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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2008, 5:01 AM CDT for Mahaska County, Marion County, Iowa. It was in force for 44 min. 8 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
- May 30, 2008, 5:01 AM CDT (10:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2008, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:07 AM CDT | TORNADO | 5 S Knoxville Airport, IA | EF2 TORNADO START POINT |
| May 30, 5:07 AM CDT | TORNADO | 5 S Knoxville Airport, IA | EF2 TORNADO START POINT |
| May 30, 5:13 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Marysville, IA | SIGNIFICANT HOUSE DAMAGE IN AND NEAR ATTICA. POSSIBLE TORNADO. ALSO DAMAGE SOUTH OF MELCHER-DALLAS. |
| May 30, 5:13 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bussey, IA | GARAGE DESTROYED. ROOF DAMAGE TO HOUSE. FROM KCCI-TV. |
| May 30, 5:18 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Se Knoxville, IA | SEVERAL DAMAGED HOUSES AND GARAGES IN ATTICA. |
| May 30, 5:19 AM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nne Bussey, IA | DAMAGE TO FARMSTEAD AT 2796 ASHLAND AVE. |
| May 30, 5:28 AM CDT | TORNADO | 5 W Oskaloosa, IA | EF2 TORNADO END POINT |
| May 30, 5:28 AM CDT | TORNADO | 5 W Oskaloosa, IA | EF2 TORNADO END POINT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 12 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 1:19 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2119 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 712 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KDMX 301001
SVRDMX
IAC123-125-301045-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0111.080530T1001Z-080530T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
501 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 545 AM CDT.
* AT 500 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KNOXVILLE
AIRPORT...OR 33 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES...AND MOVING EAST AT
46 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
KNOXVILLE AIRPORT AND KNOXVILLE BY 510 AM CDT...
MARYSVILLE BY 515 AM CDT...
HARVEY...BUSSEY AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF PELLA AIRPORT BY 520 AM CDT...
8 MILES SOUTH OF PELLA BY 525 AM CDT...
LEIGHTON BY 530 AM CDT...
GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES...AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. SEVERE
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN SOUND LIKE A TORNADO...AND PRODUCE SIMILAR
DAMAGE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN IOWA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 4116 9305 4116 9306 4116 9307 4116 9308
4116 9314 4134 9319 4146 9276 4121 9265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1001Z 251DEG 40KT 4122 9319
$$
KINNEY3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDMX 301009
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
510 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
IAC123-125-301045-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-080530T1045Z/
MAHASKA IA-MARION IA-
510 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND WESTERN MAHASKA COUNTIES...
AT 505 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KNOXVILLE
AIRPORT...OR 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 53
MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HARVEY AND BUSSEY BY 515 AM CDT...
8 MILES SOUTH OF PELLA AIRPORT AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF PELLA BY 520 AM
CDT...
LEIGHTON BY 525 AM CDT...
