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Special Weather Statement, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2016, 1:07 AM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 53 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
- Jun 22, 2016, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Emmet County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Winnebago County, IA
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 2403 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
089 WWUS83 KDMX 220607 SPSDMX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 107 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2016 IAZ004>007-015-220700- WORTH IA-EMMET IA-WINNEBAGO IA-PALO ALTO IA-KOSSUTH IA- 107 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2016 ...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE... AT 106 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF IOWA LAKE TO NEAR ESTHERVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ESTHERVILLE...EMMETSBURG...LAKE MILLS...EMMONS...FIVE ISLAND LAKE... INGHAM LAKE...IOWA LAKE...SILVER LAKE...SMITH POOL...HIGH LAKE... RUSH LAKE...OKAMANPEDAN LAKE...LOST ISLAND LAKE...SWAN LAKE... ARMSTRONG...BUFFALO CENTER...GRAETTINGER...RUTHVEN... BANCROFT AND SWEA CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN IOWA. LAT...LON 4350 9338 4338 9359 4291 9491 4350 9491 TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 289DEG 32KT 4353 9434 4336 9486 $$ KOTENBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Lucas | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wayne | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Appanoose | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Monroe | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Winnebago | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Bremer | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Winnebago, Worth | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 12:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 2:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Tama | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Webster and 1 more | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 3:28 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe and 5 more | 16 hr |
Nearby
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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.