Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Des Moines, IA

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WWUS53 KDMX 100452
SVSDMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1152 PM CDT SUN APR 9 2017

IAC121-159-181-100501-
/O.CAN.KDMX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-170410T0530Z/
Madison IA-Ringgold IA-Warren IA-
1152 PM CDT SUN APR 9 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON...
NORTHEASTERN RINGGOLD AND SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for
south central Iowa.

LAT...LON 4114 9402 4116 9399 4116 9367 4104 9355
      4100 9356 4085 9401 4086 9401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 247DEG 47KT 4105 9376 

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IAC039-053-175-100530-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-170410T0530Z/
Decatur IA-Union IA-Clarke IA-
1152 PM CDT SUN APR 9 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN DECATUR...NORTHEASTERN UNION AND CLARKE COUNTIES...

At 1151 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Osceola,
moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

Locations impacted include...
Osceola, Lakeside Casino, Murray, Woodburn and Murray Roadside Rest
Area.

This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 27 and 43.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

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LAT...LON 4114 9402 4116 9399 4116 9367 4104 9355
      4100 9356 4085 9401 4086 9401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 247DEG 47KT 4105 9376 

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

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WWUS53 KDMX 100503
SVSDMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1203 AM CDT MON APR 10 2017

IAC039-053-175-100513-
/O.CAN.KDMX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-170410T0530Z/
Decatur IA-Union IA-Clarke IA-
1203 AM CDT MON APR 10 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DECATUR...
NORTHEASTERN UNION AND CLARKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for
south central Iowa.

LAT...LON 4114 9402 4116 9399 4116 9367 4104 9355
      4100 9356 4085 9401 4086 9401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 238DEG 50KT 4114 9357 

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Curtis

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
643 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017

.SHORT TERM.../Tonight through Monday/
Issued at 320 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017

Not much change to the forecast in regards to thunderstorm potential
for this evening and tonight. Shortwave trough is evident on water
vapor over Wyoming and beginning to take on a negative tilt as it
pivots northeast. 20z mesoanalysis has the surface low
south/southeast of Sioux City near the NE/IA border with a warm
front stretching through northwest Iowa and into southern
Minnesota, a dry line southward into central Kansas, and cold
front trailing behind through southeast Nebraska and into
northwest Kansas. Southerly flow to the south of the warm front
continues to advect moist air northward, beneath a substantial EML
and strengthening mid-level cap. The best chances for any
convection this evening will be near along and north of the warm
front. The boundary should provide enough lift break the cap,
above which steep mid- level lapse rates of 8-9 C/km and effective
layer shear above 40 kts will be sufficient to support a risk for
large hail and strong wind gusts. The tornado threat has been
dwindling through the day as more hi-res model runs favor elevated
convective initiation on the northern side of the front. Any
tornado threat would need to be along or near the front this
evening, particularly in the area of the triple point in northwest
Iowa.

Further south through central and southern Iowa, it looks likely
that the atmosphere will remain capped with respect to surface based
convection until near or after dark when the dry line moves east
into the state and begins to be overtaken by the cold front. Another
burst of low level theta-e advection by means of a strengthening LLJ
will support MUCAPE of 1000-2000 J/KG into the overnight hours,
which will be readily available for any convection and support a
risk for large hail and damaging winds. Discrete/multi-cells are
possible initially, but mean flow parallel the the surface boundary
should favor linear storm modes.

Shortwave trough pushes east toward the Great Lakes region on
Monday. Modest pressure rises on the backside of the departing
surface low will favor breezy northwest winds and cooler
temperatures, especially in northwest Iowa where highs may be more
than 20 degrees cooler than today. A few showers are also possible
as moisture wraps around the northern side of the low. Previous
forecast with POPs generally along and north of Highway 20 still in
line with latest model guidance.

