Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 89, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2008, 7:12 PM CDT for Emmet County, Palo Alto County, Iowa. It was in force for 48 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 11, 2008, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Emmet County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Wallingford, IA | 16 TO 18 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN. |
| Jun 11, 7:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Wallingford, IA | POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. 2 OUT-BUILDINGS DESTROYED. |
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 11, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 574 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 740 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDMX 120012 TORDMX IAC063-147-120100- /O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0089.080612T0012Z-080612T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 712 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA... NORTHWESTERN PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT. * AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF RUTHVEN...OR NEAR SPENCER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RUTHVEN BY 715 PM CDT... WALLINGFORD AND GRAETTINGER BY 735 PM CDT... GRUVER AND ESTHERVILLE AIRPORT BY 745 PM CDT... DOLLIVER BY 755 PM CDT... ARMSTRONG BY 800 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 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4349 9446 4333 9446 4308 9492 4350 9492 TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 234DEG 33KT 4316 9501 $$ KINNEY
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDMX 120015
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
715 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
IAC047-120045-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0088.000000T0000Z-080612T0045Z/
CRAWFORD IA-
715 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
CRAWFORD COUNTY...
AT 712 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A RAIN WRAPPED
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARTER
OAK...OR 29 MILES SOUTH OF IDA GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DOW CITY AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF CHARTER OAK BY 725 PM CDT...
ARION AND DOW CITY BY 730 PM CDT...
7 MILES NORTH OF BUCK GROVE BY 735 PM CDT...
DENISON AIRPORT BY 740 PM CDT...
DENISON AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF SCHLESWIG BY 745 PM CDT...
SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A CAR OR OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A
REINFORCED BUILDING.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A DAMAGING TORNADO THROUGH
MONONA COUNTY. TAKE SHELTER NOW IF YOU LIVE IN WESTERN CRAWFORD
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4191 9568 4207 9568 4219 9542 4191 9528
4187 9569 4190 9569
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 249DEG 27KT 4196 9565
$$
MOYER000 WWUS53 KDMX 120036 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 736 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 IAC063-147-120100- /O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-080612T0100Z/ EMMET IA-PALO ALTO IA- 736 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PALO ALTO AND EMMET COUNTIES... AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WALLINGFORD...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPIRIT LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 34 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GRUVER AND ESTHERVILLE AIRPORT BY 750 PM CDT... DOLLIVER BY 800 PM CDT... 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4349 9446 4333 9446 4308 9492 4350 9492 TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 223DEG 29KT 4332 9482 $$ KINNEY
000 WWUS53 KDMX 120101 SVSDMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 801 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 IAC063-147-120111- /O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-080612T0100Z/ EMMET IA-PALO ALTO IA- 801 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PALO ALTO AND EMMET COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... AT 800 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE ROTATION WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4349 9446 4333 9446 4308 9492 4350 9492 TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 223DEG 29KT 4332 9482 $$ KINNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Emmet, Palo Alto | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Crawford | 18 min |
| Jun 11, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Crawford | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Sac | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 8:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Carroll | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Greene | 27 min |
| Jun 11, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Sac | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 8:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Sac | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Cass | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 9:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 9:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Cass | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene, Guthrie | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 9:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Worth | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock, Winnebago | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth, Winnebago | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 9:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Adair, Greene, Guthrie, Webster | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Humboldt, Webster, Wright | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster, Wright | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 10:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 13 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 10:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 10:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hamilton, Story, Wright | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Grundy | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Grundy, Marshall, Tama | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 11:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Hancock, Winnebago | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 11:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Adams | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Cass | 21 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Madison | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Marshall, Tama | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Cass | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Adair, Guthrie | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur, Wayne | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Dallas, Guthrie | 23 min |
| Jun 12, 5:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Adams | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 7:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 26 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Decatur | 34 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Story | 15 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Lucas | 38 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 14 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Marion | 12 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Poweshiek | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Monroe | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Davis | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 5:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello | 12 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 14 min |
| Jun 12, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Poweshiek | 17 min |
| Jun 12, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Monroe | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Davis | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 6:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 17 more | 12 hr |
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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.