Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Oct 13, 2006, 3:19 AM CDT for 7 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Oct 13, 2006, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2006, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 13, 2006, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Cerro Gordo County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 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 130819 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 319 AM CDT FRI OCT 13 2006 IAZ004>007-015>017-131700- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.061013T1700Z-061013T2300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY 319 AM CDT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. A WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING. THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY EARLY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS. $$ KINNEY
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDMX 131544 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1044 AM CDT FRI OCT 13 2006 IAZ004>007-015>017-132300- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.061013T1700Z-061013T2300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY 1044 AM CDT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... EXPECT WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND TO INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. A FEW GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY EARLY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS. $$ DONAVON
000 WWUS73 KDMX 132042 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 342 PM CDT FRI OCT 13 2006 IAZ004>007-015>017-132300- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061013T2300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY 342 PM CDT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY 6 PM. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...OR WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS. $$ DONAVON
000 WWUS73 KDMX 132302 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 602 PM CDT FRI OCT 13 2006 IAZ004>007-015>017-140015- /O.EXP.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061013T2300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY 602 PM CDT FRI OCT 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE EITHER DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...OR WILL DO SO SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. $$ SMALL
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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.