Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 30, 2003

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
325 PM CDT WED APR 30 2003

SHORTER TERM...EYES ARE ON THE SVR THREAT WHICH IS BUILDING ALG AND
S OF THE WRMFNT. FNT LOCATED FM LOW IN XTRM SERN NEB THEN EWD ACRS
THE NRN TIER OF COUNTIES IN NRN MO. WL TREND ALG WITH THE RUC NXT
18-24 HRS WHICH HAS PRIMARY CONVECTION FOCUS OVR THE SERN HALF OF
THE FA. MRNG H8 FNT WL LIKELY COME INTO PLAY OVRNGT AS WELL WHICH IS
SITUATED FARTHER TO THE N ESTIMATED FM OMA-FOD-DBQ. ANY ERLY MRNG
ACTIVITY SHOULD BE EAST OF A ALO-LWD LN BY 09Z. TMPS ABT AS
PREVIOUSLY FCST NXT FEW DAYS. GRDLY IMPVG WX TMR WITH A DECENT WX
DAY FRI AND INTO SAT UNDER S/W RDGG ALF.

LONGER TERM...NXT MAJOR S/W ARRIVES SUN WHICH HAS BEEN RELATIVELY
CONSISTENT THE PAST COUPLE OF RUNS. ENSEMBLES AND CANADIAN SUPPORT
INCRG PCPN CHC BY SUN..LASTING INTO ERLY TUE. TMPS DAY3-7 NOT CHGD
MUCH FM PREV FCSTS.

.DSM...NONE

MYERS

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1127 AM CDT WED APR 30 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL IOWA.

...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER 2 PM IN CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN IOWA...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF CENTRAL IOWA...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF TAMA...AMES...AND
ATLANTIC...WITH A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IOWA.  THREATS
INCLUDE SCATTERED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL
GREATER THAN 1 INCH...DAMAGING WIND...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.  RAPID
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS ANTICIPATED  BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM
IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...SPREADING ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.

A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI TO NEAR CRESTON...DES
MOINES AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR EAST OF DES MOINES BY
MID AFTERNOON.  VERY UNSTABLE AIR SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL DEVELOP
COMBINED WITH ALREADY FAVORABLE WIND SHEAR PROFILES SHOULD CREATE A
DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AS THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOP AND
BECOME SEVERE.  ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...ALONG OR NEAR
STORMS ALONG THE WARM FRONT...AND NEAR STORMS THAT FORM CLOSE TO A
LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVING INTO SOUTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING.

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY POSE A LOCAL URBAN FLOODING THREAT
...MAINLY ACROSS AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL IOWA WILL
COME LATE SUNDAY THROUGH THROUGH TUESDAY.  A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER EXISTS WITH THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

MID IOWA SKYWARN...SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHOULD
PREPARE FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR AN ACTIVE
SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.
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MORE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DMX (ALL LOWER
CASE).

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