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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this high wind warning at Apr 15, 2006, 5:06 PM CDT for 51 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 4 hr. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2006, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2006, 8:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 51 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison 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, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 6:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | E Grimes, IA | TRAILER DOOR TORN OFF |
| Apr 15, 8:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lenox, IA | ROOF OFF HOG CONFINEMENT. SEVERAL HOGS KILLED. |
| Apr 15, 8:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lenox, IA | ROOF TORN OFF OF HARDWARE STORE |
| Apr 15, 8:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 Nw Griswold, IA | |
| Apr 15, 8:31 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 W Lewis, IA | |
| Apr 15, 8:33 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 N Lewis, IA | |
| Apr 15, 8:39 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Bridgewater, IA | TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF |
| Apr 15, 8:43 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Audubon, IA | |
| Apr 15, 8:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Stuart, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 2751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 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 152206 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 506 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...GUSTY WIND CAN BE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND MUCH OF TONIGHT... .A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA IS CAUSING THE WIND TO INCREASE OVER CENTRAL IOWA. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-160400- /O.NEW.KDMX.HW.W.0002.060415T2206Z-060416T0400Z/ /O.EXT.KDMX.WI.Y.0006.060416T0400Z-060416T0900Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 506 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WIND OVER CENTRAL IOWA WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST WIND WILL START OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 225 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH BY 1100 PM. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDMX 152210 CCA NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 506 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...GUSTY WIND CAN BE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND MUCH OF TONIGHT... .A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA IS CAUSING THE WIND TO INCREASE OVER CENTRAL IOWA. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-160400- /O.NEW.KDMX.HW.W.0002.060415T2206Z-060416T0400Z/ /O.EXT.KDMX.WI.Y.0006.060416T0400Z-060416T0900Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 506 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WIND OVER CENTRAL IOWA WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST WIND WILL START OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH BY 1100 PM. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
000 WWUS73 KDMX 160141 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 841 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...GUSTY WIND CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT... .A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA IS CAUSING THE GUSTY WINDS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA. THE LOW WILL MOVE TO SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA BY LATE TONIGHT. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-160900- /O.CAN.KDMX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060416T0400Z/ /O.EXT.KDMX.WI.Y.0006.060416T0200Z-060416T0900Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 841 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH SPEEDS IN THE 20 TO 35 MPH COMMON. WINDS MAY GUST TO 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AND BE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA BY 4 AM. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:43 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:44 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 7 more | 15 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.