Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2007, 4:17 AM CST for 5 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Mar 1, 2007, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2007, 4:17 AM CST (10:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2007, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 5:13 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Appanoose County, IA, Davis County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Wapello County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 533 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 631 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 011017 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 417 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...STRONG WINDS LATER TODAY INTO FRIDAY... .INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS IOWA TODAY BEFORE SLOWLY PULLING INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH FRIDAY. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THE LOW IS FORECAST TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS. IAZ075-085-086-096-097-011800- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0004.070301T2100Z-070303T0000Z/ MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 417 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BY MID AFTERNOON TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST TO PERSIST INTO TONIGHT AND FRIDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING BY LATER IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE AREA APPEAR LIMITED AND BLOWING SNOW SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE. 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. $$ COGIL
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDMX 011544 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 944 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...STRONG WINDS LATER TODAY INTO FRIDAY... .INTENSE LOW PRESSURE NEAR LAMONI THIS MORNING WILL MOVE ACROSS IOWA TODAY BEFORE SLOWLY PULLING INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH FRIDAY. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THE LOW IS FORECAST TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. IAZ075-085-086-096-097-012345- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0004.070301T2100Z-070303T0000Z/ MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 944 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BY MID AFTERNOON TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST TO PERSIST INTO TONIGHT AND FRIDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING BY LATER IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE AREA APPEAR LIMITED AND BLOWING SNOW SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ DONAVON
000 WWUS73 KDMX 012154 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 354 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...STRONG WINDS TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .INTENSE LOW PRESSURE NEAR LAMONI THIS MORNING WILL MOVE ACROSS IOWA TODAY BEFORE SLOWLY PULLING INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH FRIDAY. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THE LOW IS FORECAST TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. IAZ075-085-086-096-097-020600- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 354 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING BY LATER IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE LIMITED TO AN INCH OR TWO. THOUGH SOME BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED...VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. 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. $$ DONAVON
000 WWUS73 KDMX 012313 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 513 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REPLACES WIND ADVISORY... .SNOW CONTINUES TO WRAP AROUND A POWERFUL STORM OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND HAS INCREASED ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH UP TO THREE INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL AND REDUCED VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IS NOW EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING AND FRIDAY. PERSONS TRAVELING IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATING ROAD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING AND EARLY FRIDAY. IAZ075-085-086-096-097-020015- /O.CAN.KDMX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 513 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY AND REPLACED IT WITH A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. $$ REV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 4:17 AM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | DMX | Appanoose, Black Hawk, Bremer, Clarke, Davis, Decatur and 11 more | 50 hr |
Nearby
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.