Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Des Moines, IA

000 
WWUS53 KDMX 122221
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
521 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

IAC123-122245-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0253.000000T0000Z-080612T2245Z/
MAHASKA IA-
521 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN MAHASKA COUNTY...

AT 516 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KEOMAH
VILLAGE...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTUMWA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 61
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 IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

AT 517 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 4 MILES 
NORTH OF EDDYVILLE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4121 9246 4124 9269 4150 9251 4150 9241
      4132 9241
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 216DEG 53KT 4130 9251

$$

KINNEY

000 
WWUS53 KDMX 122241
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
541 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

IAC123-122251-
/O.EXP.KDMX.SV.W.0253.000000T0000Z-080612T2245Z/
MAHASKA IA-
541 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MAHASKA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT...

AT 538 PM 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 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4121 9246 4124 9269 4150 9251 4150 9241
      4132 9241
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 216DEG 53KT 4154 9228

$$

KINNEY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
320 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

.DISCUSSION...
A STATIONARY FRONT IS DRAPED ACROSS IOWA...STRETCHING FROM AROUND
DECORAH...TO NEAR NEWTON...DOWN TO AROUND LAMONI. TO THE NORTHWEST
OF THIS FRONT SKIES ARE PARTLY CLOUDY BENEATH AC WITH NO RAIN.
SOUTHEAST OF THE BOUNDARY LOW CLOUDS ARE MORE ABUNDANT...DEWPOINTS
ARE IN THE MID 60S TO NEAR 70...AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD. INSTABILITY IS
INCREASING...ESPECIALLY IN OUR FAR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES...AND
SEVERE WEATHER IS A POSSIBILITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
EARLY TONIGHT...A LARGE MID-LEVEL CYCLONE OVER THE FAR NORTHERN
PLAINS WILL MOVE EASTWARD...AND THE WESTERLY FLOW ON ITS SOUTHERN
PERIPHERY WILL FINALLY SHOVE THE STATIONARY FRONT GRADUALLY
SOUTHEASTERN OUT OF OUR AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN
SLOWLY DIMINISHING RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT.
WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE CWA AS WE REMAIN IN A WEAK
PRESSURE GRADIENT. SOME PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE IN THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN IOWA WHERE WINDS WILL
BE LIGHTEST AND DEWPOINTS HIGHER...HOWEVER DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH
CONFIDENCE IN THE THICKNESS OF ANY SUCH FOG TO INCLUDE IT IN THE
OFFICIAL FORECAST AT THIS TIME.  LONGER TERM THE WX LOOKS MUCH
QUIETER WTIH PTRN CHNG TO A MROE NWLY FLOW INSTEAD OF THE -PNA
PATTERN WEVE BEEN IN.  NEXT FNTL SYS WILL MOV THRUT THE AREA SUN
INTO MON WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF TSRA.  QPF FROM THIS SYS IS LKLY TO
BE QUITE A BIT UNDER WHAT THE LAST FEW HAVE BEEN.  AFT THAT SYS
PASSES...THERE SHOULD BE A FEW MORE QUITE DAYS INTO NEXT WEEK.
TEMPS WL REMAIN AOB NORMAL THRU THE PD.

&&

.AVIATION...12/18Z
STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL IOWA...WITH VFR
CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO THE WEST AND MVFR/TSTORMS TO THE EAST. KOTM
REMAINS SOUTHEAST OF THE FRONT...AND WILL EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT
MVFR CIGS THIS AFTERNOON WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OTHER SITES WILL HAVE QUIETER WEATHER WITH
VFR CLOUDS AND NO PRECIP ANTICIPATED. SOME FOG IS POSSIBLE DURING
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS IN VERY LIGHT SFC WINDS AT KDSM...KALO...AND
ESPECIALLY KOTM.

&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...LEE
AVIATION...LEE
LONG TERM...MS JUN 08

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
718 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

IAZ073>075-083>086-094>097-131100-
WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
718 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A SMALL PART OF THE
SOUTHEAST PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING.
AN ISOLATED STORM MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
THE MAIN THREATS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE
STORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL STILL BE LIKELY WITH
ANY STORM.

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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING INTO EARLY
FRIDAY. 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
ACROSS THE AREA.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>072-081-
082-092-093-131100-
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-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
718 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING.
AN ISOLATED STORM MAY BE SEVERE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THE MAIN THREATS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY
WITH ANY STORM.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY EAST OF
INTERSTATE 35.

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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING INTO EARLY
FRIDAY. 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 NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

FAB

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1253 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

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

1205 PM     FLOOD            3 S WESLEY              43.05N 93.99W
06/12/2008                   KOSSUTH            IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            COUNTY BLACKTOP R14 STILL UNDER WATER SOUTH OF WESLEY DUE
            TO OVERNIGHT RAINS. MORE THAN 40 GRAVEL ROADS IN COUNTY
            WERE IMPACTED BY OVERNIGHT FLASH FLOODING INCLUDING
            GRAVEL SCOURING. WATER HAS RECEDED AND CREWS ARE
            REPAIRING.

&&

KJ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
342 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

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

0337 PM     HAIL             1 E GRINNELL            41.74N 92.70W
06/12/2008  E0.88 INCH       POWESHIEK          IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

RKINNEY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
500 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

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

0454 PM     TORNADO          9 SSW BLOOMFIELD        40.63N 92.48W
06/12/2008                   DAVIS              IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE TOWNSITE OF SAVANNAH
            MOVING NORTHEAST.

&&

RKINNEY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
505 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

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

0500 PM     HAIL             ALBIA                   41.03N 92.80W
06/12/2008  E1.75 INCH       MONROE             IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL REPORTS OF GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN THE ALBIA AREA.
            CAR WINDOWS ALSO REPORTED TO BE BROKEN.

&&

RKINNEY