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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Des Moines, IA

May 8, 2014Guthrie County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2014, 5:25 PM CDT for Guthrie County, Iowa. It was in force for 35 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: May 8, 2014, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Guthrie County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 1:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 896 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.9

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The text

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

919 
WFUS53 KDMX 082225
TORDMX
IAC077-082300-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0003.140508T2225Z-140508T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
525 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
    
* AT 525 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF GUTHRIE CENTER...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 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...
  GUTHRIE CENTER...LAKE PANORAMA...BAYARD...BAGLEY...YALE...
  JAMAICA...LAKIN SLOUGH GAME MANAGEMENT AREA AND SPRINGBROOK STATE
  PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 4186 9462 4187 9443 4186 9428 4180 9428
      4159 9462 4169 9475 4175 9475
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 228DEG 31KT 4171 9463 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BEERENDS

2 follow-up statements

506 
WWUS53 KDMX 082238
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
538 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014

IAC077-082300-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140508T2300Z/
GUTHRIE IA-
538 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY...
    
AT 538 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE PANORAMA...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF GUTHRIE
CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
LAKE PANORAMA...BAYARD...BAGLEY...YALE...JAMAICA AND SPRINGBROOK
STATE PARK.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4186 9461 4187 9443 4186 9428 4181 9431
      4169 9450 4176 9462 4182 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 222DEG 34KT 4181 9450 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BEERENDS

198 
WWUS53 KDMX 082248
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
548 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014

IAC077-082257-
/O.CAN.KDMX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140508T2300Z/
GUTHRIE IA-
548 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GUTHRIE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER 
APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR 
NORTHERN GUTHRIE COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN IOWA.


LAT...LON 4186 9461 4187 9443 4186 9428 4181 9431
      4169 9450 4176 9462 4182 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 228DEG 31KT 4186 9442 

$$

BEERENDS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Carroll, Crawford, Sac	40 min
May 7, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac	48 min
May 7, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster	43 min
May 8, 12:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago	51 min
May 8, 1:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Audubon	28 min
May 8, 1:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Calhoun, Sac	32 min
May 8, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Calhoun, Humboldt	29 min
May 8, 2:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt, Wright	49 min
May 8, 3:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth, Wright	48 min
May 8, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas	48 min
May 8, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago	47 min
May 8, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Carroll, Greene	41 min
May 8, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Carroll, Greene	33 min
May 8, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Greene, Guthrie	41 min
May 8, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, Webster	48 min
May 8, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Worth	19 min
May 8, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Madison, Union, Warren	47 min
May 8, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren	40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.