Tornado Warning 35, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jun 16, 2014, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 2014, 9:15 PM CDT

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

1.0 in

County Tama County, IA

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 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.

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

950 
WFUS53 KDMX 170146
TORDMX
IAC171-170215-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0035.140617T0146Z-140617T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TAMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
    
* AT 846 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REINBECK...OR 10 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF GRUNDY CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 70 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...
  TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK...LINCOLN AND TF CLARK 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 4220 9277 4226 9277 4230 9276 4229 9230
      4209 9230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 283DEG 40KT 4223 9269 

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

$$

SKOW

033 
WWUS53 KDMX 170207
SVSDMX

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

IAC171-170215-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-140617T0215Z/
TAMA IA-
907 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TAMA COUNTY...
    
AT 907 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR TRAER...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOLEDO...MOVING
EAST 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...
TRAER...DYSART AND TF CLARK 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 4214 9253 4223 9254 4229 9248 4229 9230
      4209 9230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 286DEG 36KT 4216 9246 

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

$$

SKOW

745 
WWUS53 KDMX 170220
SVSDMX

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

IAC171-170230-
/O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-140617T0215Z/
TAMA IA-
920 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TAMA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
    
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 1200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4214 9253 4223 9254 4229 9248 4229 9230
      4209 9230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 283DEG 40KT 4216 9246 

$$

SKOW

Tornado Warnings in Iowa, 2014Every tornado warning in 2014Tornadoes in 2014

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.