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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 2:20 PM CDT for Appanoose County, Monroe County, Wayne County, Iowa. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 7, 2007, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2007, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Appanoose County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Wayne County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 N Plano, IA | PUBLIC REPORTED BRIEF TOUCHDOWN OF TORNADO. NO DAMAGE REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 071920
TORDMX
IAC007-135-185-071945-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0016.070607T1920Z-070607T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
220 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PROMISE
CITY...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTH OF UNIONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
60 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MYSTIC BY 225 PM CDT...
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF RATHBUN BY 230 PM CDT...
MORAVIA BY 235 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.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4069 9321 4082 9329 4101 9288 4096 9269
4081 9281
$$
DONAVON2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDMX 071936
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
235 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
IAC185-071945-
/O.CAN.KDMX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070607T1945Z/
WAYNE IA-
235 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4090 9310 4101 9288 4097 9273 4097 9269
4095 9269 4092 9273 4091 9273 4081 9281
4072 9310
$$
IAC007-135-071945-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070607T1945Z/
APPANOOSE IA-MONROE IA-
235 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTIES...
AT 234 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RATHBUN...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTH OF
UNIONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MORAVIA BY 240 PM CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4090 9310 4101 9288 4097 9273 4097 9269
4095 9269 4092 9273 4091 9273 4081 9281
4072 9310
$$
DONAVON000
WWUS53 KDMX 071945
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
246 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
IAC007-135-071956-
/O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070607T1945Z/
APPANOOSE IA-MONROE IA-
246 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 245 PM CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4090 9310 4101 9288 4097 9273 4097 9269
4095 9269 4092 9273 4091 9273 4081 9281
4072 9310
$$
DONAVONThe 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, 12:17 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.