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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 1, 2011Calhoun County, Hamilton County, Webster County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2011, 9:13 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Hamilton County, Webster County, Iowa. It was in force for 47 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: Jul 1, 2011, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Calhoun County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Webster County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 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
Jul 1, 9:26 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Otho, IA	ONE-FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWNED.
Jul 1, 9:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Webster City, IA	SPOTTER RETURNING FROM WORK EARLY THIS MORNING REPORTED MULTIPLE LARGE TREE BRANCHES STILL DOWN IN TOWN. TIME APPROXIMATE.

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 13 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
Jul 1, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 1221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

029 
WUUS53 KDMX 020213
SVRDMX
IAC025-079-187-020300-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0225.110702T0213Z-110702T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
913 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
  WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 912 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF GOWRIE...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT DODGE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GOWRIE...WEBSTER CITY...CALLENDER...MOORLAND...HARCOURT...OTHO...
  DAYTON...LEHIGH...DUNCOMBE...STRATFORD...WEBSTER CITY AIRPORT AND
  STANHOPE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A
MOBILE HOME...GET OUT NOW...AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4255 9382 4221 9378 4221 9457 4243 9456
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 259DEG 29KT 4232 9439
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

DONAVON

4 follow-up statements

158 
WWUS53 KDMX 020227
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
927 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

IAC025-020237-
/O.CAN.KDMX.SV.W.0225.000000T0000Z-110702T0300Z/
CALHOUN IA-
927 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4221 9378 4221 9440 4239 9440 4246 9439
      4255 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 245DEG 50KT 4242 9413

$$

IAC079-187-020300-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0225.000000T0000Z-110702T0300Z/
HAMILTON IA-WEBSTER IA-
927 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
WEBSTER AND WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 921 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
NORTH OF GOWRIE...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF FORT DODGE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEBSTER CITY...LEHIGH...STRATFORD...DUNCOMBE...STANHOPE AND WEBSTER
  CITY AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...GET
OUT NOW...AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4221 9378 4221 9440 4239 9440 4246 9439
      4255 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 245DEG 50KT 4242 9413
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

DONAVON

712 
WWUS53 KDMX 020239
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
939 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

IAC079-187-020300-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0225.000000T0000Z-110702T0300Z/
HAMILTON IA-WEBSTER IA-
939 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
WEBSTER AND WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 935 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
WEST OF WEBSTER CITY...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT DODGE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEBSTER CITY AND WEBSTER CITY AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...GET
OUT NOW...AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4221 9378 4221 9440 4248 9425 4255 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 245DEG 50KT 4245 9390
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

DONAVON

687 
WWUS53 KDMX 020252
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
952 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

IAC079-187-020300-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0225.000000T0000Z-110702T0300Z/
HAMILTON IA-WEBSTER IA-
952 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WEBSTER AND WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 949 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WEBSTER CITY...OR 18 MILES EAST OF FORT DODGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...FALLING TREES AND FLYING DEBRIS. MOVE
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...GET
OUT NOW...AND SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4221 9378 4222 9427 4250 9410 4255 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 240DEG 34KT 4247 9379
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

DONAVON

566 
WWUS53 KDMX 020302
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1002 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

IAC079-187-020312-
/O.EXP.KDMX.SV.W.0225.000000T0000Z-110702T0300Z/
HAMILTON IA-WEBSTER IA-
1002 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER AND
WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 4221 9378 4222 9427 4250 9410 4255 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 240DEG 34KT 4245 9378

$$

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 Jul 1, 6:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 6:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
641 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/...
SHORTWAVE LIFTING THROUGH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TO CONTINUE TO LIFT
NORTH AND EAST THIS EVENING WITH AN ASSOCIATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
SITUATED FROM NE NEBRASKA INTO CENTRAL MN/WESTERN WI. ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT STRETCHING BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS SE NE/NC KS. AS
THE LOW PRESSURE AREA LIFTS NORTHEAST AND COLD FRONT SLIDES THROUGH
STATE...EXPECT CAP TO WEAKEN AS TEMPS COOL ALOFT AND COULD SEE SOME
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONT ACROSS NORTHWESTERN/WESTERN
CWA BY AROUND 00Z OR A LITTLE LATER. WITH MAIN PUSH OF DYNAMICS
FURTHER NORTH...SOME CONCERN OVER HOW MUCH WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY MAY
BE ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT. BEST CHANCES WILL REMAIN ACROSS
NORTHERN CWA...BUT NOT SURPRISED TO SEE ENTIRE FRONT LIGHT UP WITH
SOME ISOLATED SEVERE AS IT PUSHES SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE CWA. AS
FOR TEMPERATURES...LOWS WILL BE COOLEST IN AREAS BEHIND THE
FRONT...AS FRONT EXPECTED TO BE SITUATED ACROSS FAR SOUTHEASTERN CWA
BY 12Z SATURDAY WITH AREAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT REMAINING IN
THE 70S OVERNIGHT.

