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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2015, 6:44 PM CDT for Davis County, Iowa. It was in force for 16 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 22, 2015, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Davis County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 4 Wsw Bloomfield, IA | 18 INCH DIAMETER TREES SNAPPED. WIND GUST LASTED FROM 650PM - 720PM. |
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 22, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -232 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
926
WFUS53 KDMX 222344
TORDMX
IAC051-230000-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0013.150622T2344Z-150623T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
644 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IOWA...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 644 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOMFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
BLOOMFIELD...PULASKI...DRAKESVILLE AND BLOOMFIELD 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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4079 9259 4086 9247 4064 9218 4060 9218
4059 9245
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 323DEG 42KT 4077 9248
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
COGIL1 follow-up statement
280
WWUS53 KDMX 222353
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
653 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015
IAC051-230000-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150623T0000Z/
DAVIS IA-
653 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
DAVIS COUNTY...
AT 652 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOMFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLOOMFIELD...PULASKI...DRAKESVILLE AND BLOOMFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4075 9256 4083 9243 4064 9218 4060 9218
4059 9245
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 321DEG 28KT 4075 9243
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
COGILThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Madison, Union, Warren | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 5:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth, Winnebago | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Palo Alto | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 5:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 5:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas and 4 more | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 6:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Wright | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 7:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Webster and 1 more | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 7:33 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton and 1 more | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 7:55 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more | 65 min |
| Jun 22, 8:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 8:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth and 3 more | 82 min |
| Jun 22, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Webster, Wright | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 10:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 20 min |
| Jun 22, 11:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Lucas, Marion, Monroe | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Monroe | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello | 20 min |
| Jun 22, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello | 6 hr |
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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.