.LONG TERM.../Monday night through Sunday/
Issued at 320 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017

Upper level system impacting the region today will slowly meander
eastward cutting off across Iowa Monday and then pushing east into
Wisconsin Monday night. Expect some lingering low clouds and precip
chances across the north Monday evening, before rain moves out late
Monday night. High pressure builds into the region Tuesday with a
zonal flow pattern aloft. Shortwave energy moving eastward from the
Rockies Wednesday begins to dig a little across the central US with
southerly flow off the gulf picking up ahead of the upper level
wave. Could see a quick shot of showers/storms move through the
state later Wednesday into Wednesday night before the system drops
southeastward out of the region. Stronger trough to move ashore in
the Pacific NW late in the week. This system pushes eastward across
the Rockies and through the central US/Canada toward the weekend. A
warm front will lift northward ahead of this system, with precip
chances initially late Thursday into Friday. The cold front with the
system ejecting from the Rockies will sweep through Iowa later
Friday and stall out across the area into the weekend. GFS/EC differ
on the track of the system eastward from the Rockies with the GFS a
bit further north. Overall differences do not amount to much of a
difference for precip chances across the state at this time. As for
temperatures through the period appear to remain near or above the
seasonal averages.

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.AVIATION.../For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Monday evening/
Issued at 643 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017

Trof axis will pass through Iowa tonight with surface winds
switching from the south southwest to the west northwest
overnight. Isolated to scattered storms will be possible late this
evening into the early morning hours before the threat subsides.
Ceilings may fall to MVFR in the north late tonight into Monday
morning in northern Iowa but should remain VFR in central and
southern Iowa. Only visibility restrictions will be with any
storms that pass through Iowa tonight.

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.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

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SHORT TERM...Martin
LONG TERM...Beerends
AVIATION...Cogil

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
356 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-
081>086-092>097-102100-
Emmet-Kossuth-Winnebago-Worth-Palo Alto-Hancock-Cerro Gordo-
Pocahontas-Humboldt-Wright-Franklin-Butler-Bremer-Sac-Calhoun-
Webster-Hamilton-Hardin-Grundy-Black Hawk-Crawford-Carroll-Greene-
Boone-Story-Marshall-Tama-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Polk-Jasper-
Poweshiek-Cass-Adair-Madison-Warren-Marion-Mahaska-Adams-Union-
Clarke-Lucas-Monroe-Wapello-Taylor-Ringgold-Decatur-Wayne-
Appanoose-Davis-
356 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Iowa.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this evening into the
overnight hours tonight. The greatest severe threat will be west
of Interstate 35 with large hail and damaging winds the primary
concern. However, an isolated tornado or two cannot be completely
ruled out.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Additional thunderstorms are possible Wednesday into early
Thursday and again Friday afternoon into early Saturday. However,
the risk of severe weather appearing low at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

KLP

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
941 PM CDT SUN APR 9 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0904 PM     HAIL             CLEAR LAKE              43.14N 93.37W
04/09/2017  E1.00 INCH       CERRO GORDO        IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER RELAYED A REPORT OF NICKEL
            SIZED HAIL IN CLEAR LAKE.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
944 PM CDT SUN APR 9 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 PM     HAIL             GRAFTON                 43.33N 93.06W
04/09/2017  E1.50 INCH       WORTH              IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM SPOTTER REPORTED MOSTLY QUARTER HAIL
            WITH A COUPLE OF STONES MEASURING UP TO AN
            INCH AND A HALF.

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CC

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
951 PM CDT SUN APR 9 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0945 PM     HAIL             MASON CITY              43.15N 93.20W
04/09/2017  M1.00 INCH       CERRO GORDO        IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED
            HAIL ONGOING IN MASON CITY AREA.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1015 PM CDT SUN APR 9 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 PM     HAIL             GRAFTON                 43.33N 93.06W
04/09/2017  E1.75 INCH       WORTH              IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER CALLED BACK AND HAD FOUND A COUPLE
            OF GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL STONES IN HIS YARD.
            ALSO POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

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CC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1018 PM CDT SUN APR 9 2017

IAZ017-100400-
Cerro Gordo IA-
1018 PM CDT SUN APR 9 2017

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CERRO GORDO
COUNTY...

At 1016 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles south of Clear Lake, or 12 miles southeast of Garner, moving
northeast at 45 mph.

Nickel size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Mason City, Thornton, Plymouth, Swaledale, Rock Falls, Burchinal and
Portland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Des Moines.

&&

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
north central Iowa.

LAT...LON 4310 9302 4292 9338 4303 9347 4326 9316
      4325 9309
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 230DEG 28KT 4301 9338

Boksa

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1019 PM CDT SUN APR 9 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0955 PM     HAIL             MASON CITY              43.15N 93.20W
04/09/2017  M1.00 INCH       CERRO GORDO        IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TIME ESTIMATED. REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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