Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at May 14, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT for 27 counties in Iowa. It took effect at May 14, 2007, 10:46 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2007, 10:46 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 27 counties
Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene 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, Pocahontas County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 3751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KDMX 140900 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 400 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA... IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-141700- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.070514T1700Z-070514T2300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY 400 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007 ...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 SOUTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA THIS MORNING. BY MIDDAY...EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. 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. $$ KINNEY
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDMX 141546 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1046 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA... IAZ033>039-142300- /O.EXB.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.070514T1600Z-070514T2300Z/ SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO 1046 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. A SOUTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA TODAY WITH EXPECTED SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-142300- /O.EXT.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.070514T1600Z-070514T2300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY 1046 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. A SOUTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA TODAY WITH EXPECTED SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. 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. $$ FORSTER
000 WWUS73 KDMX 141638 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1138 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA... IAZ044>050-142300- /O.EXA.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070514T2300Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE... AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 1138 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. A SOUTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA TODAY WITH EXPECTED SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-142300- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070514T2300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- 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 1138 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. A SOUTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA TODAY WITH EXPECTED SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. 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. $$ FORSTER
000 WWUS73 KDMX 142015 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 315 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WINDING DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IOWA... IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-142300- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070514T2300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO 315 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ FORSTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 43 min |
| May 14, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 31 min |
| May 14, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 33 min |
| May 14, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton | 39 min |
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.