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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 22, 2007Franklin County, Wright County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2007, 2:19 PM CDT for Franklin County, Wright County, Iowa. It was in force for 26 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 22, 2007, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2007, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Franklin County, IA, Wright County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 230 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 64 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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 221919
TORDMX
IAC069-197-221945-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0025.070622T1919Z-070622T1945Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  EASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 216 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CLARION...
  OR ABOUT 27 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DODGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GALT BY 235 PM CDT...
  ROWAN...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDER AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  DOWS BY 245 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 172.

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 4291 9341 4273 9326 4260 9360 4275 9381

$$

FORSTER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDMX 221930
SVSDMX

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

IAC069-197-221945-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-070622T1945Z/
WRIGHT IA-FRANKLIN IA-
230 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND EASTERN WRIGHT COUNTIES...

AT 228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARION...OR ABOUT
30 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DODGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROWAN AND 8 MILES WEST OF ALEXANDER BY 245 PM
  CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 172.

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 4291 9341 4273 9326 4260 9360 4275 9381

$$

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, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXBoone40 min
Jun 22, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDallas48 min
Jun 22, 2:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDallas23 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

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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.