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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT for Marshall County, Tama County, Iowa. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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
- Jun 8, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Marshall County, IA, Tama County, IA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Ssw Ferguson, IA | POLE SHED COMPLETELY DESTROYED. |
| Jun 8, 4:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ne Toledo, IA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 1677 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 9.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KDMX 082115
TORDMX
IAC127-171-082200-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0079.080608T2115Z-080608T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
415 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.
* AT 414 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FERGUSON...
OR 38 MILES WEST OF MARENGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MONTOUR AND LE GRAND BY 420 PM CDT...
TOLEDO AND TAMA BY 425 PM CDT...
GARWIN BY 430 PM CDT...
TRAER BY 445 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 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4186 9273 4186 9283 4195 9294 4228 9263
4215 9230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 226DEG 43KT 4195 9277
$$
JOHNSON4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDMX 082127
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
426 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
IAC127-171-082200-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080608T2200Z/
TAMA IA-MARSHALL IA-
426 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND TAMA COUNTIES...
AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTOUR...OR 35
MILES WEST OF MARENGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TAMA BY 435 PM CDT...
TOLEDO AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GARWIN BY 440 PM CDT...
7 MILES SOUTH OF TRAER BY 500 PM CDT...
SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A CAR OR OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A
REINFORCED BUILDING.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A POLE BARN WAS BLOWN DOWN 1 MILE SOTUH OF FERGUSON...AND A FUNNEL
CLOUD WAS REPORTED 1.5 MILES EAST OF LAUREL WITH THIS STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4186 9273 4186 9283 4195 9294 4228 9263
4215 9230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 237DEG 26KT 4196 9270
$$
JOHNSON000
WWUS53 KDMX 082135
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
434 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
IAC127-171-082200-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080608T2200Z/
TAMA IA-MARSHALL IA-
434 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND TAMA COUNTIES...
AT 433 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR FERGUSON...OR 40 MILES WEST OF MARENGO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MONTOUR AND LE GRAND BY 445 PM CDT...
MONTOUR BY 450 PM CDT...
TOLEDO...TAMA AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GARWIN BY 500 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.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER...A TORNADO WAS
REPORTED 4 MILES OF HAVERHILL AT 428 PM CDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD EAST OF
LAUREL
AT 423 PM CDT...AND A POLE BARN DESTROYED AS WELL.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4186 9273 4186 9283 4195 9294 4228 9263
4215 9230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 242DEG 22KT 4194 9281
$$000
WWUS53 KDMX 082145
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
444 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
IAC127-082154-
/O.CAN.KDMX.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080608T2200Z/
MARSHALL IA-
444 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 442 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4215 9230 4186 9272 4186 9277 4213 9277
4228 9263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 238DEG 53KT 4205 9254
$$
IAC171-082200-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080608T2200Z/
TAMA IA-
444 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR TAMA
COUNTY...
AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TOLEDO...OR 30
MILES WEST OF VINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 61 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRAER BY 450 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.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA.
LAT...LON 4215 9230 4186 9272 4186 9277 4213 9277
4228 9263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 238DEG 53KT 4205 9254
$$
JOHNSON000 WWUS53 KDMX 082201 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 501 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008 IAC171-082211- /O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-080608T2200Z/ TAMA IA- 501 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TAMA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 456 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM NEAR VINING AND ELBERON AT 450 PM CDT...MOVING INTO BENTON COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4186 9231 4186 9272 4214 9230 TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 249DEG 31KT 4204 9240 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Webster, Wright | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster, Wright | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford, Sac | 58 min |
| Jun 7, 7:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Webster | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Story | 9 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Story | 9 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin, Wright | 20 min |
| Jun 7, 8:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Wright | 12 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Wapello | 62 days |
| Jun 7, 9:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Emmet | 14 days |
| Jun 7, 9:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster | 6 days |
| Jun 7, 9:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 8 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer | 9 days |
| Jun 7, 9:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Tama | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 10:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Worth | 12 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 11:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Carroll | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Winnebago, Worth | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Wright | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 12:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Franklin, Wright | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 12:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac | 13 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 1:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Webster | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 3:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Cass | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 3:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Humboldt | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Carroll | 12 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 12 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Polk, Story | 24 min |
| Jun 8, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 21 min |
| Jun 8, 6:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Story | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Tama | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 7:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Polk, Story | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Crawford | 12 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Webster | 12 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Madison, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Wright | 12 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Greene | 37 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 7 days |
| Jun 8, 9:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 37 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 45 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 10:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 12 days |
| Jun 8, 12:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Story | 43 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Story | 34 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Cass | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 1:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 42 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Story | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cass | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene, Hamilton, Webster | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Cass, Guthrie | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 2:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Adair, Greene, Guthrie, Webster | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Hamilton, Wright | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 3:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Butler | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Tama | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Ringgold, Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas, Marion, Warren | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Madison, Union | 20 min |
| Jun 8, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Tama | 24 min |
| Jun 8, 4:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas, Marion, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas, Madison, Marion, Warren | 24 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.