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Tornado Warning 111, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2008, 8:07 PM CDT for Appanoose County, Wayne County, Iowa. It was in force for 23 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 27, 2008, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Appanoose County, IA, Wayne County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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 27, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KDMX 280107
TORDMX
IAC007-185-280130-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0111.080628T0107Z-080628T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
807 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
* AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF
NUMA...OR 38 MILES WEST OF LANCASTER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CINCINNATI AND NUMA BY 820 PM CDT...
EXLINE BY 825 PM CDT...
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.
LAT...LON 4058 9326 4068 9326 4069 9265 4058 9268
4058 9322
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 276DEG 48KT 4062 9318
$$
ALBRECHT3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDMX 280115 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 815 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 IAC007-185-280130- /O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0111.000000T0000Z-080628T0130Z/ APPANOOSE IA-WAYNE IA- 815 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHERN APPANOOSE COUNTIES... AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NUMA...OR 31 MILES WEST OF LANCASTER...MOVING EAST AT 53 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NUMA BY 820 PM CDT... CINCINNATI BY 825 PM CDT... EXLINE BY 830 PM CDT... SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A CAR OR OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. LAT...LON 4059 9317 4068 9314 4069 9265 4058 9268 TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 276DEG 46KT 4061 9307 $$ ALBRECHT
000 WWUS53 KDMX 280122 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 822 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 IAC185-280132- /O.CAN.KDMX.TO.W.0111.000000T0000Z-080628T0130Z/ WAYNE IA- 822 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 817 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR IOWA. LAT...LON 4059 9310 4068 9306 4069 9265 4058 9268 TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 272DEG 40KT 4061 9297 $$ IAC007-280130- /O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0111.000000T0000Z-080628T0130Z/ APPANOOSE IA- 822 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN APPANOOSE COUNTY... AT 817 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NUMA...OR 28 MILES WEST OF LANCASTER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EXLINE BY 830 PM CDT... SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A CAR OR OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. LAT...LON 4059 9310 4068 9306 4069 9265 4058 9268 TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 272DEG 40KT 4061 9297 $$ ALBRECHT
000 WWUS53 KDMX 280128 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 828 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 IAC007-280138- /O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0111.000000T0000Z-080628T0130Z/ APPANOOSE IA- 828 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN APPANOOSE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT... AT 826 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4059 9310 4068 9306 4069 9265 4058 9268 TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 272DEG 40KT 4061 9288 $$ ALBRECHT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek, Tama | 19 min |
| Jun 27, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur, Wayne | 37 min |
| Jun 28, 3:30 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Butler, Calhoun and 27 more | 15 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.