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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Des Moines, IA

May 25, 20214 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2021, 7:05 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 40 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
May 25, 2021, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Boone County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 228 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
228 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2355 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

009 
WUUS53 KDMX 260005
SVRDMX
IAC015-049-073-077-260045-
/O.NEW.KDMX.SV.W.0005.210526T0005Z-210526T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
705 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Des Moines  has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Greene County in west central Iowa...
  Northeastern Guthrie County in west central Iowa...
  Southwestern Boone County in central Iowa...
  Northwestern Dallas County in central Iowa...

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 705 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lake
  Panorama, or 11 miles northeast of Guthrie Center, moving east at
  35 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Perry.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4179 9458 4189 9456 4196 9403 4170 9401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 270DEG 29KT 4183 9441 

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

Krull
2 follow-up statements
832 
WWUS53 KDMX 260027
SVSDMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
727 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

IAC015-049-073-077-260045-
/O.CON.KDMX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210526T0045Z/
Greene IA-Guthrie IA-Boone IA-Dallas IA-
727 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...NORTHEASTERN GUTHRIE...SOUTHWESTERN BOONE
AND NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTIES...

At 727 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lake Panorama,
or 11 miles northeast of Guthrie Center, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Perry, Minburn, Bagley, Yale, Jamaica, Dawson, Perry Municipal
Airport, Springbrook State Park and Lakin Slough Game Management
Area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4178 9452 4187 9447 4192 9403 4170 9401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 277DEG 19KT 4179 9434 

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

Krull
021 
WWUS53 KDMX 260043
SVSDMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
743 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

IAC015-049-073-077-260053-
/O.EXP.KDMX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210526T0045Z/
Greene IA-Guthrie IA-Boone IA-Dallas IA-
743 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...
NORTHEASTERN GUTHRIE...SOUTHWESTERN BOONE AND NORTHWESTERN DALLAS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4178 9452 4187 9447 4192 9403 4170 9401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 270DEG 29KT 4179 9418 

$$

Krull

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXAdair, Madison46 min
May 25, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper, Marion, Polk, Warren31 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.