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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2016, 2:08 PM CDT for Lucas County, Monroe County, Iowa. It was in force for 52 min. 3 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
- Jul 19, 2016, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
Counties Lucas County, IA, Monroe County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Melrose, IA | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TREES DOWN NEAR 527TH AVE ON THE NE SIDE OF MELROSE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. DELAYED REPORT. |
| Jul 19, 2:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Melrose, IA | BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF MELROSE. |
| Jul 19, 3:04 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Albia, IA | TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT 3:04 PM . |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
895
WFUS53 KDMX 191908
TORDMX
SVRDMX
IAC117-135-192000-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0006.160719T1908Z-160719T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
208 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
EAST CENTRAL LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 208 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF ALBIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
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...
LOVILIA AND MELROSE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
&&
LAT...LON 4102 9316 4115 9307 4114 9274 4090 9293
4090 9295
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 292DEG 20KT 4106 9305
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75
$$
MF2 follow-up statements
687
WWUS53 KDMX 191924
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
224 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016
IAC117-135-192000-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160719T2000Z/
MONROE IA-LUCAS IA-
224 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
MONROE AND EAST CENTRAL LUCAS COUNTIES...
AT 224 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF ALBIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOVILIA AND MELROSE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4102 9316 4115 9307 4114 9274 4090 9293
4090 9295
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 302DEG 7KT 4105 9302
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MF576
WWUS53 KDMX 191936
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
236 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016
IAC117-135-192000-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160719T2000Z/
MONROE IA-LUCAS IA-
236 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
MONROE AND EAST CENTRAL LUCAS COUNTIES...
AT 235 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF ALBIA...MOVING EAST AT 5 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...
LOVILIA AND MELROSE.
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.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4102 9316 4115 9307 4114 9274 4090 9293
4090 9295
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 277DEG 6KT 4107 9303
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 3:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Boone, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Clarke, Dallas and 18 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Calhoun, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 10:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Cass | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 12:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Madison, Union | 59 min |
| Jul 19, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Wapello, Warren | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 1:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Ringgold, Union, Warren and 1 more | 42 min |
| Jul 19, 1:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 29 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 4 days |
| Jul 19, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 2:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 28 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 2:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Monroe | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 4:24 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Boone, Clarke, Dallas and 17 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:24 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 4 days |
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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.