Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 11:27 AM CDT for Ringgold County, Iowa. It was in force for 22 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
- Jun 7, 2007, 11:27 AM CDT (16:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2007, 11:49 AM CDT
- In force
- 22 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), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:28 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KDMX 071626
TORDMX
IAC159-071700-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0012.070607T1627Z-070607T1700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1127 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL NOON CDT
* AT 1124 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MOUNT
AYR...OR ABOUT 32 MILES NORTH OF ALBANY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ELLSTON AND TINGLEY BY 1135 AM CDT...
ELLSTON AND BEACONSFIELD BY 1140 AM CDT...
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.
LAT...LON 4076 9440 4090 9423 4090 9402 4080 9402
4079 9401 4072 9402 4066 9432
$$
JUNGBLUTH2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDMX 071641
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1141 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
IAC159-071700-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070607T1700Z/
RINGGOLD IA-
1141 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR NORTHERN
RINGGOLD COUNTY...
AT 1136 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLSTON...OR ABOUT
37 MILES NORTH OF BETHANY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
AT 1136 AM...SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER SUN VALLEY LAKE IN
NORTHEAST RINGGOLD COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR IOWA.
LAT...LON 4076 9440 4090 9423 4090 9402 4080 9402
4079 9401 4072 9402 4066 9432
$$
JUNGBLUTH000
WWUS53 KDMX 071649
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1149 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
IAC159-071659-
/O.CAN.KDMX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070607T1700Z/
RINGGOLD IA-
1149 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAVE QUICKLY MOVED
NORTHEAST INTO CLARKE AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR IOWA.
LAT...LON 4076 9440 4090 9423 4090 9402 4080 9402
4079 9401 4072 9402 4066 9432
$$
JUNGBLUTHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 3:47 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 27 more | 16 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 12:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Lucas | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion, Warren | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas, Wayne | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 19 min |
| Jun 7, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Monroe, Wayne | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Monroe | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wapello | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.