BEACON BY 530 AM CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION GO TO THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4116 9305 4116 9306 4116 9307 4116 9308
4116 9314 4134 9319 4146 9276 4121 9265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1010Z 253DEG 46KT 4125 9303
$$
KINNEY000 WWUS53 KDMX 301023 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 523 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 IAC123-125-301045- /O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-080530T1045Z/ MAHASKA IA-MARION IA- 523 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL MARION AND WEST CENTRAL MAHASKA COUNTIES... AT 519 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HARVEY TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF LEIGHTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTUMWA TO 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTUMWA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. THIS STORM PRODUCED HOUSE DAMAGE IN ATTICA IN MARION COUNTY AT 518 PM CDT. FOR YOUR PROTECTION GO TO THE BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4121 9265 4118 9287 4135 9295 4142 9274 TIME...MOT...LOC 1023Z 256DEG 44KT 4132 9279 4126 9275 $$ KINNEY
000 WWUS53 KDMX 301042 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 542 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 IAC123-125-301052- /O.EXP.KDMX.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-080530T1045Z/ MAHASKA IA-MARION IA- 542 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MARION AND WEST CENTRAL MAHASKA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 AM CDT... AT 537 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. REPORT TORNADOES...WIND IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...HAIL LARGER THAN ONE HALF INCH...OR STORM DAMAGE BY CALLING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASKING THEM TO RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4121 9265 4118 9287 4135 9295 4142 9274 TIME...MOT...LOC 1042Z 256DEG 44KT 4136 9249 4130 9245 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 30, 3:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 338 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008 .DISCUSSION... NOT A LOT OF TIME FOR ANALYSIS THIS MRNG WITH WDSPRD SVR WX AND FLOODING. FRONT CONT TO PUSH SOUTH AND PCPN SHOULD DIMINISH ACROSS THE CWA BY 15Z. WILL CONT FFA OVR PARTS OF THE AREA SOUTH OF A KDNS-KALO LINE THRU 12Z. POTENTIAL FOR RE-DVLPMT IS THERE FOR THE SERN PART OF THE CWA AND WILL CARRY SOME POPS FOR THAT AND MNTN SVR POT OVR THE FAR SE. NEXT PROB IS WITH THE SUN NGT INTO WED TIMEFRAME. PARAMETERS COMING TOGETHER FOR A DECENT SYS AND HAVE UPPED POPS FOR THE SUN NGT THRU TUE PD FOR NOW. STILL IN THE CHC CAT HOWEVER FOR NOW. THIS WILL NEED TO BE REVISITED TDA AND MAY NEED UPGRADING TO LKLY. && .AVIATION...30/06Z ONGOING CONVECTION WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN DURING THE FIRST 6 HRS OR SO OF THE TAFS. NO RE-DVLPMT OVR THE NRN TAFS, BUT AFT A BRK IN THE ACTION WILL CARRY SOME MNTN OF CONVECTION FOR THE SERN HLF OF THE CWA. NOT CONFIDENT ENUG TO GO WITH A TEMP, BUT DID MNTN EITHER VCTY OR A CB REMARK. AFT 00Z, WX NIL. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR ADAIR-ADAMS- AUDUBON-CASS-CLARKE-DALLAS-GUTHRIE-JASPER-LUCAS-MADISON-MAHASKA- MARION-MARSHALL-POLK-POWESHIEK-RINGGOLD-STORY-TAMA-TAYLOR-UNION- WARREN. && MS MAY 08
Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 4:13 PM CDT, 12 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 413 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-302115- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK- 413 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS EVENING THEN SPREAD EAST OVERNIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. WEST OF INTERSTATE 35...ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE POSSIBLE INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. TO THE EAST OF I35...THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER RISKS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST BULLETIN ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES WEBSITE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LINGER INTO FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. SOME STORMS WILL AGAIN BE SEVERE EAST OF I35 WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY NEXT WEEK BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TONIGHT AND MAY BE NEEDED AGAIN FRIDAY. IAZ070>075-081>086-092>097-302115- CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 413 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS EVENING THEN SPREAD EAST OVERNIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. WEST OF INTERSTATE 35...ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE POSSIBLE INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. TO THE EAST OF I35...THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER RISKS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...SINCE THE AREA RECEIVED LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL EARLIER THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING AT THIS TIME IS MINIMAL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LINGER INTO FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. SOME STORMS WILL AGAIN BE SEVERE EAST OF I35 WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY NEXT WEEK BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AGAIN ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. FAB
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 30, 2:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
232 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0125 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 N AMES 42.09N 93.62W
05/30/2008 STORY IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROAD AT INTERSECTION OF 180TH AND US HWY 69.
&&
ALBRECHTLocal storm report, May 30, 2:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
241 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1253 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 N CARROLL 42.13N 94.86W
05/30/2008 CARROLL IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER HIGHWAY 71 NORTH OF CARROLL.
1255 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 NNW JEFFERSON 42.09N 94.41W
05/30/2008 GREENE IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TWO FEET OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 4 NORTH OF FARLIN.
