Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Des Moines, IA

833 
WWUS53 KDMX 092220
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
520 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

IAC003-159-173-175-092245-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-140909T2245Z/
RINGGOLD IA-TAYLOR IA-UNION IA-ADAMS IA-
520 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN RINGGOLD...NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR...SOUTHWESTERN UNION
AND SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES...

AT 519 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LENOX...OR 12
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORNING...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRESTON...LENOX...SHANNON CITY...KENT AND CRESTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4082 9460 4098 9460 4107 9431 4087 9423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 270DEG 11KT 4092 9453 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

COGIL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
358 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/...
ISSUED AT 344 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN IOWA WILL LIFT OFF TO THE NORTHEAST
THIS EVENING AS A LOW OVER KANSAS DEEPENS AS IT LIFTS TO THE
NORTHEAST ACROSS IOWA INTO WISCONSIN BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  INITIAL
CONVECTION WILL BE TIED TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS WEAK SHORTWAVES
LIFT ACROSS THE STATE IN A BROAD WEST/SOUTHWEST FLOW. DAMAGING WIND
WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN THREAT HOWEVER WE ARE CURRENTLY VERY
UNSTABLE AND SHEAR IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.  I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED
TO SEE A FEW STORMS PRODUCE TORNADOES ALONG THE WARM FRONT.

LATER TONIGHT AS THE LOW DEEPENS AND LIFTS ACROSS IOWA IT WILL DRAG
A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE STATE.  THERE IS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL
JET COINCIDENT WITH THE BOUNDARY AND STRONG FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING
IN THE LOW LEVELS.  IN ADDITION MOISTURE WILL STREAM INTO THE STATE
THIS EVENING AS A LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 KTS.
THIS WILL AID IN ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT AND
WITH SOUNDINGS SHOWING THE ATMOSPHERE SATURATED THROUGH ABOVE 500 MB
AND PWATS WELL ABOVE 2 INCHES I AM EXPECTING ANY STORMS TO CONGEAL
INTO AN MCS OR TWO AND DUMP SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL IOWA
FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT.  THERE WILL LIKELY BE
SEVERAL EPISODES OF STORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL.

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
ISSUED AT 344 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

RELATIVE TO TONIGHT...QUITE WEATHER PATTERN AHEAD. MAIN FOCUS IS ON
WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THE REST OF THIS WEEK INTO THE
WEEKEND.

STARTING OFF AT 13Z WED...THE NAM REMAINS A SLOW OUTLIER VERSUS THE
OTHER MODELS...SO HAVE DISCARDED ITS OUTPUT IN TERMS OF TIMING OF
THIS OVERNIGHT SYSTEM. IN TERMS OF MAGNITUDE OF QPF AND OTHER
PARAMETERS THE NAM SEEMS PLAUSIBLE. MODELS SHOWING SYSTEM EXITING
CWA TO THE SOUTH AND EAST BY 15Z WED. FOR THE REST OF THE
DAY...HOLDING PVS FCST FOR WEDNESDAY. CROSS SECTION STILL SHOWS LACK
OF SUBSIDENCE AND ENOUGH MOISTURE IN THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOS
TO MAINTAIN JUNKY SC/ST DECK. MAY BE -RA/DZ THROUGHOUT THE DAYTIME
HOURS. PRESSURE GRADIENT AND HEIGHT CHANGES SIGNIFICANT BEHIND THE
DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH SHOULD BE INTO WISCONSIN BY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ALOFT NOT LOOKING AS STRONG AS THEY
WERE WITH YESTERDAY/S RUN. FORECAST MODELS HAVE AROUND 20 KTS UP
TO 850 WHICH SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT DOWN TO THE SFC. WITH THESE
STRONG WINDS WILL COME ABUNDANT CAA. IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF
OUR CWA...850 MB TEMPS TO START THE DAY NEAR 15C AND FINISH THE
DAY NEAR 5C. THIS MEANS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM
HOLDING STEADY TO WARMING UP A FEW DEGREES.

850MB TEMPS CONTINUE TO PLUMMET THROUGHOUT THURSDAY. BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY...THESE 850MB TEMPS ARE ABOUT -2
TO -3 STD DEV...WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT. RECORD LOW MAX IN DES MOINES
IS 60 AND AM THINKING WE WILL BE VERY NEAR TO THAT NUMBER. THE WEAK
MID TO UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT WAS HINTED AT IN YESTERDAY/S
RUNS IS NO LONGER PRESENT. IN AGREEMENT WITH FEATURE BEING NIXED AND
HAVE KEPT POPS OUT OF THE FCST.

MODELS STILL IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH SHOWING A MODERATELY STRONG
IMPULSE COMING OFF THE ROCKIES AND PUSHING INTO THE CWA BY THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY GOOD WITH THIS FEATURE WHICH
INCREASES CONFIDENCE AND...SUBSEQUENTLY...POPS.

FOR SATURDAY...GFS STILL SHOWS SFC HIGH PRESSURE MOVING DIRECTLY
OVER CWA AT 12Z. EURO STILL A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTHWEST WITH THE
HIGH...THE SAME OUTPUT AS YESTERDAY/S RUNS. 850MB TEMPS SLATED TO BE
SLIGHTLY ABOVE 0C. WITH HIGH NEARBY...AM EXPECTING STRONG RADIATIVE
COOLING AND HAVE LOWERED TEMPS A FEW DEGREES FROM YESTERDAY/S FCST.
MAY NEED TO LOWER TEMPS EVEN FURTHER IN SUBSEQUENT UPDATES. TENDER
VEGETATION MAY BE IMPACTED BY THESE TEMPERATURES AND IF THEY
HOLD...FROST MAY NEED TO BE MENTIONED.

