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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 16, 2007Carroll County, Greene County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2007, 1:14 AM CDT for Carroll County, Greene County, Iowa. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 2007, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2007, 1:51 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carroll County, IA, Greene County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2007-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2071 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2007-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2071 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
6.4

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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 Jul 16, 12:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 12:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXEmmet47 min
Jul 16, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBremer, Butler65 min
Jul 16, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXEmmet, Kossuth47 min
Jul 16, 5:53 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas66 min
Jul 16, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHancock, Kossuth52 min
Jul 16, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Butler37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.