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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 23, 2017Cerro Gordo County, Worth County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2017, 4:15 PM CDT for Cerro Gordo County, Worth County, Iowa. It was in force for 30 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
Mar 23, 2017, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2017, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Cerro Gordo County, IA, Worth County, IA

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2017-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2017-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 392 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
392 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
500 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

197 
WUUS53 KDMX 232115
SVRDMX
IAC033-195-232145-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0039.170323T2115Z-170323T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
415 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

The National Weather Service in Des Moines  has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Worth County in north central Iowa...
  Northern Cerro Gordo County in north central Iowa...

* Until 445 PM CDT.

* At 414 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mason City
  Municipal Airport, or 8 miles northwest of Mason City, moving
  northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Mason City, Manly, Mason City Municipal Airport, Plymouth, Fertile,
  Kensett, Grafton, Hanlontown, Rock Falls and Bolan.

This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 194 and 205.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4322 9302 4313 9337 4325 9346 4344 9303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 244DEG 47KT 4323 9332 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Martin
2 follow-up statements
351 
WWUS53 KDMX 232128
SVSDMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
428 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

IAC033-195-232145-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170323T2145Z/
Worth IA-Cerro Gordo IA-
428 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WORTH AND NORTHEASTERN CERRO GORDO COUNTIES...

At 428 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Manly, or 11
miles southeast of Northwood, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

Locations impacted include...
Manly, Plymouth, Kensett, Grafton, Rock Falls and Bolan. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4322 9302 4319 9314 4333 9328 4344 9303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 244DEG 47KT 4331 9309 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Martin
127 
WWUS53 KDMX 232137
SVSDMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
437 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

IAC033-195-232147-
/O.EXP.KDMX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170323T2145Z/
Worth IA-Cerro Gordo IA-
437 PM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WORTH AND
NORTHEASTERN CERRO GORDO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4322 9302 4319 9314 4333 9328 4344 9303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 244DEG 47KT 4334 9300 

$$

Martin

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 12:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXEmmet48 min
Mar 23, 12:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXPocahontas37 min
Mar 23, 12:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXHumboldt33 min
Mar 23, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Wright25 min
Mar 23, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXButler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin25 min
Mar 23, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXButler28 min
Mar 23, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer, Butler39 min
Mar 23, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer25 min
Mar 23, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCerro Gordo26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.