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Special Weather Statement, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2014, 4:44 AM CDT for Crawford County, Iowa. It was in force for 61 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
- Jun 22, 2014, 4:44 AM CDT (09:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2014, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
County Crawford County, IA
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 3510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 22, 4:05 AM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 4:05 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1254 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014 IAZ028-033-034-036-044>046-048>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-221800- BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-HAMILTON-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-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- 1254 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN ADDITION TO 60 MPH WINDS AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BRING A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BY MID TO LATE WEEK WITH AN INCREASING THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGH THE PERIOD. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>027-035-037>039-047-221800- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-WEBSTER-HARDIN-GRUNDY- BLACK HAWK-BOONE- 1254 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH A LOW THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BRING A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BY MID TO LATE WEEK WITH AN INCREASING THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGH THE PERIOD.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:44 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 30 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Marshall | 4 days |
| Jun 22, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur, Wayne | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas, Monroe | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Wapello | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis, Wapello | 48 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.