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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 31, 2007Franklin County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2007, 4:05 PM CDT for Franklin County, Iowa. It was in force for 40 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 31, 2007, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2007, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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 31, 4:21 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	N Geneva, IA	WINDS GUSTS 57-58 MPH ALSO REPORTED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 31, 1:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 239 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KDMX 312105
SVRDMX
IAC069-312145-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0044.070331T2105Z-070331T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
405 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 401 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  CLARION TO IOWA FALLS TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELDORA...AND MOVING
  NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HAMPTON BY 430 PM CDT...
  SHEFFIELD BY 445 PM CDT...

THE TOWNS OF POPEJOY...COULTER...ALEXANDER...LATIMER...GENEVA AND
HANSELL ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES...AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. SEVERE
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN SOUND LIKE A TORNADO...AND PRODUCE SIMILAR
DAMAGE.

LAT...LON 4256 9349 4255 9327 4256 9304 4290 9303
      4291 9329 4291 9351

$$

KINNEY

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDMX 312128
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
428 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

IAC069-312145-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-070331T2145Z/
FRANKLIN IA-
428 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FRANKLIN
COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BELMOND
TO SHEFFIELD TO 8 MILES EAST OF HAMPTON...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SHEFFIELD BY 435 PM CDT...

THE TOWNS OF MESERVEY...HANSELL AND GENEVA ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 58 MPH IN 
GENEVA AROUND 420 PM.

LAT...LON 4291 9349 4291 9343 4290 9342 4290 9304
      4256 9304 4256 9349

$$
KINNEY/MOYER

000 
WWUS53 KDMX 312148
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
447 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

IAC151-312157-
/O.CAN.KDMX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-070331T2200Z/
POCAHONTAS IA-
447 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 443 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY 
AND WILL NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

REPORT TORNADOES...WIND IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...HAIL LARGER THAN ONE
HALF INCH...OR STORM DAMAGE BY CALLING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
ASKING THEM TO RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4256 9446 4266 9444 4285 9450 4274 9474
      4257 9459

$$

BOKSA

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 Mar 31, 3:35 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 3:35 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
335 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

.DISCUSSION...

MAIN FOCUS IS THE ONGOING SEVERE EVENT OVER THE CWA.  SURFACE LOW
OVER SW IA WILL LIFT SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST.  THE UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS IS SLOWLY EJECTING NORTHEAST.  THE
COLD CORE WILL BE OVER CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH 23Z OR SO AS A JET MAX
ROUNDS THE LOW.  EASTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA WILL BE IN
THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF THE JET PROMOTING UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE.
IN LOWER LEVELS...HIGH LOW LEVEL CAPE AND TREMENDOUS SHEAR
CONTRIBUTING TO STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE WARM FRONT LIFTING
ACROSS THE CWA.  THE LIMITING FACTOR IS INSTABILITY DUE TO CLOUD
COVER.  THIS SHOULD NOT BE MUCH OF A FACTOR GIVEN THE DYNAMICS OF
THIS SYSTEM.  STORMS SHOULD LIFT NORTH AND EAST OF THE CWA BY 00Z
WITH JUST SHOWERS AND ISOLD STORMS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

QUIET FOR THE REMAINDER OF SUNDAY THROUGH MOST OF MONDAY.  LATE
MONDAY AND TUESDAY ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES IN BUT MOISTURE IS QUITE
LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM SO WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY TYPE OF
SEVERE EVENT THOUGH THERE IS A FAIRLY STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL
PUSH THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY.  THUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE GRIDS BUT
SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED.  NOT EXPECTING MUCH AT
THIS TIME.  ONCE THIS SYSTEM PULLS EAST TEMPS DIP INTO THE 40S AND
50S THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE
20S AND 30S.

&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

FAB

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 12:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1248 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

IAZ004>006-015-016-023>025-033>036-044>048-057>061-070>074-
081>085-092>096-011800-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-
WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-
STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-
WARREN-MARION-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-
1248 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS AS THE AIR BECOMES
UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND LARGE HAIL...WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS A LESSER THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER
THERE IS MODEL UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER THE STORMS WILL BECOME
SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS WILL BE
CONDUCTED AT 115 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY
BECOME NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IAZ007-017-026>028-037>039-049-050-062-075-086-097-011800-
WORTH-CERRO GORDO-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-
MARSHALL-TAMA-POWESHIEK-MAHASKA-WAPELLO-DAVIS-
1248 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS AS THE AIR BECOMES
UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
AND LARGE HAIL...WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS A LESSER THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER
THERE IS MODEL UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER THE STORMS WILL BECOME
SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS WILL BE
CONDUCTED AT 115 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY
BECOME NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MOYER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
303 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PLEASANT HILL           41.59N 93.51W
03/31/2007                   POLK               IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            1 MILE WEST OF LAND FILL ON HIGHWAY 163 EAST OF PLEASANT
            HILL. ROOF BLOWN OFF SHED.

&&

BF

Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:18 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
318 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0317 PM     HAIL             BAXTER                  41.83N 93.15W
03/31/2007  E0.88 INCH       JASPER             IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

BF

Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:44 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
344 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0333 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E STATE CENTER        42.02N 93.11W
03/31/2007                   MARSHALL           IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BETWEEN STATE CENTER AND MARSHALLTOWN ON HIGHWAY 30.
            GARAGE BLOWN OVER.

&&

BF

Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:48 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
348 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0347 PM     HAIL             3 N CHURDAN             42.20N 94.48W
03/31/2007  E1.00 INCH       GREENE             IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

DEROY

Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:51 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
351 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0346 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSW NEW PROVIDENCE    42.24N 93.21W
03/31/2007                   HARDIN             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            8-10 INCH TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.

&&

BF

Local storm report, Mar 31, 4:02 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
402 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E HUBBARD             42.31N 93.22W
03/31/2007                   HARDIN             IA   AMATEUR RADIO

            SNAPPED POWER POLE

&&

MOYER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 11:16 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo and 19 more	5 hr
Mar 31, 1:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Lucas, Wayne	46 min
Mar 31, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Davis	45 min
Mar 31, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Wapello	41 min
Mar 31, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Polk	44 min
Mar 31, 2:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Guthrie	29 min
Mar 31, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper	43 min
Mar 31, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Story	35 min
Mar 31, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Marshall	41 min
Mar 31, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie	41 min
Mar 31, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hardin	36 min
Mar 31, 3:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Audubon, Guthrie	34 min
Mar 31, 3:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Webster	28 min
Mar 31, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Grundy	36 min
Mar 31, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Carroll, Crawford, Sac	39 min
Mar 31, 4:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Carroll	33 min
Mar 31, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas, Webster	30 min
Mar 31, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	50 min
Mar 31, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Butler	46 min
Mar 31, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo	39 min
Mar 31, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Calhoun	47 min
Mar 31, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Greene	27 min
Mar 31, 5:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Pocahontas	41 min

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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.