Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2011, 5:55 AM CDT for Hamilton County, Iowa. It was in force for 35 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
- Aug 23, 2011, 5:55 AM CDT (10:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2011, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Hamilton County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 5:57 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Se Webster City, IA | |
| Aug 23, 6:06 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Ene Kamrar, IA | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 3125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
966
WUUS53 KDMX 231055
SVRDMX
IAC079-231130-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0293.110823T1055Z-110823T1130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
555 AM CDT TUE AUG 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 630 AM CDT
* AT 552 AM 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 20 MILES EAST OF FORT DODGE...AND MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JEWELL...KAMRAR AND ELLSWORTH.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 133 AND 143.
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 4245 9346 4230 9346 4226 9347 4239 9391
4249 9387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1056Z 285DEG 34KT 4241 9376
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
DONAVON2 follow-up statements
029
WWUS53 KDMX 231109
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
609 AM CDT TUE AUG 23 2011
IAC079-231130-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-110823T1130Z/
HAMILTON IA-
609 AM CDT TUE AUG 23 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
HAMILTON COUNTY UNTIL 630 AM CDT...
AT 606 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
NORTH OF JEWELL...OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IOWA FALLS...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELLSWORTH.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 143.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A REINFORCED BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4226 9347 4234 9374 4247 9368 4247 9363
4245 9346 4229 9346
TIME...MOT...LOC 1109Z 285DEG 34KT 4238 9360
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
DONAVON451
WWUS53 KDMX 231126
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
626 AM CDT TUE AUG 23 2011
IAC079-231136-
/O.EXP.KDMX.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-110823T1130Z/
HAMILTON IA-
626 AM CDT TUE AUG 23 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 630 AM CDT...
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 8 AM.
LAT...LON 4226 9347 4234 9374 4247 9368 4247 9363
4245 9346 4229 9346
TIME...MOT...LOC 1126Z 285DEG 34KT 4234 9339
$$
DONAVONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 55 min |
| Aug 23, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Wright | 65 min |
| Aug 23, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Webster, Wright | 41 min |
| Aug 23, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Webster, Wright | 61 min |
| Aug 23, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 21 min |
| Aug 23, 6:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth | 37 min |
| Aug 23, 6:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Worth | 34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.