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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this high wind warning at May 6, 2007, 6:13 AM CDT for 18 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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
- May 6, 2007, 6:13 AM CDT (11:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Tama County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 10:31 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Estherville, IA | |
| May 6, 11:07 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Estherville, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 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
- 1955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 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 061113 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 613 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...VERY STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING... IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-036>039-049-050-061500- /O.NEW.KDMX.HW.W.0001.070506T1113Z-070506T1500Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY... WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN... TOLEDO 613 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. VERY STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID MORNING. IN ADDITION...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME BEFORE WINDS SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT BY LATER THIS MORNING. 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. $$ CC
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDMX 061432 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 932 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...VERY STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING... IAZ004-005-015-024-061700- /O.EXB.KDMX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070506T1700Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-HUMBOLDT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG... HUMBOLDT 932 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. VERY STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID MORNING. IN ADDITION...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME BEFORE WINDS SUBSIDE AROUND NOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-036>039-049-050-061700- /O.EXT.KDMX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070506T1700Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY... WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN... TOLEDO 932 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. VERY STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID MORNING. IN ADDITION...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME BEFORE WINDS SUBSIDE TOWARD NOON. 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. $$ DONAVON
000 WWUS73 KDMX 061726 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1226 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY... IAZ004>007-015>017-024>028-036>039-049-050-061830- /O.EXP.KDMX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070506T1700Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY- BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...HUMBOLDT... CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 1226 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cass | 42 min |
| May 5, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cass | 46 min |
| May 6, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cass | 36 min |
| May 6, 2:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cass | 30 min |
| May 6, 3:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Audubon | 23 min |
| May 6, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cass | 15 min |
| May 6, 3:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cass | 3 hr |
| May 6, 3:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 36 more | 28 hr |
| May 6, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon | 28 min |
| May 6, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 35 min |
| May 6, 4:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Audubon | 3 hr |
| May 6, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Clarke, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison, Ringgold and 1 more | 38 min |
| May 6, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene | 28 min |
| May 6, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, Greene, Madison and 3 more | 45 min |
| May 6, 5:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Sac | 4 hr |
| May 6, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Clarke, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, Marion and 4 more | 44 min |
| May 6, 6:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Crawford | 4 hr |
| May 6, 6:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cass | 4 hr |
| May 6, 6:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Jasper, Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Wayne | 40 min |
| May 6, 6:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Audubon | 3 hr |
| May 6, 7:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Audubon | 3 hr |
| May 6, 7:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Crawford | 3 hr |
| May 6, 7:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Sac | 116 min |
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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.