CST for Worth County, Iowa. It was in force for 36 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: Mar 30, 2006, 7:29 PM CST (01:29 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2006, 8:05 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Worth County, IA

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 30, 5:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KDMX 310128
SVRDMX
IAC195-310215-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0063.060331T0129Z-060331T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
729 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA.

* UNTIL 815 PM CST.

* AT 726 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CLEAR LAKE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASON CITY...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR MANLY BY 740 PM CST.
  NEAR KENSETT BY 745 PM CST.
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAFTON BY 750 PM CST.
  NEAR NORTHWOOD BY 755 PM CST.

LAT...LON 4326 9350 4325 9304 4350 9302 4350 9349

$$

VACHALEK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDMX 310149
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
748 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

IAC195-310215-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-060331T0215Z/
WORTH IA-
748 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WORTH COUNTY
UNTIL 815 PM CST...

AT 747 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MANLY...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF MASON CITY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WORTH
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE LOCATION OF GRAFTON.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST 
FRIDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4326 9350 4325 9304 4350 9302 4350 9349

$$

VACHALEK

000 
WWUS53 KDMX 310205
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
805 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

IAC195-310215-
/O.CAN.KDMX.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-060331T0215Z/
WORTH IA-
805 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WORTH COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 804 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4326 9350 4325 9304 4350 9302 4350 9349

$$

MYERS

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 Mar 30, 2:51 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 2:51 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
251 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

DISCUSSION...
NEAR TERM FOCUS IS POTENTIAL SEVERE OUTBREAK. WARM SECTOR CONVECTION
IS SURGING NORTH OUT OF KANSAS INTO SE NEBRASKA AND SW IA ATTM. A
TRAILING LINE OF STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRY LINE EXTENDS FROM
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO EASTERN KANSAS. PER LATEST SWOMCD AND NEW
TORNADO WATCH...THE MAIN TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES TO BE THE SW
COUNTIES OF THE DES MOINES CWA. HOWEVER...WITH LIMITATIONS IN
SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY...THE OVERALL MAIN THREAT OVER THE CWA IS
LIKELY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...FROM DISCRETE CELLS/BOWING SEGMENTS AND
LATER IN THE EVENING A LIKELY SQUALL LINE. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING
IS ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY FROM VERY INTENSE RAINFALL RATES AS THE
STORM MOTION WILL LIKELY BE NORTHWARD IN THE 40-55 MPH RANGE. THE
THREAT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TONIGHT TO WARRANT A
WATCH. BY MIDNIGHT...THE THREAT WILL LIKELY HAVE SHIFTED INTO
EASTERN IOWA...WITH LINGERING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDER MAINLY
NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A STRONG ISALLOBARIC COUPLET AND TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOP
OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA MET...ESPECIALLY NORTH. WILL LEAVE THIS TO LATER
SHIFTS TO EVALUATE FOR POTENTIAL HEADLINES.

THE NEXT SYSTEM IS STILL ON TARGET FOR SAT NITE/SUN WITH A SIMILAR
SFC LOW PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH IOWA. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER
WILL LIKELY BE IN PLAY...INCLUDING HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING.

LOOKING AHEAD...UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD IN MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.
THERE IS SOME MODEL UNCERTAINTY HAS TO HOW FAST THE RIDGE WILL PUSH
INTO THE EASTERN CONUS. CURRENT FORECAST HAS SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FROM TUES NITE THRU THURSDAY. NORMALLY...I
DON/T PREFER TO HAVE SO MANY WET PERIODS IN THE EXTENDED...BUT WILL
LEAVE THE FORECAST ALONE FOR NOW. THE GFS IS INDICATING WAA STORMS
LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...THEN A STRONG SYSTEM THROUGH
THE REGION THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPS SHOULD MODERATE
THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH HIGHS PUSHING 70 CENTRAL AND SOUTH BY
THURSDAY.
&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...TORNADO WATCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF
STATE HIGHWAY 30 AND ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 UNTIL 04Z.

&&

KINNEY

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 2:44 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
244 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

IAZ044>047-057>060-070>073-081>083-092>094-311200-
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-
ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
244 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. INITIALLY LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...HOWEVER
AFTER 5 PM...ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE
INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME TORNADOES. THIS
THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM AS A LINE OF STORMS MOVES
QUICKLY ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL MOVE FROM 45
TO 60 MPH TO THE NORTHEAST DURING THE EVENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ANOTHER THREAT OF THUNDERST0RMS EXISTS ON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SEVERE WEATHER.
MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH
ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CALL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 315
PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE. SPOTTER
ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH EARLY
DEPLOYMENT NECESSARY DUE TO THE FAST MOVING NATURE OF THE STORMS.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-048>050-061-062-074-075-
084>086-095>097-311200-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-
JASPER-POWESHIEK-MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
244 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL IOWA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING...PRIMARILY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80. THE TIME OF GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM 6 TO 11
PM. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING VERY QUICKLY NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 60
MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ANOTHER THREAT OF THUNDERST0RMS EXISTS ON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
WITH THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SEVERE WEATHER. MORE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH
ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CALL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 315
PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE. SPOTTER
ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
EARLY DEPLOYMENT NECESSARY DUE TO THE FAST MOVING NATURE OF THE
STORMS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 6:54 PM CST, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
654 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W AMES                42.02N 93.65W
03/30/2006                   STORY              IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MOBILE HOME FLIPPED OVER

&&

COGIL

Local storm report, Mar 30, 6:57 PM CST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
657 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S BRITT               43.08N 93.80W
03/30/2006                   HANCOCK            IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HOG BUILDING BLOWN OFF FOUNDATION.

&&

KJ

Local storm report, Mar 30, 6:59 PM CST, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
659 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0620 PM     TSTM WND GST     MADRID                  41.88N 93.82W
03/30/2006  M60 MPH          BOONE              IA   MESONET

&&

KJ

Local storm report, Mar 30, 7:08 PM CST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
708 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0618 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 WSW BOONE             42.02N 93.97W
03/30/2006                   BOONE              IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 2 INJ *** TREE FELL ON MOBILE HOME PRODUCING SOME
            MINOR INJURIES. WIDESPREAD REPORTS FROM THE COUNTY OF
            WIND DAMAGE.

&&

COGIL

Local storm report, Mar 30, 7:09 PM CST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
709 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0622 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 S STRATFORD           42.24N 93.93W
03/30/2006  E65 MPH          HAMILTON           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

COGIL

Local storm report, Mar 30, 7:24 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
724 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0718 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 S LATIMER             42.75N 93.36W
03/30/2006  M72 MPH          FRANKLIN           IA   MESONET

&&

COGIL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 6:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Union	30 min
Mar 30, 6:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone	52 min
Mar 30, 6:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Polk	47 min
Mar 30, 6:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke	43 min
Mar 30, 6:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock	41 min
Mar 30, 6:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Story	36 min
Mar 30, 6:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hamilton	33 min
Mar 30, 6:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hardin	34 min
Mar 30, 6:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Wright	46 min
Mar 30, 6:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Marshall	43 min
Mar 30, 6:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper	40 min
Mar 30, 6:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Franklin	53 min
Mar 30, 6:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo	50 min
Mar 30, 7:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock	29 min
Mar 30, 7:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Warren	27 min
Mar 30, 7:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Butler, Grundy	53 min
Mar 30, 8:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Ringgold	28 min
Mar 30, 8:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Decatur	37 min
Mar 30, 8:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Clarke	25 min
Mar 30, 8:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Clarke	25 min
Mar 30, 9:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DMX	Lucas	25 min
Mar 31, 7:33 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 32 more	10 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.