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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 18, 20094 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2009, 2:32 AM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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 18, 2009, 2:32 AM CDT (07:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2009, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lucas County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Warren County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 18, 2:48 AM CDT	HAIL 1	2 Nw Knoxville Airport, IA	DELAYED REPORT

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 16 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 17, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 248 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1256 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KDMX 180732
SVRDMX
IAC117-125-135-181-180800-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0084.090618T0732Z-090618T0800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
232 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 5 MILES WEST OF LAKE RED ROCK TO 3 MILES EAST OF MILO TO 16
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANOLA...AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE RED ROCK...KNOXVILLE AIRPORT...MELCHER-DALLAS AND LACONA BY
  240 AM CDT...
  PELLA AIRPORT AND PELLA BY 245 AM CDT...
  HARVEY BY 250 AM CDT...
  CHARITON AIRPORT...WILLIAMSON AND MARYSVILLE BY 255 AM CDT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
POLK AND STORY COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

YOU ARE IN DANGER IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM GO TO A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. EVACUATE MOBILE
HOMES...AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE
WINDS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGE SIMILAR TO A TORNADO.

&&

LAT...LON 4103 9353 4107 9356 4116 9357 4116 9362
      4148 9377 4147 9287 4097 9287
TIME...MOT...LOC 0732Z 303DEG 41KT 4142 9315 4128 9338
          4117 9374

$$

DONAVON

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KDMX 180752
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
252 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

IAC117-125-135-181-180800-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-090618T0800Z/
LUCAS IA-MONROE IA-MARION IA-WARREN IA-
252 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WARREN...SOUTHERN MARION...NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND
NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTIES...

AT 251 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM HARVEY TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MELCHER-DALLAS TO
LUCAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CHARITON...HAMILTON AND LOVILIA BY 300 AM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE 
HOME...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4103 9353 4116 9357 4128 9328 4147 9287
      4097 9287
TIME...MOT...LOC 0751Z 303DEG 41KT 4130 9291 4116 9314
          4105 9350

$$

DONAVON

000 
WWUS53 KDMX 180801
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
301 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

IAC117-125-135-181-180810-
/O.EXP.KDMX.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-090618T0800Z/
LUCAS IA-MONROE IA-MARION IA-WARREN IA-
301 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WARREN...SOUTHERN
MARION...NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT
300 AM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER 
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE STILL 
POSSIBLE THROUGH 315 AM.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM.

LAT...LON 4103 9353 4116 9357 4128 9328 4147 9287
      4097 9287
TIME...MOT...LOC 0752Z 303DEG 41KT 4128 9290 4114 9313
          4104 9349

$$

DONAVON

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 Jun 18, 1:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
105 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

...UPDATED AVIATION FORECAST...

.SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT/
TRICKY SCENARIO SHAPING UP TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ATMOSPHERE
QUITE UNSTABLE AND A COUPLE OF BOUNDARIES ACROSS/NEAR THE AREA.
MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS AREA WHERE WATCH
ALREADY IN PLACE...BUT ONGOING DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO TRACK MORE
EAST SOUTHEAST AND MAY MISS/SKIRT SOUTHWEST/SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA.
POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS IN THAT
AREA STILL...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH THE WATCH FOR NOW. NEXT PUSH OF
ENERGY MOVING INTO WRN/CNTRL NE AND MAY SET OFF SECONDARY AROUND OF
CONVECTION WHICH IS POISED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN CWA LATE THIS
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT WITH DAMAGING WIND STILL THE MAIN SEVERE
THREAT.

OTHERWISE BOUNDARY IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL/NORTH CENTRAL CWA AS
WELL...WITH SPC MESOANALYSIS INDICATING DESTABILIZATION ALREADY IN
PROGRESS. LOOKS LIKE COULD GET SOME INITIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE
NEXT FEW HOURS ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN PLACE. POTENTIAL COULD
ALSO LEAD TO HAVING TO WAIT FOR UPSTREAM ENERGY TO GET ANYTHING
GOING UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING...BUT THEN SOUNDINGS INDICATE MORE
ELEVATED ACTIVITY LIMITING THE SEVERE THREAT AT THIS TIME. EITHER
WAY MOISTURE ON THE INCREASE...AND TO REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA
LIMITING OVERNIGHT TEMPS FROM COOLING OFF TOO MUCH AS DEWPOINTS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S ACROSS THE AREA
WITH MOISTURE ADVECTION POINTED DIRECTLY INTO CENTRAL CWA OVERNIGHT.

