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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 10, 2021Clarke County, Union County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2021, 5:18 PM CST for Clarke County, Union County, Iowa. It was in force for 24 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 10, 2021, 5:18 PM CST (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2021, 5:42 PM CST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clarke County, IA, Union County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 178 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 293 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
178 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
293 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
400 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

174 
WUUS53 KDMX 102318
SVRDMX
IAC039-175-110000-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0001.210310T2318Z-210311T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
518 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Des Moines  has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Union County in south central Iowa...
  Northwestern Clarke County in south central Iowa...

* Until 600 PM CST.

* At 518 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sun Valley
  Lake, or 15 miles northeast of Mount Ayr, moving northeast at 60
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Murray, Thayer and Murray Roadside Rest Area. 

This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 38 and 43.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4090 9419 4116 9394 4116 9367 4090 9404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 224DEG 51KT 4092 9410 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Cogil
2 follow-up statements
893 
WWUS53 KDMX 102327
SVSDMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
527 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021

IAC175-102337-
/O.CAN.KDMX.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210311T0000Z/
Union IA-
527 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4108 9401 4116 9394 4116 9367 4092 9401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 226DEG 56KT 4102 9396 

$$

IAC039-110000-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210311T0000Z/
Clarke IA-
527 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY...

At 527 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
Lakeside Casino, or 9 miles west of Osceola, moving northeast at 65
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Murray and Murray Roadside Rest Area. 

This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 38 and 42.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4108 9401 4116 9394 4116 9367 4092 9401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 226DEG 56KT 4102 9396 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Cogil
072 
WWUS53 KDMX 102342
SVSDMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
542 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021

IAC039-102352-
/O.CAN.KDMX.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210311T0000Z/
Clarke IA-
542 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However, another Severe 
Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for portions of Clarke County 
until 615 PM CST.

LAT...LON 4108 9401 4116 9394 4116 9367 4092 9401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 224DEG 51KT 4117 9376 

$$

Cogil

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 3:55 AM CSTWind AdvisoryDMXAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more20 hr
Mar 10, 4:02 AM CSTRed Flag WarningDMXAdair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie, Taylor14 hr
Mar 10, 2:15 PM CSTHigh Wind WarningDMXAdair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford and 4 more4 hr
Mar 10, 5:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGrundy, Marshall24 min
Mar 10, 5:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClarke, Decatur, Lucas39 min

Nearby

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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.