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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 2015, 3:27 PM CST for Appanoose County, Monroe County, Wapello County, Iowa. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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
- Nov 11, 2015, 3:27 PM CST (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2015, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Appanoose County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Wapello County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 3:37 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Moravia, IA | MULTIPLE LOCATIONS OF PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER POLES SNAPPED NORTH OF LAKE RATHBUN TO THE APPANOOSE COUNTY LINE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. DELAYED REPORT. |
| Nov 11, 3:44 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 Ssw Albia, IA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 11:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
171
WFUS53 KDMX 112127
TORDMX
IAC007-135-179-112200-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0032.151111T2127Z-151111T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
327 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
WEST CENTRAL WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IOWA...
NORTHERN APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 400 PM CST
* AT 327 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF RATHBUN LAKE...OR 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE SUNDOWN AROUND 340 PM CST.
ALBIA AROUND 350 PM CST.
EDDYVILLE AROUND 400 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HONEY
CREEK STATE PARK...RATHBUN...MYSTIC...MORAVIA...ALBIA MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT...PLANO AND BLAKESBURG.
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 9310 4079 9310 4116 9263 4088 9264
4068 9307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 225DEG 46KT 4077 9299
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MF1 follow-up statement
226
WWUS53 KDMX 112137
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
337 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015
IAC007-135-179-112200-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-151111T2200Z/
MONROE IA-WAPELLO IA-APPANOOSE IA-
337 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...WEST CENTRAL WAPELLO AND NORTHERN APPANOOSE
COUNTIES...
AT 336 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF RATHBUN LAKE...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF
CENTERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE SUNDOWN AROUND 340 PM CST.
ALBIA AROUND 350 PM CST.
EDDYVILLE AROUND 400 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MORAVIA...ALBIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...HONEY CREEK STATE PARK...
RATHBUN...MYSTIC AND BLAKESBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4078 9298 4084 9302 4116 9263 4088 9264
4074 9295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 225DEG 46KT 4086 9287
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Sac | 23 min |
| Nov 11, 1:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cass | 30 min |
| Nov 11, 1:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas | 39 min |
| Nov 11, 2:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Cass | 44 min |
| Nov 11, 2:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 35 min |
| Nov 11, 2:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie | 48 min |
| Nov 11, 2:13 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adair, Boone, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, Guthrie and 10 more | 92 min |
| Nov 11, 2:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union | 37 min |
| Nov 11, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford | 47 min |
| Nov 11, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Clarke, Madison, Union, Warren | 45 min |
| Nov 11, 2:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Carroll | 29 min |
| Nov 11, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur, Wayne | 36 min |
| Nov 11, 2:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold | 21 min |
| Nov 11, 2:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Wayne | 46 min |
| Nov 11, 2:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Madison | 44 min |
| Nov 11, 2:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Sac, Webster | 51 min |
| Nov 11, 2:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas, Warren, Wayne | 50 min |
| Nov 11, 2:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Dallas, Madison | 16 min |
| Nov 11, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Greene, Guthrie | 30 min |
| Nov 11, 3:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 26 min |
| Nov 11, 3:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Polk, Story, Warren | 53 min |
| Nov 11, 3:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas | 25 min |
| Nov 11, 3:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne | 27 min |
| Nov 11, 3:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion | 48 min |
| Nov 11, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 34 min |
| Nov 11, 3:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper | 31 min |
| Nov 11, 3:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello | 43 min |
| Nov 11, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Hardin, Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Story and 1 more | 53 min |
| Nov 11, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis, Wapello | 38 min |
| Nov 11, 3:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek | 41 min |
| Nov 11, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama | 57 min |
| Nov 11, 4:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin and 6 more | 65 min |
| Nov 11, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 20 min |
| Nov 11, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marshall, Tama | 18 min |
| Nov 11, 4:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Poweshiek | 37 min |
| Nov 11, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Grundy, Marshall, Tama | 30 min |
| Nov 11, 4:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Tama | 51 min |
| Nov 11, 5:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 23 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.