Tornado Warning 46, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jun 30, 2014, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 30, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

1.0 in

Counties Mahaska County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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783 
WFUS53 KDMX 301930
TORDMX
IAC123-157-302000-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0046.140630T1930Z-140630T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
230 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MAHASKA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
  SOUTHEASTERN POWESHIEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL IOWA...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 229 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
  TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VICTOR TO 5 MILES
  SOUTH OF NEW SHARON...MOVING EAST AT 65 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...
  MONTEZUMA...NEW SHARON...DEEP RIVER...BARNES CITY...ROSE HILL AND
  GUERNSEY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 196 AND 204.
 
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.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4151 9241 4129 9241 4135 9279 4176 9240
      4176 9231 4151 9230
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 275DEG 55KT 4171 9236 4139 9269 

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

$$

SMALL

603 
WWUS53 KDMX 302005
SVSDMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
305 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

IAC123-157-302015-
/O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-140630T2000Z/
MAHASKA IA-POWESHIEK IA-
305 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MAHASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN
POWESHIEK COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
    
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER
GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
IOWA.

LAT...LON 4151 9241 4129 9241 4135 9279 4176 9240
      4176 9231 4151 9230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 275DEG 55KT 4171 9236 4139 9269 

$$

JOHNSON

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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.