Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Des Moines, IA

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SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1050 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

IAC151-080359-
/O.CAN.KDMX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140508T0415Z/
POCAHONTAS IA-

1050 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4291 9398 4262 9397 4248 9444 4282 9444
      4291 9435
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 236DEG 23KT 4264 9438 

$$

IAC091-187-080415-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140508T0415Z/
WEBSTER IA-HUMBOLDT IA-
1050 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES...

AT 1049 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HUMBOLDT...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAKOTA CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 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. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DAKOTA CITY AND HUMBOLDT AROUND 1115 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PIONEER...FRANK A GOTCH STATE PARK...GILMORE CITY...LIVERMORE...
HUMBOLDT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...HARDY...BRADGATE...RENWICK...CLARE AND
THOR.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4291 9398 4262 9397 4248 9444 4282 9444
      4291 9435
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 236DEG 23KT 4264 9438 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

PODRAZIK

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WWUS53 KDMX 080405
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1105 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

IAC091-187-080415-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140508T0415Z/
WEBSTER IA-HUMBOLDT IA-
1105 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTIES...

AT 1104 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BADGER OR 
JUST NORTH OF THE FORT DODGE REGIONAL AIRPORT...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF 
FORT DODGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...RENWICK...CLARE...FRANK A GOTCH STATE
PARK...THOR...HUMBOLDT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...BARNUM...BADGER AND HARDY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4291 9398 4262 9397 4250 9438 4271 9435
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 231DEG 28KT 4262 9411 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

PODRAZIK

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WWUS53 KDMX 080414
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1114 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

IAC091-187-080424-
/O.EXP.KDMX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140508T0415Z/
WEBSTER IA-HUMBOLDT IA-
1114 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER AND
SOUTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE 
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR 
PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER 
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4291 9398 4262 9397 4250 9438 4271 9435
TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 229DEG 38KT 4262 9411 

$$

PODRAZIK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
834 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 834 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

CONVECTION BREAKING OUT ACROSS KS AND NEBRASKA MOVING INTO WESTERN
IA NOW. HOPWRF AND HRRR BOTH SUGGEST THAT CONVECTION WILL MAINTAIN
OVERNIGHT AS LLJ KICKS IN ACROSS THE REGION. HAVE UPDATED WESTERN
AND NORTHERN AREAS TO INCLUDE CHANCE STORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE NIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG ACROSS OUR WEST THIS
EVENING...WITH ISO SEVERE POSSIBLE. MAY LATER GO CAT POPS ACROSS
THE CORRIDOR OF MOST LIKELY OCCURRENCE...WAITING TO SEE HOW LONG
THEY HOLD TOGETHER GIVEN SOME REMAINING CAP ALOFT./REV

&&

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/...
ISSUED AT 352 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

WARM FRONT LIFTING THROUGH THE CWA AND CURRENTLY STRETCHING ACROSS
THE NORTHERN FEW TIERS OF COUNTIES. FRONT SHOULD CONTINUE TO LIFT
NORTHWARD INTO MINNESOTA BY EARLY/MID EVENING. NAM TRIES TO
INITIATE SOME ISOLATED STORMS IN VICINITY OF THE FRONT AND NOSE OF
THETA-E ADVECTION ALOFT. LATEST MESO PARAMETERS SUGGEST DECENT
CAPE...HOWEVER SOUNDINGS AND SPC MESO PAGE HAVE DECENT CINH IN PLACE
AS WELL. THEREFORE HAVE KEPT THE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW WITH BETTER
CHANCES OF CONVECTION EXPECTED TOWARD MID/LATE EVENING FURTHER NORTH
INTO MINNESOTA AS LLJ KICKS IN. FOCUS THEN SHIFTS TOWARD LATE
TONIGHT...WITH MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND THETA-E ADVECTION NOSES INTO
THE WESTERN CWA. THEREFORE HAVE SOME CHANCE/SLIGHT CHANCE POPS
ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA TOWARD 06Z-09Z WITH A LINE OF STORMS EXPECTED
TO MOVE IN FROM ERN NE/SE SD LATE TONIGHT. ACTIVITY COULD SPREAD
EASTWARD ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA TOWARD SUNRISE THURSDAY. WITH THE CWA
IN THE WARM SECTOR TONIGHT...INCREASING CLOUD COVER AND DEWPOINTS
REMAINING AROUND 60...OVERNIGHT TEMPS SHOULD BE QUITE MILD OVERNIGHT
ONLY DROPPING INTO 60S ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA.

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
ISSUED AT 352 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN ACTIVE INTO NEXT WEEK WITH SWLY UPPER LEVEL
FLOW TO SOME DEGREE UNTIL LONG WAVE TROUGH PASSAGE EITHER AROUND MON
OR TUE. THE PRIMARY CONCERN WILL OBVIOUSLY BE TOMORROW HOWEVER WITH
SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. PRECIP WILL MAINLY BE NORTH AND WEST OF IA
AT ONSET OF PERIOD /12Z/ ASSOCIATED WITH SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING BUT
CONVECTION MAY BE BRUSHING PORTIONS OF NW IA AS WELL. LOBE OF WEAKER
FORCING WILL THEN LIFT INTO IA 18Z-00Z COINCIDENT WITH UPPER LEVEL
JET AND AT FIRST GLANCE THIS SHOULD HELP OUR CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL.
THERMODYNAMIC VARIABLES ARE SOMEWHAT LESS CONDUCIVE HOWEVER. MLCIN
VALUES REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND DO DIMINISH
SOMEWHAT LATER IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT
THIS IS ALSO THE SAME TIME THAT THE MLCAPE AXIS LIFTS NORTHWARD INTO
MN. THUS THE WINDOW WITH FAVORABLE INSTABILITY PARAMETERS COUPLED
WITH ADEQUATE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE MAY BE SOMEWHAT SMALL.  THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS CONDITIONAL AND CERTAINLY THERE WITH
DEEP SHEAR PUSHING 50KTS. THIS WOULD FAVOR SUPERCELLS...AT LEAST
INITIALLY...HOWEVER THE SHEAR IS ORIENTED CLOSER TO THE FRONT AXIS
THAN LINE NORMAL SO CONVECTION MAY EVENTUALLY EVOLVE INTO LINEAR
RATHER THAN DISCRETE AND IS SUGGESTED BY SOME OF THE HI RES MODELS.

