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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2008, 4:52 PM CDT for Appanoose County, Wayne County, Iowa. It was in force for 23 min. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2008, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2008, 5:15 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), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 4:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Seymour, IA | METAL BUILDING DAMAGED. |
| Apr 10, 4:53 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sse Seymour, IA | POWER POLES DOWN. |
| Apr 10, 4:57 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Ese Seymour, IA | DAMAGE TO HOUSE AND POWER POLES. |
| Apr 10, 5:01 PM CDT | TORNADO | Numa, IA | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR NUMA MOVING NORTHWEST. |
| Apr 10, 5:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 11 Nw Centerville, IA | NUMEROUS MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED AT ANTLER ACRES SUBDIVISION. |
| Apr 10, 5:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Moravia, IA | RELAYED REPORT FROM PUBLIC OF WIND DAMAGE TO RESIDENCES WEST AND SOUTH OF ICONIUM. NO INJURIES REPORTED. |
| Apr 10, 5:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | Moravia, IA | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS TORNADO IN MORAVIA MOVING NORTHEASTWARD WITH DAMAGE TO A GARAGE AND A HOUSE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 419 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 102152 TORDMX IAC007-185-102215- /O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0004.080410T2152Z-080410T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 452 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA... EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA... * UNTIL 515 PM CDT. * AT 449 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF SEYMOUR...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNIONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 61 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SEYMOUR BY 500 PM CDT... 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTERVILLE BY 505 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4058 9325 4090 9312 4090 9265 4058 9297 TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 204DEG 53KT 4058 9310 $$ KINNEY
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDMX 102157 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 457 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 IAC007-185-102215- /O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080410T2215Z/ APPANOOSE IA-WAYNE IA- 457 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR EASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTIES... AT 453 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF SEYMOUR...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNIONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 61 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MYSTIC...PLANO AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTERVILLE BY 505 PM CDT... RATHBUN BY 510 PM CDT... MORAVIA BY 515 PM CDT... SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A CAR OR OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4058 9325 4090 9312 4090 9265 4058 9297 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 204DEG 53KT 4065 9306 $$ KINNEY
000 WWUS53 KDMX 102206 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 506 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 IAC007-185-102215- /O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080410T2215Z/ APPANOOSE IA-WAYNE IA- 506 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR EASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTIES... AT 501 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NUMA...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF UNIONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 61 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MORAVIA BY 515 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. AT 501 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR NUMA MOVING NORTHWEST. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN IOWA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4058 9325 4090 9312 4090 9265 4058 9297 TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 204DEG 53KT 4077 9299 $$
000 WWUS53 KDMX 102209 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 508 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 IAC007-185-102215- /O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080410T2215Z/ APPANOOSE IA-WAYNE IA- 508 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR EASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN APPANOOSE COUNTIES... AT 505 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MYSTIC...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF UNIONVILLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 72 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NEAR MYSTIC BY 510 PM CDT... NEAR RATHBUN BY 513 PM CDT.. MORAVIA BY 515 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4058 9325 4090 9312 4090 9265 4058 9297 TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 219DEG 63KT 4079 9293 $$ KINNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 9:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Lucas | 60 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:17 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas, Warren | 26 min |
| Apr 10, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Wapello | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 20 min |
| Apr 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Poweshiek | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Monroe | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Poweshiek, Tama | 48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.