Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2006, 9:05 PM CST for Lucas County, Iowa. It was in force for 25 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
- Mar 30, 2006, 9:05 PM CST (03:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2006, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lucas County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 9:18 PM CST | HAIL 1.5 | 1 W Lucas, IA | NICKEL TO PING PONG BALL HAIL. DELAYED REPORT FROM LUCAS COUNTY SHERIFF. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 245 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 310305 TORDMX IAC117-310330- /O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0008.060331T0305Z-060331T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 905 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. * UNTIL 930 PM CST. * AT 903 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OSCEOLA...OR 41 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR LUCAS BY 915 PM CST. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. 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 4111 9356 4090 9356 4116 9310 4116 9350 $$ MYERS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDMX 310317 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 918 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 IAC117-310330- /O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060331T0330Z/ LUCAS IA- 918 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CST... AT 915 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF CHARITON...OR 39 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE... NEAR WILLIAMSON BY 930 PM CST. THE LOCATIONS OF LUCAS AND CHARITON AIRPORT ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4111 9356 4090 9356 4116 9310 4116 9350 $$ MYERS
000 WWUS53 KDMX 310329 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 929 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 IAC117-310339- /O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060331T0330Z/ LUCAS IA- 929 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 928 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 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 4111 9356 4090 9356 4116 9310 4116 9350 $$ MYERS
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, 8:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.