Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 11:44 AM CDT for Clarke County, Decatur County, Iowa. It was in force for 31 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, 11:44 AM CDT (16:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2007, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clarke County, IA, Decatur County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 071643
TORDMX
IAC039-053-071715-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0013.070607T1644Z-070607T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1144 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
NORTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
* AT 1140 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF OSCEOLA...OR ABOUT 39 MILES NORTH OF BETHANY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OSCEOLA BY NOON 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.
FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR IOWA.
LAT...LON 4116 9368 4116 9357 4096 9356 4081 9402
4097 9402
$$
JUNGBLUTH2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDMX 071701
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1200 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
IAC053-071710-
/O.CAN.KDMX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070607T1715Z/
DECATUR IA-
1200 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR IOWA.
LAT...LON 4091 9391 4104 9390 4116 9368 4116 9357
4114 9358 4113 9357 4096 9357 4090 9380
$$
IAC039-071715-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070607T1715Z/
CLARKE IA-
1200 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR CLARKE
COUNTY...
AT 1157 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
OSCEOLA...OR ABOUT 46 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OSCEOLA BY 1205 PM CDT...
WOODBURN BY 1215 PM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO
THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF
DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR IOWA.
LAT...LON 4091 9391 4104 9390 4116 9368 4116 9357
4114 9358 4113 9357 4096 9357 4090 9380
$$
JUNGBLUTH000
WWUS53 KDMX 071719
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1218 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
IAC039-071728-
/O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070607T1715Z/
CLARKE IA-
1218 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CLARKE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1215 PM
CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED NORTHEAST. IF
A TORNADO OR DAMAGE OCCURRED IN YOUR AREA...PLEASE CALL LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY OF THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR IOWA.
LAT...LON 4091 9391 4104 9390 4116 9368 4116 9357
4114 9358 4113 9357 4096 9357 4090 9380
$$
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, 11:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 22 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.