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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 302, NWS Des Moines, IA

September 2, 20114 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2011, 10:48 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 42 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: Sep 2, 2011, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 2011, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Boone County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:51 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
Sep 2, 10:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	2 Ne Guthrie Center, IA	SPOTTER ESTIMATES GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

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 7 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
Sep 2, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 1444 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

826 
WUUS53 KDMX 030348
SVRDMX
IAC015-049-073-077-030430-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0302.110903T0348Z-110903T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1048 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
  NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
  NORTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1046 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 GUTHRIE CENTER...OR 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARROLL...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...PERRY...WOODWARD...OGDEN...BAYARD...
  BAGLEY...YALE...JAMAICA...DAWSON...PERRY AIRPORT...RIPPEY...GRAND
  JUNCTION...MINBURN...BERKLEY...BEAVER...BOUTON AND GRANGER.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DES MOINES.

&&

LAT...LON 4220 9407 4182 9381 4176 9382 4163 9457
      4183 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 251DEG 33KT 4176 9455
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

BOKSA

3 follow-up statements

731 
WWUS53 KDMX 030405
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1105 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

IAC015-049-073-077-030430-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0302.000000T0000Z-110903T0430Z/
GUTHRIE IA-GREENE IA-BOONE IA-DALLAS IA-
1105 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
DALLAS...WESTERN BOONE...SOUTHEASTERN GREENE AND NORTHERN GUTHRIE
COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1100 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 7 MILES
NORTH OF PANORA...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARROLL...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PERRY...WOODWARD...OGDEN...JAMAICA...DAWSON...PERRY AIRPORT...
  RIPPEY...GRAND JUNCTION...BERKLEY...MINBURN...BEAVER...BOUTON...
  GRANGER AND BOXHOLM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DES MOINES.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DES MOINES.

&&

LAT...LON 4220 9407 4182 9381 4176 9382 4163 9457
      4183 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 251DEG 33KT 4181 9435
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

BOKSA

234 
WWUS53 KDMX 030421
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1121 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

IAC077-030431-
/O.CAN.KDMX.SV.W.0302.000000T0000Z-110903T0430Z/
GUTHRIE IA-
1121 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DES MOINES.

LAT...LON 4220 9407 4182 9381 4176 9382 4168 9426
      4177 9429 4178 9428 4186 9428 4186 9432
      4201 9437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 251DEG 33KT 4186 9416

$$

IAC015-049-073-030430-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0302.000000T0000Z-110903T0430Z/
GREENE IA-BOONE IA-DALLAS IA-
1121 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
DALLAS...WESTERN BOONE AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM
CDT...

AT 1118 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 5 MILES
WEST OF PERRY...OR 32 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMES...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PERRY...WOODWARD...OGDEN...MINBURN...BERKLEY...BEAVER...BOUTON...
  GRANGER AND BOXHOLM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DES MOINES.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DES MOINES.

&&

LAT...LON 4220 9407 4182 9381 4176 9382 4168 9426
      4177 9429 4178 9428 4186 9428 4186 9432
      4201 9437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 251DEG 33KT 4186 9416
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

BOKSA

891 
WWUS53 KDMX 030426
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1126 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

IAC015-049-073-030436-
/O.EXP.KDMX.SV.W.0302.000000T0000Z-110903T0430Z/
GREENE IA-BOONE IA-DALLAS IA-
1126 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN DALLAS...WESTERN
BOONE AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES IS BEING REISSUED...

PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN DES MOINES.

LAT...LON 4220 9407 4182 9381 4176 9382 4168 9426
      4177 9429 4178 9428 4186 9428 4186 9432
      4201 9437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 251DEG 33KT 4187 9410

$$

BOKSA

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 Sep 2, 6:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 6:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
646 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

...UPDATED FOR THE 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/...
MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS WITH CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SURFACE BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS
NORTH-CENTRAL IOWA FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BE THE
FOCUS FOR POTENTIAL SURFACE BASED STORMS EARLY THIS EVENING.

THE HIGH-RES MODELS SUCH AS THE 17Z HRRR/12Z 4KM SPC WRF/12Z 20KM
ARW WRF DEPICT DEVELOPMENT PAST 00Z THIS EVENING ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA. THERE IS STILL SOME CAP THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER ERODING
SLIGHTLY OUT WEST.  SURFACE INSTABILITY TOPS 3500J/KG IN WESTERN
IOWA...WITH MLCAPE RANGING FROM 1000-2500J/KG OVER CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN IOWA.  0-1KM SHEAR NEAR THE FRONT RANGES FROM 10-15KTS AND
0-3KM SHEAR UP TO AROUND 20-25KTS BY 00Z SATURDAY...SO THERE IS SOME
SHEAR AVAILABLE. EVEN THE 0-6KM SHEAR IS MARGINAL FOR SUSTAINABLE
UPDRAFTS. THINKING STORMS WILL DEVELOP PAST 00Z SATURDAY OVER
WESTERN IOWA AND MEANDER EASTWARD AS STORM MOTION REMAINS LESS THAN
25KTS. SEVERE PARAMETERS SEEM REASONABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
TO PRODUCE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

