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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2016, 3:11 PM CDT for Monroe County, Iowa. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 19, 2016, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Monroe County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.
845
WFUS53 KDMX 192011
TORDMX
IAC135-192045-
/O.NEW.KDMX.TO.W.0007.160719T2011Z-160719T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
311 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 310 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ALBIA...MOVING
EAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 304PM...A TORNADO
WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF ALBIA.
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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ALBIA AROUND 345 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LOVILIA AND ALBIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4093 9299 4115 9297 4116 9265 4090 9264
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 271DEG 6KT 4104 9289
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MF2 follow-up statements
147
WWUS53 KDMX 192030
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
330 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016
IAC135-192045-
/O.CON.KDMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160719T2045Z/
MONROE IA-
330 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
MONROE COUNTY...
AT 329 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ALBIA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EASTERN MONROE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: ALBIA
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4092 9290 4113 9290 4113 9265 4090 9264
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 273DEG 7KT 4103 9280
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MF347
WWUS53 KDMX 192036
SVSDMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
336 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016
IAC135-192046-
/O.EXP.KDMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160719T2045Z/
MONROE IA-
336 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MONROE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 345
PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA.
LAT...LON 4092 9290 4113 9290 4113 9265 4090 9264
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 271DEG 6KT 4103 9279
$$
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, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Lucas, Monroe | 52 min |
| 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, 3:21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.