Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Des Moines, IA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
648 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

.DISCUSSION...
LARGE MID-LEVEL CYCLONE SITS OVER NORTHERN ROCKIES WITH SHORTWAVE
SWINGING AROUND ITS SOUTHERN PERIPHERY EVIDENT ON WV IMAGERY. SFC
ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW PRESSURE NEARLY STATIONARY IN EASTERN SD WITH
WARM/STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHERN MN AND WI...AND COLD
FRONT EXTENDING THROUGH EASTERN NE AND CENTRAL/WESTERN KS. DEEP
SOUTHERLY FLOW IN THE WARM SECTOR HAS ALLOWED LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE TO
POOL UP ACROSS OUR AREA...WITH DEWPOINTS NOW IN THE MID/UPPER 60S
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 2/3 OF THE STATE. SKIES HAVE LARGELY CLEARED OUT
BEHIND EARLIER CONVECTIVE CLUSTER AND ARE NOW PARTLY CLOUDY OVER
MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO RISE INTO THE LOWER
80S IN SOME LOCATIONS.

WITH THE INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND WARM AIR INSTABILITY IS
INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY. WIND SHEAR ALSO HIGH WITH SWERLY FLOW
ALOFT AND AN 850 MB JET OVER WESTERN IA. AS THE MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE
REVOLVES AROUND THE SOUTHEASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE LOW THIS
EVENING...IT WILL KICK THE SURFACE LOW NORTHEAST BRINGING THE COLD
FRONT THROUGH CENTRAL IA OVERNIGHT. FIRST THREAT WILL BE ISOLATED
CONVECTION IN THE WARM SECTOR WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS
EVENING/EARLY TONIGHT...HOWEVER IT APPEARS THAT WARM AIR ABOVE THE
SFC WILL PROVIDE SUFFICIENT CAP TO KEEP THIS IN CHECK. ANYTHING THAT
DOES DEVELOP IN THIS TIMEFRAME WILL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF GOING
SEVERE GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT. STORMS ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONT WILL ENTER OUR AREA BETWEEN 00Z AND 04Z...MOVING ACROSS
THROUGH THE NIGHT. PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE NWERN HALF OF
CWA...WITH CONVECTION TRANSITIONING TO ELEVATED AND SEVERE THREAT
DIMINISHING BUT STILL PRESENT AFTER ABOUT MIDNIGHT. QPF DIFFICULT TO
PIN DOWN TONIGHT...BUT HEAVY RAIN WILL BE WIDESPREAD WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS LIKELY EARLIER IN THE NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST.

FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS IA ON THU AND MAY SEE ADNL TSRA
DURING THE AFTERNOON OVER THE SERN THIRD. THAT SHOULD MOVE SE OF
THE CWA BY SNST AND EXPECT IA TO MISS MOST OF THE CWA. PTRN CHNG
WILL GIVE IA A BREAK FRM THE ACTIVE WX FOR ABOUT A WEEK AS THE OVR
ALL PTRN BASICALLY SHIFTS 180 DEGREES. SOME PCPN ON TAP FOR THE
SUN INTO MON TIMEFRAME, BUT NOT AS WDSPRD OR HEAVY AS HAS BEEN THE
CASE OF LATE.

&&

.AVIATION...12/00Z
SVR SQUALL LINE ENTERING WRN IA WILL BE THE MAIN WX FEAT WITH THIS
SET.  TIMED THE SYS ACRS THE CWA OVR NGT WITH IT REACHING KFOD BY
AROUND 02Z AND KOTM ARND 08Z.  MAIN AREA LKLY TO LAST ABOUT 2 HRS
WITH SOME -TSRA AFT MAIN LINE.  OUTSIDE OF TSRA, GENL VFR CONDS WILL
HOLD THRU FCST PD.  WILL BE A CHANCE OF REDEVELOPMENT OVR THE SERN
TAFS BY THE MID DAY PERIOD ON THU...WITH ENTIRE AREA SHIFTING SWD BY
END OF TAF PD.

&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ADAIR-ADAMS-
AUDUBON-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-BREMER-BUTLER-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CASS-
CERRO GORDO-CRAWFORD-DALLAS-EMMET-FRANKLIN-GREENE-GRUNDY-GUTHRIE-
HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HARDIN-HUMBOLDT-JASPER-KOSSUTH-MADISON-MARSHALL-
PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-POLK-POWESHIEK-SAC-STORY-TAMA-TAYLOR-UNION-
WEBSTER-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-WRIGHT.

&&

MS JUN 08

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
348 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

IAZ026>028-037>039-048>050-060>062-072>075-082>086-093>097-122100-
FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-
TAMA-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-
CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-
DAVIS-
348 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TO THE WEST AND MOVE INTO THE
AREA THIS EVENING. THE STRONG STORMS WILL ADVANCE EAST TO THE
INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. ALL MODES OF SEVERE
WEATHER AREA LIKELY THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO
LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

NUMEROUS AREAL AND RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS
CENTRAL IOWA. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING INTO THURSDAY
EVENING. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
FRIDAY AND A BETTER CHANCE FOR STORMS ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE
SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL AT THIS TIME LOOKS TO BE MINIMAL WHILE
THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY FOR A TWO TO THREE HOUR PERIOD FROM
THE BEGINNING OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...AND IS NOT
EXPECTED THURSDAY.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>025-033>036-044>047-057>059-070-071-081-
092-122100-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-
CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-
TAYLOR-
348 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO WESTERN IOWA THIS
EVENING. THE STORMS WILL ADVANCE TO THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR BY
AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND ACROSS OUR AREA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 5 AM.
THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THIRD WILL BE FOR HAIL AND HIGH WINDS.
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

NUMEROUS AREAL AND RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS
CENTRAL IOWA. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING INTO EARLY
FRIDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF A
LAMONI TO TAMA LINE DURING THE AFTERNOON THURSDAY. A BETTER CHANCE
FOR STORMS WILL ARRIVE ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE SEVERE WEATHER
POTENTIAL AT THIS TIME LOOKS TO BE MINIMAL WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN
POTENTIAL HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH THE
PREDAWN HOURS...AND POSSIBLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1043 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1014 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S OGDEN               41.98N 94.03W
06/11/2008                   BOONE              IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 169...UNMOVABLE

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PODRAZIK

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1047 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 PM     FLASH FLOOD      6 SSW CARROLL AIRPORT   41.97N 94.82W
06/11/2008                   CARROLL            IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER ACROSS OLYMPIC ROAD JUST SOUTH OF WILLEY.

1030 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 E CARROLL AIRPORT     42.04N 94.73W
06/11/2008                   CARROLL            IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER TIMBER AVENUE JUST SOUTH OF GLIDDEN.

&&

PODRAZIK

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1052 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1034 PM     TSTM WND GST     RANDALL                 42.24N 93.60W
06/11/2008  E60 MPH          HAMILTON           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

PODRAZIK

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1054 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0926 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S BLAIRSBURG          42.44N 93.64W
06/11/2008                   HAMILTON           IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREE AND BUILDINGS DOWN ALONG WITH HOUSE DAMAGE.

&&

PODRAZIK

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1057 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 AM     LIGHTNING        CURLEW                  42.98N 94.74W
06/11/2008                   PALO ALTO          IA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            *** 1 FATAL *** MAN KILLED IN YARD NEAR HOUSE. FROM KICD
            RADIO.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1102 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1055 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 S IOWA FALLS          42.47N 93.27W
06/11/2008  M69 MPH          HARDIN             IA   AWOS

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