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
FRONT WILL BE EXITING THE STATE BY SATURDAY MORNING WITH WEAK
RIDGING BUILDING INTO THE NORTHWEST.  IT APPEARS THAT DRIER AIR AND
SUBSIDENCE WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION AT BAY ALONG WITH COOLER
TEMPERATURES AS COLD FRONT SETTLES TO THE SOUTH.  THIS BREAK SHOULD
LAST INTO SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE WAA AND THETA-E ADVECTION INCREASE
INTO SUNDAY. THIS WILL BRING A RETURN TO THE THREAT OF PCPN INTO
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY WERE THE MOISTURE GRADIENT
REMAINS IN THE WEST AND CENTRAL.  THE THREAT DIMINISHES SOME ON
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS THE FOCUS SHIFTS MORE TOWARD THE NORTH
WITH AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE AND ADVANCING FRONT.  THIS SYSTEM WILL
BE THE NEXT TO AFFECT THE STATE INTO TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY AND
HAVE CONTINUED THE THREAT OF STORMS DURING THIS TIME.  GFS REMAIN
VERY BULLISH WITH PCPN CHANCES INTO THE MIDDLE AND LATER HALF OF THE
WORK WEEK WHILE EURO DRIES THINGS OUT AFTER THE SYSTEM DEPARTS
MIDWEEK.  HAVE TENDED TOWARD THE DRIER EURO AT THIS POINT AS
BOUNDARY SHOULD GET FORCED A BIT FARTHER SOUTH WITH DEEPENING TROF
ACRS HUDSON BAY.

&&

AVIATION...02/00Z
MAINLY VFR CONDS EXPECTED THROUGH TAF PD. COLD FRONT IS APPROACHING
FROM NW AND SHOULD WEAKEN AND SLOW SLIGHTLY AS IT CROSSES THE AREA
TONIGHT...REACHING KOTM SOMETIME AROUND 09Z. WINDS WILL LOSE THEIR
GUSTINESS BY ABOUT 02 OR 03Z THIS EVE...BUT WILL SHIFT RAPIDLY WITH
FROPA AND SHOULD INCREASE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS RIGHT BEHIND THE
FRONT AT KMCW AND KFOD. TSTMS ALSO POSSIBLE AT THOSE TWO
TERMINALS...BUT ARE ISOLD-SCT SO HAVE HANDLED WITH JUST BRIEF VCTS
AROUND FROPA TIME. OTHER CONCERN IS CLDS WITH DECENT CAA BEHIND THE
FRONT COMING DURING EARLY MORN HRS SAT...BUT BELIEVE LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL BE LOW ENOUGH THAT WE SHOULD NOT SOCK IN WITH MVFR/IFR
STRATUS.

&&

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

&&

SHORT TERM...BEERENDS
LONG TERM...COGIL
AVIATION...LEE

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 7:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
712 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-
092>097-021100-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-
BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-
CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-
DAVIS-
712 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTHWESTERN IOWA THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS WILL BE SEVERE DURING
THIS TIME...WITH STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL LIKELY.
THEREAFTER...STORMS WILL BECOME MORE ISOLATED AS THEY SPREAD EAST
AND SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE DES MOINES
RIVER BASIN. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE
AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK. HOWEVER...THE PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS LOW AT
THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LEE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
658 PM CDT FRI JUL 01 2011

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

0655 PM     HAIL             DELOIT                  42.10N 95.32W
07/01/2011  E1.75 INCH       CRAWFORD           IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

DEROY

Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
751 PM CDT FRI JUL 01 2011

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

0745 PM     HAIL             1 SE YETTER             42.31N 94.84W
07/01/2011  E0.88 INCH       CALHOUN            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL.

&&

LEE

Local storm report, Jul 1, 9:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
913 PM CDT FRI JUL 01 2011

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

0903 PM     HAIL             LOHRVILLE               42.27N 94.55W
07/01/2011  E0.88 INCH       CALHOUN            IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NICKEL-SIZED HAIL ALONG WITH 40-50 MPH WINDS.

&&

KDEITSCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto	38 min
Jul 1, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac	41 min
Jul 1, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto	49 min
Jul 1, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas	45 min
Jul 1, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Winnebago, Worth	36 min
Jul 1, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Worth	49 min
Jul 1, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Worth	42 min
Jul 1, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Wright	48 min
Jul 1, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Butler, Franklin, Wright	40 min
Jul 1, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Guthrie	40 min
Jul 1, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin	41 min

Nearby

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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.