CONVECTION SHOULD WANE OVERNIGHT WITH LOSS OF HEATING AND EVEN
DIMINISHED LARGE SCALE FORCING AS IT BEGINS TO SPLIT.  THIS SHOULD
LEAD INTO FAIR WEATHER AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES FRI BEFORE A RETURN
TO MORE PRECIP CHANCES.  ALTHOUGH GREENNESS TRENDS AND RECENT PRECIP
MAY REDUCE THE THREAT SOMEWHAT...SOUNDINGS DO DEPICT DEEP MIXING AND
A VERY DRY AIRMASS FRIDAY THAT COULD ELEVATE FIRE CONCERNS.

RELATIVELY DEEP THERMODYNAMIC AND KINEMATIC FORCING WILL INCREASE
LATER SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING UNTIL PASSAGE OF THE
SURFACE FRONT. MODEL DIFFERENCES THEN BECOME MORE PROBLEMATIC WITH
GFS MORE AGGRESSIVE AND ECMWF HOLDING FRONT BACK INTO SERN IA
THROUGH MONDAY. THIS LEADS TO A PROLONGER PERIOD WITH POPS FAVORING
THE ECMWF...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST WHERE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL
WOULD BE GREATER AS WELL. EVEN THE SLOWER ECMWF ENDS OUR POPS BY TUE
HOWEVER SO THE END OF THE PERIOD SHOULD BE DRY.  PERSISTENT AND
PROGRESSIVE LONG WAVE TROUGHS THROUGH THE CONUS WILL NOT LEAD TO ANY
TEMP EXTREMES INTO NEXT WEEK WITH TEMPS ESSENTIALLY CLOSE TO NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION...08/00Z
ISSUED AT 629 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

MAIN CONCERNS THIS PERIOD WILL BE WIND AND THUNDER. VERY ISO
SHOWERS POSSIBLE THUNDER DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN AREAS ATTM AND
SOME INCREASE IN COVERAGE MAY OCCUR FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS...THOUGH CAP IS PRETTY STRONG ACROSS THE REGION. OVER THE
NORTH ALONG THE BOUNDARY ADDITIONAL EVE THUNDER POSSIBLE. WINDS
REMAIN SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AND ABOVE 12KTS TONIGHT...INCREASING
AGAIN THURSDAY WITH GUST 30KTS AFT 14Z MOST AREAS. THUNDER CHANCES
MAY OCCUR AFT 09Z NORTHEAST...BUT SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS. MAIN
WAVE APPROACHING FROM WEST SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPACT AREA FROM 16-18Z
WEST...18Z AND BEYOND EAST HALF THUR. FOR NOW HAVE INCLUDED VCTS
SINCE FORCING UNCERTAINTY AND INITIATION TIME DIFFICULT TO PIN
DOWN FOR NOW. WILL MONITOR EVENING TRENDS AND UPDATE FOR OVN
TRENDS WITH NEXT PACKAGE./REV

&&

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

UPDATE...REV
SHORT TERM...BEERENDS
LONG TERM...SMALL
AVIATION...REV

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
839 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

IAZ023-024-033>035-044>047-057>059-070>072-081-082-092-093-090145-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-
BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-
TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
839 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. THOUGH SEVERE CHANCES REMAIN LIMITED OVERNIGHT
...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS IS
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME
STORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...COULD BE
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THE MAIN THREATS. AN
ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST.
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST AT INTERVALS
FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS
APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME BUT WILL BE BETTER DETERMINED IN THE
COMING DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING BUT
IS NOT EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

IAZ004>007-015>017-025>028-036>039-048>050-060>062-073>075-
083>086-094>097-090145-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-
STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-
CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
839 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME
THE SEVERE THREAT IS MARGINAL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME
STORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...COULD BE
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THE MAIN THREATS. AN
ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST.
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST AT INTERVALS
FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS
APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME BUT WILL BE BETTER DETERMINED IN THE
COMING DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING BUT
IS NOT EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

REV

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
903 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

IAZ033-044-045-057-080315-
SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...
WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON...
EXIRA
903 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN IOWA...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA IS MOVING TO
THE NORTH NORTHEAST TOWARD CRAWFORD COUNTY AND MAY AFFECT THE
AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR...OR BY ABOUT 10 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY
EVENING. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POTENTIALLY HAIL AND WIND MAY
ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME
THERE ARE NO WATCHES IN EFFECT...BUT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.

REV

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1003 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2014

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

0959 PM     HAIL             NNW LYTTON              42.42N 94.87W
05/07/2014  E1.75 INCH       SAC                IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1031 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2014

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

1018 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST ROCKWELL CITY           42.40N 94.63W
05/07/2014  E60 MPH          CALHOUN            IA   OTHER FEDERAL

            REPORTED FROM RWIS STATION.

1010 PM     HAIL             3 SW JOLLEY             42.44N 94.76W
05/07/2014  E2.00 INCH       CALHOUN            IA   STORM CHASER

&&

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