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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 3, 2014Ringgold County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2014, 6:56 PM CDT for Ringgold County, Iowa. It was in force for 22 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2014, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2014, 7:18 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Ringgold County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 7:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	1 W Mount Ayr, IA	TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. SPOTTER ALSO REPORTS WINDOW WELL COVERS HAVE HOLES PUNCHED IN THE FROM THE HAIL ALONG WITH HOLES PUNCHED IN WINDOW SCREENS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 3, 1:12 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr
Jun 3, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

691 
WFUS53 KDMX 032356
TORDMX
IAC159-040030-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0017.140603T2356Z-140604T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
656 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
    
* AT 656 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER MOUNT AYR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 100 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOUNT AYR...KELLERTON...BENTON...DELPHOS AND MT AYR MUNICIPAL
  AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4066 9437 4079 9433 4077 9402 4057 9402
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 290DEG 30KT 4072 9426 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BEERENDS

2 follow-up statements

821 
WWUS53 KDMX 040003
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
703 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

IAC159-040030-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140604T0030Z/
RINGGOLD IA-
703 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY...
    
AT 703 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF MOUNT AYR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT AYR...KELLERTON AND MT AYR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4065 9432 4076 9426 4074 9402 4057 9402
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 289DEG 34KT 4069 9416 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BEERENDS

271 
WWUS53 KDMX 040018
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
718 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

IAC159-040027-
/O.CAN.KDMX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140604T0030Z/
RINGGOLD IA-
718 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4065 9432 4076 9426 4074 9402 4057 9402
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 290DEG 30KT 4065 9401 

$$

BEERENDS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 4:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 32 more	23 hr
Jun 3, 10:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Decatur	4 days
Jun 3, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Taylor	58 min
Jun 3, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Crawford	28 min
Jun 3, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Ringgold	64 min
Jun 3, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Audubon, Cass	78 min
Jun 3, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Taylor	35 min
Jun 3, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur, Ringgold	63 min
Jun 3, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Taylor	42 min
Jun 3, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Cass	31 min
Jun 3, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union	65 min
Jun 3, 6:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Cass, Union	6 hr
Jun 3, 6:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Ringgold, Taylor	6 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.