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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2016, 8:37 PM CDT for Audubon County, Carroll County, Crawford County, Iowa. It was in force for 37 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 9, 2016, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2016, 9:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Audubon County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Crawford County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 9, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted.
692
WUUS53 KDMX 100137
SVRDMX
IAC009-027-047-100230-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0013.160510T0137Z-160510T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
837 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
NORTHWESTERN AUDUBON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 837 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MANNING...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF AUDUBON...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARROLL...AUDUBON...MANNING...TEMPLETON...HALBUR...GRAY...ASPINWALL...
MANNING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND SWAN LAKE STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4206 9485 4177 9482 4166 9509 4186 9509
4187 9515 4197 9518
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 171DEG 10KT 4183 9499
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ZOGG2 follow-up statements
077
WWUS53 KDMX 100153
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
853 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
IAC009-027-047-100230-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160510T0230Z/
CRAWFORD IA-CARROLL IA-AUDUBON IA-
853 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD...SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL AND NORTHWESTERN
AUDUBON COUNTIES...
AT 852 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANNING...OR 11
MILES NORTH OF AUDUBON...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARROLL...MANNING...TEMPLETON...HALBUR...GRAY...ASPINWALL...MANNING
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND SWAN LAKE STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4206 9485 4183 9483 4177 9509 4186 9509
4187 9515 4197 9518
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 175DEG 22KT 4188 9500
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ZOGG745
WWUS53 KDMX 100214
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
914 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
IAC009-027-047-100224-
/O.CAN.KDMX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160510T0230Z/
CRAWFORD IA-CARROLL IA-AUDUBON IA-
914 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD...
SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL AND NORTHWESTERN AUDUBON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL IOWA.
LAT...LON 4206 9485 4183 9483 4177 9509 4186 9509
4187 9515 4197 9518
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 171DEG 10KT 4194 9501
$$
ZOGGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Guthrie | 45 min |
| May 9, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Greene, Guthrie | 45 min |
| May 9, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Guthrie | 25 min |
| May 9, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 40 min |
| May 9, 10:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Guthrie | 6 hr |
| May 9, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Audubon | 49 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.