LLJ DEVELOPS AND CONTINUES TO FEED MOISTURE INTO THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN CWA AHEAD OF THE FRONT.  WARM CLOUD LAYER RANGES FROM
12000-13000FT THIS EVENING WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN THE
1.5-2.0" RANGE ALONG THE FRONT.  SO EXPECTING SOME HEAVY RAIN
POTENTIAL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SCATTERED CONVECTION SHOULD BE ONGOING AT THE START OF THE PERIOD
ALONG THE TAIL END OF CURRENT ELONGATED BAROCLINIC ZONE AND TRAIL OF
WEAK SHORT WAVES.  THIS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER MCS...THIS
TIME INFLUENCED BY CURRENT SWRN CANADA/MT SHORT WAVE AS IT REACHES
THE DAKOTAS AND MN BY 18Z.  THIS WILL PRODUCE INCREASING KINEMATIC
AND THERMODYNAMIC FORCING INTO IA WITH MORE THAN ADEQUATE
INSTABILITY AVAILABLE.  ELEVATED CAPES REACH 1000-2000 J/KG...NAM ON
THE HIGHER END OF THE SPECTRUM...WITH MINIMAL CINH SO HIGH END
LIKELIES SEEM REASONABLE AND ARE SUPPORTED BY ENSEMBLES.  THERE IS
AGAIN SOME SURFACE BASED POTENTIAL...AND A FEW SEVERE STORMS WOULD
AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITH SUFFICIENT SHEAR AND INSTABILITY.  FORCING
SHOULD BE RELEGATED TO SERN SECTIONS BY THE EARLY EVENING AND THEN
QUICKLY EXIT THE REGION LEADING TO FAIR AND COOL WEATHER FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE LABOR DAY WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE ENTERS THE REGION.

FAIR AND COOL WEATHER SHOULD THEN CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE EXTENDED
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AS WELL.  PATTERN CHANGES
LITTLE...ESPECIALLY UPSTREAM...WITH PERSISTENT BROAD RIDGING ACROSS
THE ROCKIES.  THIS WILL RESULT IN A PROLONGED INFLUENCE OF SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE WITH VARIED STRENGTH.  MODELS DEPICT SEVERAL WEAK
SHORT WAVES WANDERING THROUGH THE RIDGE...BUT CONFIDENCE IN ANY
PARTICULAR WAVE PHASING WITH SUFFICIENT FORCING AND MOISTURE IS
CERTAINLY NOT THERE AS OF YET.  ONLY CHANGE TO FORECAST WAS NUDGING
TEMPS DOWN IN SEVERAL PERIODS AT THE SUGGESTION OF FORECAST
SOUNDINGS...OFTEN AT OR BELOW THE COOLEST ENSEMBLE MOS VALUES.

&&

.AVIATION...03/00Z
SFC BOUNDARY WILL OSCILLATE THROUGH CNTRL IA DURING THE PERIOD. THIS
BOUNDARY WILL BE ACTIVE WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING ALL
SITES. THESE STORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATER THIS EVENING.
POSSIBLE BREAK FOR A PERIOD LATE TONIGHT BEFORE REDEVELOPMENT ON
SATURDAY AS PIECES OF ENERGY OVERTOP THE BOUNDARY. HAVE PLACED BEST
POTENTIAL FOR TIMING OF NON THUNDERSTORM PERIODS LATER TONIGHT AND
GENERALLY MOST LOCATIONS WILL HAVE CB AROUND THROUGH MUCH OF
SATURDAY.

&&

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

&&

SHORT TERM...PODRAZIK
AVIATION...DONAVON
LONG TERM...SMALL

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 3:51 PM CDT, 6 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
351 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-
092>097-031100-
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-
351 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND AREAL
COVERAGE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL PERSIST INTO SATURDAY...ENDING IN THE
LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO
SEVERE...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEASTERN IOWA...WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY.

KS/BSS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 2, 6:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
644 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

IAZ044-030045-
CRAWFORD-
644 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

...STRONG WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE...

AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENISON...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DOW CITY BY 710 PM CDT...
  ARION BY 715 PM CDT...
  BUCK GROVE BY 720 PM CDT...
  DENISON AIRPORT BY 725 PM CDT...
  DENISON BY 730 PM CDT...
  DELOIT AND 9 MILES NORTH OF MANILLA BY 735 PM CDT...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.

BOKSA

Local storm report, Sep 2, 7:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
743 PM CDT FRI SEP 02 2011

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

0524 AM     TSTM WND DMG     FOREST CITY             43.26N 93.64W
09/02/2011                   WINNEBAGO          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A STREET SIGN WAS BLOWN OVER...A LARGE TRAMPOLINE WAS
            FLIPPED AND SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS WERE DOWNED.

&&

DEITSCH

Special weather statement, Sep 2, 9:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
918 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

IAZ035-036-047-030315-
BOONE-HAMILTON-WEBSTER-
918 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

...STRONG WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS...

AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STRATFORD BY 925 PM CDT...
  STANHOPE BY 940 PM CDT...
  KAMRAR BY 955 PM CDT...
  JEWELL AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF RANDALL BY 1000 PM CDT...
  ELLSWORTH BY 1010 PM CDT...
  9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLAIRSBURG BY 1015 PM CDT...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS
STORM HAS PASSED.

BOKSA

Special weather statement, Sep 2, 10:35 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1035 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

IAZ037-038-030430-
GRUNDY-HARDIN-
1035 PM CDT FRI SEP 2 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...

AT 1032 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW PROVIDENCE BY 1040 PM CDT...
  ELDORA BY 1055 PM CDT...
  STEAMBOAT ROCK BY 1100 PM CDT...
  WELLSBURG BY 1115 PM CDT...
  HOLLAND AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRUNDY CENTER BY 1125 PM CDT...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS
STORM HAS PASSED.

BOKSA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 2, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hamilton, Webster	45 min
Sep 2, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Greene, Guthrie	65 min
Sep 2, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy, Marshall, Tama	46 min
Sep 2, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Polk, Story	34 min
Sep 2, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer	45 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.