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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2022, 2:22 PM CDT for Adair County, Union County, Iowa. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2022, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2022, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Adair County, IA, Union County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 5, 12:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 12:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 4:03 AM CDT, 10 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Des Moines IA 403 AM CDT Sun Jun 5 2022 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-060915- 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- 403 AM CDT Sun Jun 5 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Iowa. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight Rain showers and thunderstorms are expected today and tonight. There is a marginal risk for severe weather. Overall, hail is the primary threat, with damaging winds and a few tornadoes possible if supercell development occurs. In addition, locally heavy rainfall is possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday There will be multiple chances for rain showers and thunderstorms over the next seven days. Heavy rainfall may lead to elevated levels in rivers and streams. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter reports may be needed today. Bury
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Humboldt, Webster, Wright | 5 min |
| Jun 5, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Humboldt, Webster, Wright | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Madison | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Dallas | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 16 min |
| Jun 5, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Boone | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Boone | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Dallas | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Dallas, Guthrie | 50 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.