Lightning Strike in Iowa, June 22, 2007

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION SECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1145 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2007

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN FOCUS IS ON SEVERE WEATHER IN SHORT TERM HOWEVER FOR FRIDAY
AFTER TODAYS RAIN MAY BECOME NECESSARY TO ISSUE FFA ON FRIDAY.
ATTM MCS ROLLING DOWN NORTHWESTERLY FLOW AND WITH HELP OF VERY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND PLENTY OF CAPE AS WELL AS SEVERAL OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER IN FORM OF LARGE HAIL.  TONIGHT
AS SHORTWAVE MOVES DOWN THE RIDGE WILL FURTHER ENHANCE DEVELOPMENT
WITH LIKELIHOOD OF HEAVY RAIN THOUGH AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MAY BE
SMALL.  GUIDANCE WOULD SUGGEST FIRST ROUND OF RAIN CAN BE TAKEN
EASILY WITHOUT LIMITED PROBLEMS IT WILL BE SECOND ROUND TOMORROW
THAT MAY BRING ABOUT FLASH FLOODING.  ON FRIDAY THINGS RELOAD AND
UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT ACROSS THE AREA TO TRIGGER DEVELOPMENT.  WONDER
ON FRIDAY HOW MUCH MODELS ARE GETTING CHOKED ON FEEDBACK THOUGH WITH
PWS IN 1.7-2.2 WILL FURTHER AID HEAVY RAIN PROCESSES.  LATEST MODEL
RUNS HAVE CONTINUED TO TREND MUCH SLOWER WITH RAIN NOW LINGERING FOR
DAY ON SATURDAY.  AFTER SATURDAY LONG TERM MODELS FORECAST UPPER
RIDGE TO AMPLIFY AND WESTERLIES HEAD NORTH WITH ONLY SMALL CHANCES
FOR ANY RAIN LATE IN THE PERIOD AS SEVERAL WEAK VORTS SLIP UNDER THE
RIDGE.  BELIEVE THIS FORECAST TO BE MOSTLY DRY THOUGH HAVE LEFT
SLIGHT CHANCES IN DAYS 6 AND 7.  EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN VERY
SUMMER LIKE WITH HIGHS AROUND 90.

&&

.AVIATION 22/06Z...

DIFFICULT FORECASTING CEILING AND THUNDERSTORM TRENDS WITH SURFACE
BOUNDARY REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY FROM SE IA INTO W CNTRL IA.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY TO THE NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY. BETWEEN
CONVECTIVE COMPLEX EXITING IL AND THE NEXT ONE OVER NEBRASKA...COULD
BE ENOUGH CLEAR SKIES TO ALLOW VSBY TO DROP BRIEFLY IN FOG OR HAZE.
VFR SHOWERS ARE LIKELY TO PRECEDE A PERIOD OF EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
AND MVFR CONDITIONS CENTERED IN THE 09-12Z TIME FRAME. SHOULD BE A
BREAK DURING THE MORNING WITH QUICK AND FAIRLY WIDESPREAD AFTERNOON
DEVELOPMENT CENTERED ON THE REMAINING BOUNDARY EXACT LOCATION OF
WHICH WILL BE PINNED DOWN IN LATER UPDATES.

&

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

&&

LONG TERM...FORSTER
AVIATION...JUNGBLUTH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
532 AM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-
081>086-092>097-231045-
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-
532 AM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE STATE UNTIL LATE
MORNING. THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY ACROSS THE STATE THIS
AFTERNOON. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HAIL TO AN INCH IN
DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH QUITE
UNLIKELY...A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCH DOWN IS A POSSIBILITY. THE CHANCE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BY AROUND MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF A WATERLOO TO
BEDFORD LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY SATURDAY MORNING...CAN BE
EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF A MASON CITY TO ATLANTIC LINE. THE NEXT
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF
THE STATE.  AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE SEVERITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE STATE
BETWEEN 3 PM AND MIDNIGHT.