Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Sep 10, 2005, 3:44 AM CDT for 10 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Sep 10, 2005, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2005, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 10, 2005, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2005, 3:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Audubon County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sac County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 2404 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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 100844 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 344 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005 .A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG WITH STRONG HEATING WILL PRODUCE MODERATELY STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033-034-044-045-057-101645- /X.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.050910T1700Z-050911T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON... CARROLL...AUDUBON 344 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE ADVISORY COVERS THAT PART OF IOWA WEST OF A LINE THROUGH ALGONA TO ATLANTIC. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. SOME DIFFICULTY MAYBE EXPERIENCED BY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ROUTES THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO OUTDOOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND BOATERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINDY CONDITIONS. $$ MYERS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDMX 101537 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1037 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005 .A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG WITH STRONG HEATING WILL PRODUCE MODERATELY STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033-034-044-045-057-102345- /X.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.050910T1700Z-050911T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON... CARROLL...AUDUBON 1037 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE ADVISORY COVERS THAT PART OF IOWA WEST OF A LINE THROUGH ALGONA TO ATLANTIC. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. SOME DIFFICULTY MAYBE EXPERIENCED BY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ROUTES THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO OUTDOOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND BOATERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINDY CONDITIONS. $$
000 WWUS73 KDMX 102004 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 304 PM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL END... .GRADIENT WINDS DO NOT MEET ADVISORY CRITERIA. IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033-034-044-045-057-102115- /X.CAN.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-050911T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON... CARROLL...AUDUBON 304 PM CDT SAT SEP 10 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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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.