MODELS HAVE AFOREMENTIONED SFC HIGH MOVING EAST OF THE CWA BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL GRADUALLY RETURN US TO SOUTHERLY FLOW FOR
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. LONG TERM MODELS BEGIN TO BECOME LESS RELIABLE
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. ALL MODELS TRYING TO PUSH A QUICK MOVING TROUGH
THROUGH WITH HIGH PRESSURE DIRECTLY ON ITS HEELS. VERY TOUGH TO FEEL
CONFIDENT IN ANY DIRECTION THIS FAR OUT. SO WILL HOLD CONSENSUS
OUTPUT UNTIL JUSTIFIABLE REASON TO DEVIATE PRESENTS ITSELF.

&&

.AVIATION...09/18Z
ISSUED AT 1235 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ERUPTING OVER SW IA IN A ZONE OF WARM ADVECTION
AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST
THROUGH 00Z.  LATER TONIGHT LOW PRESSURE OVER KS WILL RAPIDLY LIFT
INTO IA AND DEEPEN.  ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG A COLD
FRONT THAT WILL SHIFT ACROSS THE TAF SITES THROUGH 18Z WED.  HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH STORMS OVERNIGHT.  PRIOR TO THAT...BETWEEN
00Z AND 06Z STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL
POSSIBLE.  SOUTHERLY SFC WIND AT 15-25KTS WILL BECOME NWRLY AND
INCREASE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT TIGHTENS WITH THE DEEPENING LOW MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED AT 403 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

MAIN CONCERNS CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL WITH
POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING AND SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS
THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL AREAS THAT MAY RISE TO WITHIN BANKFULL OR
SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE LARGER MAIN STEM RIVERS. WITH THE PROSPECT
OF HIGH RAINFALL RATES FOR AN HOUR OR MORE MAINLY TUESDAY EVENING
INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...THERE MAY BE SOME URBAN RUNOFF ISSUES AS
WELL LEADING TO STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN FIELDS AS
WELL AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS BOTH IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR ADAIR-ADAMS-APPANOOSE-AUDUBON-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-
BREMER-BUTLER-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CASS-CERRO GORDO-CLARKE-CRAWFORD-
DALLAS-DAVIS-DECATUR-EMMET-FRANKLIN-GREENE-GRUNDY-GUTHRIE-
HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HARDIN-HUMBOLDT-JASPER-KOSSUTH-LUCAS-MADISON-
MAHASKA-MARION-MARSHALL-MONROE-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-POLK-
POWESHIEK-RINGGOLD-SAC-STORY-TAMA-TAYLOR-UNION-WAPELLO-WARREN-
WAYNE-WEBSTER-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-WRIGHT.

&&

SHORT TERM...FAB
LONG TERM...KOTENBERG
AVIATION...FAB
HYDROLOGY...BEERENDS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
403 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-
081>086-092>097-102115-
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-
403 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES
FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER MAINLY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS...AND TO A LESSER DEGREE LARGE HAIL OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO.
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A FEW LINGERING NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
MORNING. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT MAY FALL INTO THE MID 30S
WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO FROST FORMATION IN ISOLATED AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. RAINFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED TONIGHT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1251 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

IAZ072-082-083-091845-
MADISON IA-UNION IA-CLARKE IA-
1251 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHWEST IOWA...

AT 1250 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR CRESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MADISON...NORTHWESTERN CLARKE AND CENTRAL UNION COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LORIMOR...EAST PERU...AFTON AND CRESTON
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

LAT...LON 4094 9436 4102 9444 4127 9400 4115 9378
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 243DEG 22KT 4102 9432

BOKSA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1259 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

IAZ044-045-057-058-070-071-092000-
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON...EXIRA...
GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...ATLANTIC...
GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE
1259 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA...

THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA WERE EXPANDING TO
THE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFYING. CURRENTLY A LINE OF STORMS EXTENDS
FROM KIMBALLTON SOUTHEAST TOWARDS CRESTON. THE STORMS ARE MOVING
NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL AND DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL. IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR
AREA SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

FAB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
146 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

IAZ033-034-046-047-059-060-073-074-092100-
SAC-CALHOUN-GREENE-BOONE-DALLAS-POLK-WARREN-MARION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...
WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...
LAKE CITY...POMEROY...JEFFERSON...BOONE...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...
DES MOINES...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE
146 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL
IOWA THIS AFTERNOON...

A LINE OF STRONG STORMS FROM MANNING TO ST. CHARLES IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF 50 MPH WIND GUSTS AND
DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH
THE STRONGER STORMS. IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER
INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

FAB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
213 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

IAZ060-092015-
POLK IA-
213 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

...STRONG WINDS TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN POLK COUNTY...

AT 212 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
JOHNSTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DES MOINES...WEST DES MOINES...ANKENY...URBANDALE...JOHNSTON...
CLIVE...ALTOONA...PLEASANT HILL...GRIMES...WINDSOR HEIGHTS...
BONDURANT...POLK CITY...SAYLORVILLE...MITCHELLVILLE...GRANGER...
PRAIRIE MEADOWS...SAYLORVILLE LAKE...ADVENTURELAND AMUSEMENT PARK...
BIG CREEK LAKE AND VALLEY WEST MALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4157 9379 4160 9379 4160 9381 4186 9382
      4186 9335 4163 9335
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 255DEG 37KT 4171 9371

COGIL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
448 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014

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

0440 PM     HAIL             5 SSE CORNING           40.92N 94.72W
09/09/2014  E2.00 INCH       ADAMS              IA   PUBLIC

            MOSTLY GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WITH A FEW LARGER
            STONES.

&&