Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Jan 27, 2007, 11:24 AM CST for 51 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2007, 11:24 AM CST (17:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2007, 6:01 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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 17:25 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 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
- 1191 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -248 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 271724 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1124 AM CST SAT JAN 27 2007 .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTH ACROSS IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH THE WINDS DIMINISHING SLOWLY AFTER SUNSET. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-280000- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.070127T1724Z-070128T0000Z/ 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 1124 AM CST SAT JAN 27 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS WILL REACH AS HIGH AS 45 MPH AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED FLURRIES WILL SWEEP SOUTH ACROSS THE STATE AS WELL. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND FLURRIES WILL RESULT IN LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING STORM. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDMX 272159 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 359 PM CST SAT JAN 27 2007 .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE STATE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-280000- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070128T0000Z/ 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 359 PM CST SAT JAN 27 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS WILL REACH AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AT TIMES. THE WIND WILL DECREASE QUITE RAPIDLY AS WE APPROACH SUNSET. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL SWEEP SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW SHOWERS WILL RESULT IN LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING STORM. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS73 KDMX 280001 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 601 PM CST SAT JAN 27 2007 .A NORTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-280115- /O.CAN.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070128T0000Z/ 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 601 PM CST SAT JAN 27 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA. THE NORTHWEST WIND THAT HELPED TO PUSH THE FRONT THROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL STILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH 8 PM AND 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER 8 PM BUT THIS FALLS BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE FOR TONIGHT. $$ FAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 11:28 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more | 22 hr |
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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.