Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Des Moines, IA
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Boone | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 2:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Dallas | 23 min |
| Jun 22, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Story | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 3:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Guthrie, Polk | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Guthrie | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk, Warren | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 4:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Wright | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Butler, Grundy | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Warren | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 4:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Warren | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas, Marion, Monroe | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 5:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Marshall | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 5:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Tama | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 5:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Adair, Madison | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.