.LONG TERM.../THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/
WILL SEE ACTIVE WX PERSIST INTO THURSDAY AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIFTS
NORTH THROUGH THE STATE.  WL LIKELY SEE THE CAP ACRS SOUTHERN IA
ENDING TSRA DURING THE MORNING...HOWEVER WL SEE STRONG INSTABILITY
AND EDGE OF CAP IN NORTHERN IA AND WL LIKELY SEE SEVERE STORMS BY
LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING WITH PEAK HEATING.  GIVEN THE SUFFICIENT
SHEAR AND NEARBY TRIPLE POINT...MAY SEE DECENT TORNADO THREAT BY MID
TO LATE AFTERNOON ACRS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST AREAS OF IOWA.
MOST CONVECTION WL REMAIN ACRS THE NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT...BUT MAY
BEGIN TO SPREAD SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT AS BOUNDARY SLIPS INTO THE
STATE.  NEXT ROUND OF STORMS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WITH FINAL SHORTWAVE
PASSING THROUGH THE STATE.  ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS
LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM PRIOR TO SHORTWAVE PASSAGE WITH PCPN ENDING
FROM WEST TO EAST ON LATE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.  WARMEST
TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY WITH THERMAL
RIDGE AND CAP IN PLACE ACRS THE SOUTH ALLOWING READINGS INTO THE
LOWER 90S THERE. WL SEE SOME QUIET WEATHER ON SATURDAY WITH RIDGING
PASSING THROUGH THE AREA...HOWEVER WL BEGIN TO SEE RETURN OF HEAT ON
MOISTURE ON SUNDAY WITH THE THREAT OF CONVECTION BEGINNING BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.  AFTER THAT POINT...TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF TSRA CHANCES
BECOMES QUITE DIFFICULT AS MEDIUM RANGE MODELS DEPART FROM ONE
ANOTHER.  HOWEVER...IT DOES APPEAR THAT MUCH MORE SUMMER LIKE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN STORE WITH READINGS AT OR ABOVE NORMAL FOR
NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...18/06Z
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER IOWA.  SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF
STORMS APPROACHING THE TAF SITES THUS PERIODS OF STORMS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH 12Z.  ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR OVER TAF LOCATIONS
AFT 22Z AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY RE-ESTABLISHES ITSELF ACROSS CENTRAL
IOWA. MVFR CONDITIONS IN THUNDERSTORMS OTHERWISE VFR CIGS ARE
FORECAST.

&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

AVIATION/SHORT TERM...FAB
LONG TERM...COGIL

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 10:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1049 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

IAZ004-015-023-033>037-044>048-057>060-070>073-190400-
EMMET-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-
CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-
1049 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA
MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME
STORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING WIND ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AS MUCH AS TWO
INCHES IS POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OFF AND ON RIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER PERSISTS AS WELL WITH LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES STILL POSSIBLE.  LOCALLY
HEAVY...AND POTENTIALLY FLOODING RAINFALL MAY STILL ACCOMPANY THE
STRONGER STORMS.

MINIMAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST LATE
SUNDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT...BUT THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL
IS LOW FOR THE TIME BEING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SEVERAL INSTANCES OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH
FRIDAY. REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED AND
APPRECIATED...EVEN OUTSIDE OF ACTIVATIONS FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

IAZ005>007-016-017-024>028-190400-
KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-
FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
1049 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA
MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 169.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME
STORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL UP TO
THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND DAMAGING WIND. ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. LOCAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OFF AND ON RIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER PERSISTS AS WELL WITH LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES STILL POSSIBLE.  LOCALLY
HEAVY...AND POTENTIALLY FLOODING RAINS MAY STILL ACCOMPANY THE
STRONGER STORMS.

MINIMAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST LATE
SUNDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT...BUT THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL
IS LOW FOR THE TIME BEING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SEVERAL INSTANCES OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH
FRIDAY. REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED AND
APPRECIATED...EVEN OUTSIDE OF ACTIVATIONS FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

IAZ038-039-049-050-061-062-074-075-081>086-092>097-190400-
GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MARION-MAHASKA-
ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
1049 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA
MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE
SEVERE WITH FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL UP TO
THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING WIND.  LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF UP TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OFF AND ON RIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER PERSISTS AS WELL WITH LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES STILL POSSIBLE.  LOCALLY
HEAVY...AND POTENTIALLY FLOODING RAINS MAY STILL ACCOMPANY THE
STRONGER STORMS.

MINIMAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST LATE
SUNDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT...BUT THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL
IS LOW FOR THE TIME BEING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SEVERAL INSTANCES OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH
FRIDAY. REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED AND
APPRECIATED...EVEN OUTSIDE OF ACTIVATIONS FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

FAB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:18 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
218 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0208 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 N ANKENY AIRPORT      41.76N 93.58W
06/18/2009  E65 MPH          POLK               IA   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

JH

Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:20 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
220 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0208 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ANKENY                  41.72N 93.61W
06/18/2009                   POLK               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTIPLE TWO TO THREE INCH TREE BRANCHES DOWN ACROSS
            TOWN...SOME UP TO FOUR TO SIX INCHES. BRIEF POWER
            OUTAGES. SEVERAL AREAS OF STREET FLOODING.

&&

SMALL

Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:21 AM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
221 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0213 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 NE DES MOINES         41.60N 93.59W
06/18/2009  M59 MPH          POLK               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RK

Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:23 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
223 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0214 AM     TSTM WND GST     DES MOINES INT AIRPORT  41.53N 93.66W
06/18/2009  M58 MPH          POLK               IA   ASOS

            ASOS AT DES MOINES AIRPORT RECORDED A GUST TO 50 KT/58
            MPH AT 214 AM

0214 AM     TSTM WND GST     ANKENY                  41.72N 93.61W
06/18/2009  M74 MPH          POLK               IA   MESONET

            RWIS INSTRUMENT IN ANKENY RECORDED A GUST TO 64 KT/ 74
            MPH AT 213 AM

&&

LEE

Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:24 AM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
224 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0222 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ESE OTTUMWA             41.02N 92.41W
06/18/2009                   WAPELLO            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROAD SIGNS BLOWN OVER. ALSO REPORTED STREET FLOODING.

&&

JH

Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:26 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
226 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0225 AM     TSTM WND GST     NNW PRAIRIE CITY        41.60N 93.24W
06/18/2009  E70 MPH          JASPER             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SMALL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie	45 min
Jun 17, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Madison, Union	41 min
Jun 17, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie	45 min
Jun 17, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren	37 min
Jun 17, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Crawford	32 min
Jun 17, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Madison	44 min
Jun 17, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison	46 min
Jun 17, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper	41 min
Jun 17, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Carroll, Crawford, Sac	46 min
Jun 17, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Dallas, Madison	48 min
Jun 17, 11:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Clarke, Madison, Warren	35 min
Jun 18, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Sac	45 min
Jun 18, 12:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas, Madison, Warren	48 min
Jun 18, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Crawford, Sac	37 min
Jun 18, 12:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Sac	3 hr
Jun 18, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas	29 min
Jun 18, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Warren, Wayne	40 min
Jun 18, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, Guthrie, Sac	47 min
Jun 18, 12:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Lucas, Wayne	31 min
Jun 18, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Wapello	42 min
Jun 18, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Polk, Story	49 min
Jun 18, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Marion, Warren	46 min
Jun 18, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Polk, Warren	23 min
Jun 18, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marion	39 min
Jun 18, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Monroe, Wapello	51 min
Jun 18, 5:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	5 days
Jun 18, 7:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster	36 min
Jun 18, 7:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Sac, Webster	41 min
Jun 18, 7:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas	36 min
Jun 18, 8:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hamilton, Humboldt, Webster, Wright	42 min
Jun 18, 9:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Grundy, Hardin, Marshall, Story	25 min
Jun 18, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	10 hr
Jun 18, 12:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Wapello	11 hr
Jun 18, 1:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Wapello	5 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.