Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Des Moines, IA

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WWUS53 KDMX 021234
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
735 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2008

IAC013-021245-
/O.EXP.KDMX.SV.W.0367.000000T0000Z-080702T1230Z/
BLACK HAWK IA-
735 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BLACK HAWK COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...

AT 731 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4250 9227 4260 9229 4264 9208 4249 9208
      4249 9209
TIME...MOT...LOC 1214Z 267DEG 18KT 4255 9218

$$

LEE

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
615 AM CDT WED JUL 02 2008

...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.SHORT TERM /TODAY/...
AREA OF SCT SHRA AND WDLY SCT/ISOLD TSRA HAS DVLPD OVER NW IA EARLY
THIS MORNING...AND IS ADVECTING INTO N CTRL IA ATTM. MEANWHILE SFC
COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM NEAR KDLH ACROSS CTRL/SW MN AND SD.
GENERAL IDEA IS THAT DESTABILIZATION WILL COMMENCE W/DAYTIME HEATING
AS WARMER AND MORE MOIST AIR IS BEING BROUGHT UP IN S/SWERLY
LOW-LEVEL FLOW. THIS INSTABILITY WILL THEN BE TAPPED BY THE FRONT
COMING THROUGH DURING AFTN. WHILE BEST DYNAMICS ARE WELL NE OVER
WI/MN...MODEST SHEAR AND BROAD ASCENT IN THE FRONTAL ZONE COMBINED
WITH AFOREMENTIONED INSTABILITY WILL PROMOTE CHANCE OF SEVERE
STORMS...MAINLY CENTRAL AND SOUTH. MAINTAINED THIS WORDING IN FCST
FOR THIS AFTN. ONGOING MORNING CONVECTION ACROSS THE
NORTH...COMBINED WITH THE FACT THAT THE FRONT WILL BE THROUGH THAT
AREA BEFORE MAX DAYTIME HEATING/DESTABILIZATION...RESULTS IN MINIMAL
SEVERE THREAT IN THE NORTH. STILL SOME DISAGREEMENT AMONG FORECAST
MODELS AS TO EXACT TIMING OF FROPA ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTH THIS
AFTN...WHICH WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR POPS AND SVR WX CHANCES IN
THAT AREA. IN ANY EVENT...APPEARS THAT THE FRONT WILL BE NEAR OR
JUST SOUTH OF IA/MO BORDER BY END OF TODAY PERIOD.

.LONG TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
THERE IS STRONG CAA BEHIND THE FRONT AND THE MODELS HAVE BEEN
PICKING UP ON THIS VIA A STRONGER PUSH TO THE FRONT AND A QUICKER
FROPA.  THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO BE ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF
IOWA OR IN MISSOURI BY 00Z.  SOME POST FRONTAL CONVECTION IS
EXPECTED AS BETTER SHEAR EXISTS BEHIND THE FRONT...ALBEIT STILL
QUITE WEAK FOR THIS STRONG A COLD FRONT.  THERE IS STILL SOME
CONCERN THAT THE FRONT WILL STALL NEAR SOUTHERN IOWA WITH LINGERING
STORMS IN TO EARLY THURSDAY BUT THIS ONLY WARRANTS SLIGHT CHANCES.

AS FOR THURSDAY...THE GFS DEVELOPS THIS BULLSEYE OF 1.5 INCHES OF
QPF TRUCKING ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA.  THIS IS THE ONLY MODEL THAT DOES
THIS AND BEING THE OUTLIER I MADE NO LARGE SCALE CHANGES TO
THURSDAY.  THE NAM WAS PREFERRED TODAY AT LEAST THROUGH 48 HOURS.
THE NAM DID PICK UP ON THE CONVECTION OVER NEBRASKA EARLIER THIS
EVENING AND DIMINISHED IT AS IT NEARED IOWA.  THIS DID HAPPEN.  THE
NAM ALSO PICKED UP ON CONVECTION FIRING IN NW IA.  THE NAM DEPICTED
THIS WITH LIGHT QPF OVER NCEN IA BY 12Z.  THIS TOO IS HAPPENING.  AS
A RESULT I FOLLOWED THE QPF TRENDS OF THE NAM OVER THE GFS.  BEYOND
DAY 2...THE FORECAST IS DRY AND WARM THROUGH DAY 5.  LATE ON SUNDAY
THE GFS FLATTENS THE RIDGE OVER THE WEST ALLOWING FOR A MORE ZONAL
FLOW AND SEVERAL NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVES TO MOVE OVER THE AREA.
MOST OF THE ENERGY WITH THESE STAYS IN THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS BUT
THE GFS SUGGESTS A LITTLE STRONGER WAVE DIGS INTO IA LATE
SUNDAY/EARLY MONDAY TIME FRAME.  THIS IS BEYOND THE DAY 5 PERIOD AND
THE CURRENT GRIDS HAVE POPS IN ALREADY SO NO CHANGES WERE MADE
BEYOND DAY 5.

AS FOR TEMPS...THE UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN
TEMPS IN THE 70S AND 80S FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BEFORE REBOUNDING
BACK INTO THE 80S AND 90S FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...02/12Z
APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BE MAJOR WEATHER IMPACT TODAY. ESTIMATED
FROPA TIMES FOR THE TERMINALS ARE AS FOLLOWS...KMCW AND KFOD
14-15Z...KALO 16-17Z...KDSM 18-19Z...KOTM 20-21Z. AHEAD OF THE FRONT
THIS MORNING WINDS WILL BE SSW TURNING TO W AND CIGS WILL BE VFR. AS
THE FRONT REACHES CENTRAL IOWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY...BRINGING MVFR OR
LOWER CONDITIONS. HOWEVER...UNCERTAINTIES IN TIMING AND LOCATION OF
THIS CONVECTION DICTATE VCTS AND ONLY MINIMAL MVFR CONDITIONS
ADVERTISED IN THE KDSM AND KOTM TAFS ATTM. IF THE STORMS IMPACT
EITHER TERMINAL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BE LOWER THAN THIS. BEHIND
THE FRONT WINDS WILL COME AROUND TO NNW...THEN NNE WITH CLEARING
SKIES LATER TONIGHT.

&&

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

&&

SHORT TERM/AVIATION...LEE
LONG TERM...FAB

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
456 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2008

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-033>036-044>046-057-031000-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-
456 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF
CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA BY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TO MID EVENING.
SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
BEING THE MAIN THREATS. HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH ANY STORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN IOWA...SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 34...EARLY ON THURSDAY. THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY.
HOWEVER...IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE ANY SEVERE THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IAZ027-028-037>039-047>050-058>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-031000-
BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-
GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-
MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-
RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
456 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF OF CENTRAL
IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING. AN ISOLATED STORM MAY PRODUCE PENNY SIZED HAIL AND STRONG
WIND GUSTS. LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD. HAIL AND STRONG WIND ARE LIKELY WITH THESE
STORMS AS WELL AND ISOLATED STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND. HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH ANY STORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS FOR MONDAY. HOWEVER...IT IS
TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE SEVERE THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

FAB

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
648 AM CDT WED JUL 02 2008

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

0639 AM     HAIL             CEDAR FALLS             42.52N 92.45W
07/02/2008  E1.00 INCH       BLACK HAWK         IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF UNIVERSITY AVE AND ROWND ST.

&&

BF

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
650 AM CDT WED JUL 02 2008

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

0640 AM     HAIL             CEDAR FALLS             42.52N 92.45W
07/02/2008  E0.75 INCH       BLACK HAWK         IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MAPLEWOOD AND TUSCON.

&&

BF