0223 AM FLASH FLOOD JEFFERSON 42.02N 94.38W
05/30/2008 GREENE IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS LOCATIONS HAVE WATER ACROSS THE ROAD THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTY. LOCATIONS INCLUDE HIGHWAY 25 SOUTH OF
SCRANTON...OLD HIGHWAY 30 EAST AND WEST OF
JEFFERSON...HIGHWAY 4 NORTH OF JEFFERSON. CAR ALSO WENT
INTO THE DITCH AFTER LOOSING CONTROL DRIVING THROUGH
WATER.
&&
RDONAVONLocal storm report, May 30, 4:19 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
419 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0416 AM TSTM WND GST MURRAY 41.04N 93.95W
05/30/2008 M68 MPH CLARKE IA MESONET
SCHOOLNET SITE.
&&
MS MAY 08Local storm report, May 30, 4:23 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
423 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0421 AM TSTM WND GST MURRAY 41.04N 93.95W
05/30/2008 M74 MPH CLARKE IA MESONET
SCHOOLNET SITE
&&
MS MAY 08Local storm report, May 30, 4:57 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
457 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0456 AM TSTM WND GST LACONA 41.19N 93.38W
05/30/2008 E65 MPH WARREN IA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
MS MAY 08Local storm report, May 30, 4:59 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
459 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1106 PM TORNADO 2 W MINBURN 41.76N 94.07W
05/29/2008 DALLAS IA TRAINED SPOTTER
BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. DAMAGE UNKNOWN.
&&
MS MAY 08The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 44 min |
| May 29, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Crawford | 31 min |
| May 29, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas | 32 min |
| May 29, 8:56 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas | 20 days |
| May 29, 8:56 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Webster | 23 days |
| May 29, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll | 34 min |
| May 29, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Carroll | 27 min |
| May 29, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Greene | 31 min |
| May 29, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Greene, Webster | 51 min |
| May 29, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Webster | 30 min |
| May 29, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Wright | 27 min |
| May 29, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Hardin | 43 min |
| May 29, 10:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Story | 41 hr |
| May 29, 10:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk, Story | 66 hr |
| May 29, 10:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 27 days |
| May 29, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Guthrie | 39 min |
| May 29, 10:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Crawford | 6 hr |
| May 29, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Dallas | 35 min |
| May 29, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford | 53 min |
| May 29, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Guthrie | 45 min |
| May 29, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wright | 23 min |
| May 29, 11:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, Sac | 6 hr |
| May 29, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Greene | 40 min |
| May 29, 11:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Audubon, Guthrie | 34 min |
| May 30, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Guthrie | 29 min |
| May 30, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Story | 37 min |
| May 30, 12:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Calhoun, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Story and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 12:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall | 33 min |
| May 30, 12:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Tama | 34 min |
| May 30, 12:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Dallas | 31 min |
| May 30, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 41 min |
| May 30, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Cass | 46 min |
| May 30, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Clarke, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison and 2 more | 49 min |
| May 30, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union, Warren | 40 min |
| May 30, 1:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Hardin, Marshall, Tama | 6 hr |
| May 30, 2:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Audubon, Dallas, Guthrie | 6 hr |
| May 30, 4:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Union | 40 min |
| May 30, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas, Marion, Warren | 50 min |
| May 30, 4:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas, Warren | 19 min |
| May 30, 4:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper | 18 days |
| May 30, 5:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 42 min |
| May 30, 5:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 23 min |
| May 30, 5:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford, Greene | 8 hr |
| May 30, 6:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Calhoun, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Story and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 6:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 43 min |
| May 30, 6:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Hardin, Marshall, Tama | 12 hr |
| May 30, 7:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Marshall | 58 hr |
| May 30, 7:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Audubon, Dallas, Guthrie | 5 hr |
| May 30, 8:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Story | 31 hr |
| May 30, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 25 days |
| May 30, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 3 days |
| May 30, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 20 days |
| May 30, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 20 days |
| May 30, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 12 hr |
| May 30, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 4 days |
| May 30, 12:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Story | 11 hr |
| May 30, 12:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Webster | 6 hr |
| May 30, 12:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Worth | 9 hr |
| May 30, 2:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Greene | 6 hr |
| May 30, 3:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Butler | 53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.