Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2017, 5:52 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 2 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 28, 2017, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2017, 5:54 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jasper County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Polk County, IA, Story County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1152 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
268
WUUS53 KDMX 282252
SVRDMX
IAC099-127-153-169-282330-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0216.170628T2252Z-170628T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
552 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2017
The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Polk County in central Iowa...
Southeastern Story County in central Iowa...
Southwestern Marshall County in central Iowa...
Northwestern Jasper County in central Iowa...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 552 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest
of Marshalltown, moving east at 35 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...
State Center, Baxter, Colo, Melbourne, Collins and Rhodes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A tornado watch remains in effect for the warned area. Tornadoes can
develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Although a tornado is not
immediately likely, if one is spotted, act quickly and move to a
place of safety inside a sturdy structure such as a basement or small
interior room.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central Iowa.
LAT...LON 4182 9335 4201 9338 4205 9306 4182 9301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 266DEG 30KT 4194 9299
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
REV1 follow-up statement
696
WWUS53 KDMX 282254
SVSDMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
554 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2017
IAC099-127-153-169-282304-
/O.CAN.KDMX.SV.W.0216.000000T0000Z-170628T2330Z/
Polk IA-Story IA-Marshall IA-Jasper IA-
554 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN POLK...
SOUTHEASTERN STORY...SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL AND NORTHWESTERN JASPER
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for central Iowa.
LAT...LON 4182 9335 4201 9338 4205 9306 4182 9301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 266DEG 30KT 4194 9298
$$
REVThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Story | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 23 min |
| Jun 28, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster | 52 min |
| Jun 28, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster, Wright | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adair, Dallas, Madison | 37 min |
| Jun 28, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Madison | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Cass | 23 min |
| Jun 28, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adair, Madison | 35 min |
| Jun 28, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Bremer, Butler | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Union | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Webster, Wright | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Taylor | 52 min |
| Jun 28, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adair, Madison | 37 min |
| Jun 28, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Hardin | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Story | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adair, Madison, Union | 34 min |
| Jun 28, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall, Story | 35 min |
| Jun 28, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Grundy, Hardin | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor | 66 min |
| Jun 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Madison, Union | 34 min |
| Jun 28, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion, Warren | 35 min |
| Jun 28, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Warren | 27 min |
| Jun 28, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Union | 22 min |
| Jun 28, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Tama | 46 min |
| Jun 28, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion, Warren | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin | 48 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.