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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 22, 2007Boone County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2007, 1:50 PM CDT for Boone County, Iowa. It was in force for 40 min. 3 reports 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 22, 2007, 1:50 PM CDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2007, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Boone County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 1:58 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD7 E Berkley, IA
Jun 22, 2:15 PM CDTHAIL 0.886 N Bouton, IA
Jun 22, 2:20 PM CDTHAIL 18 S Ogden, IAQUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED FROM 2 PM TIL 220 PM.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2007-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 236 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2007-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
236 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-370 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDMX 221849
TORDMX
IAC015-221930-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0023.070622T1850Z-070622T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
150 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 146 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH
  OF OGDEN...OR ABOUT 32 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OGDEN BY 210 PM CDT...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF BOONE BY 230 PM CDT...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

THIS IS A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR IN A
CAR...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR IOWA.

LAT...LON 4215 9372 4189 9372 4186 9409 4205 9417

$$

JOHNSON
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDMX 221901
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
201 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007

IAC015-221930-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070622T1930Z/
BOONE IA-
201 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR BOONE
COUNTY...

AT 159 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BERKLEY...OR ABOUT
31 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES SOUTH OF OGDEN BY 205 PM CDT...
  LUTHER AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF BOONE BY 225 PM CDT...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF BOONE AIRPORT BY 230 PM CDT...

SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A CAR OR OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A
REINFORCED BUILDING.

AT 158 PM CDT...BOONE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL 
CLOUD 7 MILES EAST OF BERKELEY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR IOWA.

LAT...LON 4215 9372 4189 9372 4186 9409 4205 9417

$$
000 
WWUS53 KDMX 221916
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
216 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007

IAC015-221930-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070622T1930Z/
BOONE IA-
216 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR BOONE
COUNTY...

AT 211 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BERKLEY...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES MOINES...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF LUTHER BY 230 PM CDT...

THE THREAT IS WELL SOUTH OF BOONE.

SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A CAR OR OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A
REINFORCED BUILDING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR IOWA.

LAT...LON 4215 9372 4189 9372 4186 9409 4205 9417

$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDavis39 min
Jun 22, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCarroll39 min
Jun 22, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone45 min
Jun 22, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGreene47 min
Jun 22, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDallas48 min
Jun 22, 2:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDallas23 min
Jun 22, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXFranklin, Wright26 min
Jun 22, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGreene50 min
Jun 22, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDallas, Polk31 min
Jun 22, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone, Story25 min
Jun 22, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDallas, Polk50 min
Jun 22, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPolk28 min
Jun 22, 3:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXDallas, Polk6 hr
Jun 22, 3:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXDallas, Guthrie, Polk6 hr
Jun 22, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGuthrie47 min
Jun 22, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDallas30 min
Jun 22, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMadison49 min
Jun 22, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPolk, Warren46 min
Jun 22, 4:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXFranklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Wright6 hr
Jun 22, 4:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXButler, Grundy6 hr
Jun 22, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWarren30 min
Jun 22, 4:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXPolk6 hr
Jun 22, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWarren31 min
Jun 22, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPolk44 min
Jun 22, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXLucas, Marion, Monroe52 min
Jun 22, 5:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXMarshall6 hr
Jun 22, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMadison30 min
Jun 22, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair42 min
Jun 22, 5:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXTama6 hr
Jun 22, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWarren31 min
Jun 22, 5:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXAdair, Madison6 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.