Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Nov 16, 2005, 3:32 AM CST for 34 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Nov 16, 2005, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2005, 3:32 AM CST (09:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 16, 2005, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2005, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 34 counties
Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 99 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KDMX 160932 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 332 AM CST WED NOV 16 2005 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WRAP AROUND A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND INTO CANADA TODAY. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-034>039-046>050-059>062-073>075-085- 086-097-161745- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0013.051116T1500Z-051116T2200Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL- TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-MONROE- WAPELLO-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BLOOMFIELD 332 AM CST WED NOV 16 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ DONAVON
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KDMX 161721 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1121 AM CST WED NOV 16 2005 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WRAP AROUND A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND INTO CANADA THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-034>039-046>050-059>062-073>075-085- 086-097-162200- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051116T2200Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL- TAMA-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-MONROE- WAPELLO-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BLOOMFIELD 1121 AM CST WED NOV 16 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KINNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 9:38 PM CST | Blowing Snow Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
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.