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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 2006, 4:45 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Hamilton County, Webster County, Iowa. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 10, 2006, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2006, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Calhoun County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Webster County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 4:57 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Ne Lake City, IA | TORNADO WITH DEBRIS VISIBLE. TORNADO HAD SINCE DISSIPATED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 12 minutes after it went out.
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 nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -391 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2120 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDMX 102148 TORDMX IAC025-079-187-102230- /O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0025.060810T2145Z-060810T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 445 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 444 PM CDT...NUMEROUS REPORTS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE FUNNELS THROUGH 530 PM. * THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE NEAR... LAKE CITY BY 500 PM CDT. GOWRIE BY 530 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF RINARD...YETTER...ELLSWORTH...STANHOPE...STRATFORD... FARNHAMVILLE...DAYTON...LOHRVILLE...HARCOURT AND RANDALL ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE TORNADIC STORMS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 136. THIS IS A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR IN A CAR...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. LAT...LON 4235 9349 4234 9486 4222 9486 4222 9348 $$ DONAVON
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDMX 102205 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 503 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 IAC025-079-187-102230- /O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-060810T2230Z/ WEBSTER IA-CALHOUN IA-HAMILTON IA- 503 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HAMILTON... SOUTHERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF GOWRIE...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF FORT DODGE. NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM TRAINED SPOTTERS ALONG THIS LINE. THESE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CALHOUN...HAMILTON AND WEBSTER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF HARCOURT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 136. SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A CAR OR OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. AT 458 PM...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO ON THE GROUND 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE CITY. LAT...LON 4235 9349 4234 9486 4222 9486 4222 9348 $$ DONAVON
000 WWUS53 KDMX 102233 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 530 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 IAC025-079-187-102240- /O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-060810T2230Z/ WEBSTER IA-CALHOUN IA-HAMILTON IA- 530 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HAMILTON...SOUTHERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 527 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ADDITIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR HOWEVER CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING LESS FAVORABLE FOR THE FUNNEL CLOUDS TO REACH THE GROUND. LAT...LON 4235 9349 4234 9486 4222 9486 4222 9348 $$ DONAVON
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Aug 10, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 315 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERN IN SHORT TERM IS OVERNIGHT CHANCES FOR RAIN. IN LONGER TERM TIMING OF RAIN FOR SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. TONIGHT MODELS HAVE GONE FOR THE MOST PART DRY HOWEVER BELIEVE CHANCE FOR RAIN STILL EXISTS TONIGHT, SPC WRF IS AGAIN SHOWING LATE NIGHT/EARLY MRNG DVLPMNT AND TOO MANY FACTORS POINT TO CHANCE. ATTM DVLPMNT IN S CNTRL ND AND LOOKING AT SFC GOOD MOISTURE SEWRD FM DVLPMNT AND BOUNDARIES PRESENT FOR ANY STORM TO TRACK/FEED ON WAY DOWN TO STATE. LOOKING AT SOUNDINGS PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND CAPE WHILE AIRMASS VERY UNSTABLE. FOR EARLY MRNG FRIDAY KEEPING LOW POPS IN FORECAST. NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN NW SATURDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF DECENT FRONTAL SYSTEM WITH GOOD SUPPORTING DYNAMICAL FIELDS. APPEARS PATTERN REMAINS WET AND EASY FOR DVLPMNT WITH NO CHANGE IN SIGHT TYPICAL AUGUST. EXTENDED MODELS HAVE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT WITH THIS RAIN EVENT ALL WEEK AND EURO VERY GOOD MODEL TO MODEL RUN CONSISTENCY. WITH ALL THE RAIN AND HIGH MOISTURE A GOOD REASON TO ACCEPT GUIDANCE TEMPS WITH SOME ADJUSTMENTS. NO HINT OF ANY SHARP WARMUP OR BEING AUGUST NO EARLY OUTBREAK OF COOL AIR THOUGH EXPECT THERE WILL BE AT LEAST BEFORE END OF THE MONTH. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && FORSTER
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 2:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 246 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-111100- 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-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 246 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON HOWEVER LATE TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THERE ALSO THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS THAT MAY COULD CAUSE STREET FLOODING OR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OVER NORTHWEST IOWA...AND OVER ALL OF MID IOWA ON SUNDAY. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON HOWEVER LATE TONIGHT ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. FORSTER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 340 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 IAZ034>037-046>048-102245- CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GREENE-BOONE-STORY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES 340 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 ...LANDSPOUTS REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA... CURRENT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT ARE TERMED LANDSPOUTS. USUALLY...THESE FUNNEL LIKE CLOUDS FORM FROM FAIR WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS ON DAYS IN WHICH VERTICAL TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES ARE LARGE...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE DEPTH OF THE BUILDING CLOUDS. THESE FUNNELS ARE NORMALLY BRIEF...DROP ONLY A FEW HUNDRED FEET FROM CLOUD BASE...AND RARELY BECOME A TORNADO OR CAUSE DAMAGE. HOWEVER...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...PLEASE REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IF A TORNADO WARNING WOULD BE NECESSARY...TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. STEINBUGL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 5:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.