High Wind Warning 2, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jun 5, 2008, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Counties Calhoun County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sac County, IA

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WWUS73 KDMX 060217
NPWDMX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
917 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...STRONG WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST IOWA...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE HAS INCREASED THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS
NORTHWEST IOWA RESULTING IN WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 TO 60 MPH.

IAZ004-015-023-033-034-060600-
/O.NEW.KDMX.HW.W.0002.080606T0217Z-080606T0600Z/
EMMET-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS...
SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY
917 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY. 

A PERIOD OF STRONG...NON THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THESE WINDS ARE NOT
ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS AT THIS TIME...BUT MAY RESULT IN
SOME TREE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY
LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
CROSSES THE STATE OF IOWA. 

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.

$$

REV

000 
WWUS73 KDMX 060558
NPWDMX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1258 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

.THE SOUTHERLY WIND OVER THE AREA HAS DIMINISHED TO 20 TO 25 MPH.

IAZ004-015-023-033-034-060700-
/O.EXP.KDMX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080606T0600Z/
EMMET-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS...
SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY
1258 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING.

THE SOUTHERLY WIND OVER THE AREA HAS DIMINISHED TO BETWEEN 20 AND
25 MPH. THIS IS BELOW WARNING CRITERIA THUS THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WILL ALLOW THE HIGH WIND WARNING TO EXPIRE.

$$

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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.