Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2016, 4:38 PM CDT for Taylor County, Iowa. It was in force for 37 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
- Apr 27, 2016, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Taylor County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 4:52 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Se Conway, IA | VIDEO EVIDENCE OF A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 2 AND ROCKWOOD ROAD. NO DAMAGE REPORTED AT THIS TIME. |
| Apr 27, 5:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 E Conway, IA | SPOTTER ON HW25 OBSERVING A WEAK ROPE FUNNEL CLOUD AND RAPID ROTATION TO THE WEST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
355
WFUS53 KDMX 272138
TORDMX
IAC173-272215-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0002.160427T2138Z-160427T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
438 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 438 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 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.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: CONWAY
AND SHARPSBURG.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4063 9469 4083 9463 4077 9447 4074 9447
4060 9460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 206DEG 14KT 4065 9462
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
COGIL3 follow-up statements
649
WWUS53 KDMX 272148
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
448 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
IAC173-272215-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160427T2215Z/
TAYLOR IA-
448 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY...
AT 448 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHARPSBURG AND CONWAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4068 9465 4083 9463 4077 9447 4066 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 204DEG 18KT 4070 9459
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
COGIL852
WWUS53 KDMX 272204
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
504 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
IAC173-272215-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160427T2215Z/
TAYLOR IA-
504 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY...
AT 504 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF LENOX...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BEDFORD...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
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...
CONWAY.
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 4073 9464 4083 9463 4077 9447 4068 9456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 195DEG 14KT 4076 9456
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
COGIL084
WWUS53 KDMX 272222
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
522 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
IAC173-272231-
/O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160427T2215Z/
TAYLOR IA-
522 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...ANOTHER
TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
IOWA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DES MOINES .
LAT...LON 4073 9464 4083 9463 4077 9447 4068 9456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 206DEG 14KT 4076 9456
$$
COGILThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 12:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wayne | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 7:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Taylor | 32 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Taylor | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cass | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cass | 92 min |
| Apr 27, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Clarke, Madison, Ringgold, Union | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adair, Madison, Union | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Decatur | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Clarke | 35 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.