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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2009, 6:15 PM CDT for Clarke County, Lucas County, Warren County, Iowa. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2009, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clarke County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Warren County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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
- 1138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 9, 3:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 3:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 324 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2009 .DISCUSSION... FOCUS OF SEVEN DAY FORECAST IS ON CONVECITVE POTENTIAL REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN WAKE OF MORNING SEVERE STORMS GOOD INSTABILITY REMAINS ACROSS SOUTHERN HALF OR TWO THIRDS OF CWA WITH NEBULOUS SURFACE FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY DRAPED NW-SE ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. DISORGANIZED STORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE UP WITHN BROAD PSEUDO-FRONTAL ZONE. SECONDARY MID-LEVEL IMPULSE ASSOCIATED WITH BROAD TROUGH OVER KS/NE APPROACHING AND SHOULD INITIATE STRONGER CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...WITH THE ENVIRONMENT CONTINUING TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER. HAVE INCLUDED NUMEROUS TS AND SEVERE WORDING ACROSS ABOUT SOUTHERN HALF/TWO THIRDS OF AREA TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND THREAT...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING STORMS WITH STEERING FLOW TAKING THEM NORTHEAST THIS EVENING ALONG THE FRONTAL ZONE...RESULTING IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. IN MOST OF OUR AREA FFG VALUES ARE QUITE HIGH AFTER A DRY MONTH OR SO...HOWEVER THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT STRUCK NORTHEASTERN IOWA THIS MORNING DROPPED A VERY QUICK INCH OR TWO OF RAIN ALONG THE TRACK FROM EASTERN HARDIN THROUGH BLACK HAWK COUNTY. IN LIGHT OF THESE FACTORS HAVE OPTED TO ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR FIVE COUNTIES AROUND THIS SWATH...TO RUN THROUGH 12Z TOMORROW MORNING. FROM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE FORECAST REMAINS QUIET. KEPT A FEW SLIGHT POPS MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT WITH A SECONDARY SHORTWAVE MOVING OVERHEAD IN THE MID-LEVEL FLOW...HOWEVER MOISTURE WILL BE VERY LIMITED PRECLUDING ANY HIGHER POPS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PRODUCING DRY...MILD...AND PLEASANT WEATHER. TOWARD THE WEEKEND LONG-RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A MID-LEVEL TROUGH AND SURFACE FRONT TRAVERSING THE AREA. DISAGREEMENT ON TIMING AND EVOLUTION OF THIS SYSTEM BETWEEN THE MODELS PERSISTS...HOWEVER IT IS BEGINNING TO APPEAR A BIT MORE LIKELY THAT A FRONT WILL APPROACH ON SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT SO HAVE UPPED THE POPS A BIT TO LOW CHANCE CATEGORY AT THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .AVIATION...09/18Z ELEVATED CONVECTION STILL DEVELOPING BEHIND COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS STATE. POST-FRONTAL TAF SITES ARE OCCASIONALLY MVFR. CIGS ARE TRENDING TO VFR THROUGHOUT THE DAY EXCEPT NEAR TS. AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES SOUTHEAST TONIGHT...SITES SHOULD SEE SOME CLEARING AND THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR RADIATIONAL FOG DEVELOPMENT. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR BACLK HAWK-BREMER-GRUNDY-HARDIN-TAMA. && SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...LEE AVIATION...HINSBERGER
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 5:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 514 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2009 IAZ037>039-050-101200- HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-TAMA- 514 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AS THEY TRACK TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. SOME STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. LARGE HAIL OF GOLF BALL SIZE...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. IAZ046>049-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-101200- GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE- DAVIS- 514 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL OF GOLF BALL SIZE OR GREATER...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTH OF I-80. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. REV
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 9, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford, Sac | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Sac | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Webster | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 9:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster, Wright | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Story | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 10:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Marshall, Story | 53 min |
| Aug 9, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Butler, Grundy, Marshall, Tama | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 11:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 11:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 18 min |
| Aug 9, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Grundy, Hardin, Tama | 5 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cass | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Clarke, Madison, Union, Warren | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion, Warren | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Polk | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 6:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Polk, Warren | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall, Tama | 51 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.