Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2006, 8:50 PM CST for Clarke County, Iowa. It was in force for 25 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, 8:50 PM CST (02:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2006, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clarke County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 227 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 310252 CCA TORDMX IAC039-310315- /O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0007.060331T0250Z-060331T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 850 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. * UNTIL 915 PM CST. * AT 846 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEON...OR 40 MILES NORTH OF BETHANY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR WOODBURN BY 910 PM CST. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS ALSO EXPECTED TO PRODUCE PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 60 MPH. 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 4091 9380 4091 9358 4115 9357 4102 9371 $$ KINNEY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDMX 310303 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 903 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 IAC039-310315- /O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060331T0315Z/ CLARKE IA- 903 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CLARKE COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CST... AT 859 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OSCEOLA...OR 43 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE... NEAR WOODBURN BY 910 PM CST. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4091 9380 4091 9358 4115 9357 4102 9371 $$ MYERS
000 WWUS53 KDMX 310313 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 913 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 IAC039-310323- /O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060331T0315Z/ CLARKE IA- 913 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CLARKE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 911 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4091 9380 4091 9358 4115 9357 4102 9371 $$
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, 8:02 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, 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.