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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 212, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2013, 8:33 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Webster County, Iowa. It was in force for 42 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 11, 2013, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2013, 9:15 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 Hamilton County, IA, Webster County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 11, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 4:36 AM CDT, 15 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 436 AM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-121100- 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- 436 AM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE MINIMAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND WEST THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... A PERIOD OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SMALL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 11, 4:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
427 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0424 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 N LU VERNE 42.93N 94.08W
08/11/2013 KOSSUTH IA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
BRIEF NARROW FUNNEL CAME DOWN AND THEN QUICKLY RETREATED
BACK INTO THE CLOUDS.
&&
SKOWSpecial weather statement, Aug 11, 4:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 444 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013 IAZ016-017-023>027-033>037-112345- HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER- SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA 444 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 3 CORRIDOR ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IOWA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE HIGHWAY 3 CORRIDOR FROM POCAHONTAS EAST TO HAMPTON AND ALLISON THROUGH 545 PM. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED.
Local storm report, Aug 11, 5:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
534 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0526 PM TSTM WND GST 2 W HAMPTON 42.74N 93.24W
08/11/2013 E65 MPH FRANKLIN IA EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGER ESTIMATES 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS. HE HAD TO
PULL OVER AND HAD A HARD TIME KEEPING HIS TRUCK ON THE
SHOULDER DURING THE WINDS. NO DAMAGE OBSERVED AT THIS
TIME.
&&
SKOWLocal storm report, Aug 11, 6:33 PM CDT, 2 hours before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.