Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2006, 8:02 PM CST for Ringgold County, Iowa. It was in force for 28 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, 8:02 PM CST (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2006, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ringgold County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 992 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 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 310202 TORDMX IAC159-310230- /O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0004.060331T0202Z-060331T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 802 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. * UNTIL 830 PM CST. * AT 759 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF GRANT CITY...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF ALBANY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR KELLERTON BY 820 PM CST. 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEACONSFIELD BY 830 PM CST. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 4058 9437 4059 9403 4075 9403 4086 9405 $$ KINNEY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDMX 310213 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 813 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 IAC159-310230- /O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060331T0230Z/ RINGGOLD IA- 813 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CST... AT 808 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAGLEVILLE...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BETHANY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE... NEAR KELLERTON BY 825 PM CST. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 60 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4058 9437 4059 9403 4075 9403 4086 9405 $$ KINNEY
000 WWUS53 KDMX 310235 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 834 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 IAC159-310244- /O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060331T0230Z/ RINGGOLD IA- 834 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 829 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DES MOINES AT 1-800-759-9276. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4058 9437 4059 9403 4075 9403 4086 9405 $$ KINNEY
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, 7:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Worth | 36 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 |
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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.