Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2014, 7:34 PM CDT for Ringgold County, Taylor County, Iowa. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2014, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
399
WUUS53 KDMX 080034
SVRDMX
IAC159-173-080100-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0252.140708T0034Z-140708T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
734 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 734 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BEDFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEDFORD...BLOCKTON...REDDING...ATHELSTAN...LAKE OF THREE FIRES
STATE PARK AND BEDFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4058 9491 4075 9470 4057 9428 4057 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 293DEG 50KT 4061 9465
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AWB1 follow-up statement
773
WWUS53 KDMX 080056
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
756 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
IAC159-173-080105-
/O.EXP.KDMX.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-140708T0100Z/
RINGGOLD IA-TAYLOR IA-
756 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RINGGOLD AND
SOUTHERN TAYLOR COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4058 9491 4075 9470 4057 9428 4057 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 293DEG 50KT 4061 9465
$$
AWBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 30 min |
| Jul 7, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Ringgold, Wayne | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 8:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Wayne | 42 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.