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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2008, 6:56 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 34 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 4, 2008, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA
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 4, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDMX 042355 TORDMX IAC003-159-173-175-050030- /O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0039.080604T2356Z-080605T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 656 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA... SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA... SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA... NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT. * AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CLEARFIELD...OR 69 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES...MOVING NORTH AT 18 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KENT BY 725 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4098 9455 4098 9430 4079 9444 4079 9452 TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 184DEG 16KT 4082 9447 $$ SMALL
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KDMX 050008
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
708 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
IAC003-173-050018-
/O.CAN.KDMX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080605T0030Z/
TAYLOR IA-ADAMS IA-
708 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS AND NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 706 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4098 9448 4098 9430 4092 9434 4092 9435
4091 9435 4091 9436 4090 9435 4086 9439
4085 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 189DEG 18KT 4088 9445
$$
IAC159-175-050030-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080605T0030Z/
RINGGOLD IA-UNION IA-
708 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN UNION AND NORTHWESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTIES...
AT 706 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
KENT...OR 66 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES...MOVING NORTH AT 21 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KENT BY 725 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 4098 9448 4098 9430 4092 9434 4092 9435
4091 9435 4091 9436 4090 9435 4086 9439
4085 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 189DEG 18KT 4088 9445
$$
SMALLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 27 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk, Story | 69 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Madison, Union | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams, Union | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Madison, Union | 37 min |
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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.