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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 12:17 PM CDT for Lucas County, Iowa. It was in force for 28 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, 12:17 PM CDT (17:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2007, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 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), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -791 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 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 071716 TORDMX IAC117-071745- /O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0014.070607T1717Z-070607T1745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1217 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA... * UNTIL 1245 PM CDT * AT 1214 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY AT 1230 PM 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR IOWA. LAT...LON 4116 9319 4103 9356 4116 9356 $$ JUNGBLUTH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDMX 071732 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1232 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 IAC117-071745- /O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070607T1745Z/ LUCAS IA- 1232 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN LUCAS COUNTY... AT 1228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN LUCAS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 32 MILES SOUTH OF DES MOINES... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. WARREN COUNTY SPOTTERS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT ROTATION ALONG THE LUCAS AND WARREN COUNTY LINES...JUST SOUTH OF LACONA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR IOWA. LAT...LON 4116 9319 4103 9356 4116 9356 $$ JUNGBLUTH
000 WWUS53 KDMX 071746 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1247 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 IAC117-071757- /O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070607T1745Z/ LUCAS IA- 1247 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LUCAS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1245 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR IOWA. LAT...LON 4116 9319 4103 9356 4116 9356 $$ JUNGBLUTH
The 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, 11:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur | 31 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 |
Nearby
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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.