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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 16, 2014Cerro Gordo County, Worth County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2014, 6:49 PM CDT for Cerro Gordo County, Worth County, Iowa. It was in force for 26 min. 5 reports 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 16, 2014, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2014, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Cerro Gordo County, IA, Worth County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 16, 6:49 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 64	Mason City Airport, IA
Jun 16, 6:57 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 65	Mason City Airport, IA
Jun 16, 6:58 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Nw Mason City, IA
Jun 16, 7:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Wsw Plymouth, IA	WIND DAMAGE. FARM OUTBUILDING DAMAGE...ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES AND POWER LINES DOWN. DAMAGE WAS ALONG 320TH STREET NORTH OF MASON CITY.
Jun 16, 7:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Clear Lake, IA	REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. THREE TO 4 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN AND BLOCKING THE ROAD.

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 16, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 264 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.

223 
WFUS53 KDMX 162349
TORDMX
IAC033-195-170015-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0027.140616T2349Z-140617T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
649 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  NORTHEASTERN CERRO GORDO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
    
* AT 648 PM CDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MASON
  CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MASON CITY...
  MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  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...
  MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...NORA SPRINGS...MASON CITY MUNICIPAL
  AIRPORT...PLYMOUTH...ROCK FALLS AND PORTLAND.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 192 AND 202.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4311 9303 4310 9303 4311 9337 4326 9338
      4329 9302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 265DEG 49KT 4318 9328 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

COGIL

1 follow-up statement

120 
WWUS53 KDMX 170017
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
717 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

IAC033-195-170026-
/O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140617T0015Z/
WORTH IA-CERRO GORDO IA-
717 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WORTH AND NORTHEASTERN CERRO
GORDO COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN IOWA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
PORTIONS OF CERRO GORDO AND WORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM.

LAT...LON 4311 9303 4310 9303 4311 9337 4326 9338
      4329 9302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 265DEG 49KT 4318 9328 

$$

COGIL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 12:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Crawford	45 min
Jun 16, 1:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Carroll, Crawford	68 min
Jun 16, 1:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Sac	32 min
Jun 16, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Jasper	63 min
Jun 16, 3:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 33 more	12 hr
Jun 16, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Emmet	43 min
Jun 16, 5:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto	6 hr
Jun 16, 5:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Emmet, Kossuth	34 min
Jun 16, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Emmet, Palo Alto, Pocahontas	62 min
Jun 16, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Kossuth	62 min
Jun 16, 5:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Palo Alto	42 min
Jun 16, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Wright	59 min
Jun 16, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth	54 min
Jun 16, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Kossuth, Palo Alto	34 min
Jun 16, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Wright	64 min
Jun 16, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas	42 min
Jun 16, 6:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Worth	27 min
Jun 16, 6:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth, Wright	9 hr
Jun 16, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas	24 min
Jun 16, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Worth	47 min
Jun 16, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Wright	37 min
Jun 16, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin	34 min

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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.