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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this high wind warning at Oct 26, 2008, 3:27 AM CDT for 51 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Oct 26, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr. 43 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
- Oct 26, 2008, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2008, 7:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 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 08:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 10:34 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Eagle Grove, IA | KCCI MESONET |
| Oct 26, 10:35 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Boone, IA | |
| Oct 26, 10:44 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Carroll Airport, IA | |
| Oct 26, 10:48 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Ames, IA | |
| Oct 26, 10:57 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Latimer, IA | KCCI MESONET |
| Oct 26, 11:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | Forest City, IA | |
| Oct 26, 11:00 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Forest City, IA | |
| Oct 26, 11:04 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Steamboat Rock, IA | RWIS DATA |
| Oct 26, 11:04 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | Ventura, IA | STATE RWIS SITE |
| Oct 26, 11:16 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Marshalltown, IA | |
| Oct 26, 11:18 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Mason City, IA | STATE RWIS SITE |
| Oct 26, 11:21 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Mason City, IA | |
| Oct 26, 11:24 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Marshalltown, IA | KCCI SCHOOLNET SITE |
| Oct 26, 11:25 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Marshalltown, IA | SCHOOLNET |
| Oct 26, 11:28 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Farnhamville, IA | KCCI SCHOOLNET SITE |
| Oct 26, 11:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Estherville, IA | |
| Oct 26, 11:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Mason City, IA | POWER LINES DOWN...NUMEROUS TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN...STREET SIGNS BLOWN OVER...EST GUST 55 MPH |
| Oct 26, 11:39 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | Windsor Heights, IA | NUMEROUS BRANCHES UP TO 3 INCHES DOWN. |
| Oct 26, 11:43 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Des Moines, IA | |
| Oct 26, 11:58 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Marshalltown, IA | RWIS |
| Oct 26, 12:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Grinnell, IA | LARGE TREE DOWN...3 FEET IN DIAMETER BLOCKING AN INTERSECTION AT 6TH AVE AND ELM ST. |
| Oct 26, 12:06 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Estherville, IA | |
| Oct 26, 12:06 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Estherville Airport, IA | |
| Oct 26, 12:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Ankeny, IA | RWIS |
| Oct 26, 12:18 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Grinnell, IA | RWIS SITE |
| Oct 26, 12:20 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Waterloo, IA | |
| Oct 26, 12:22 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Bussey, IA | SCHOOLNET SITE |
| Oct 26, 12:42 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Waterloo, IA | RWIS SITE |
| Oct 26, 1:21 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Creston, IA | SCHOOLNET SITE |
| Oct 26, 1:26 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Dallas Center, IA | DALLAS CENTER REPORTS TREE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE CITY...AS WELL AS POWER LINES DOWN...12 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN. |
| Oct 26, 1:38 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Creston, IA | RWIS |
| Oct 26, 1:39 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Coon Rapids, IA | SCHOOLNET SITE |
| Oct 26, 1:40 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Hanlontown, IA | |
| Oct 26, 1:43 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Denison, IA | SCHOOLNET SITE |
| Oct 26, 1:45 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | Ventura, IA | SCHOOLNET SITE |
| Oct 26, 1:53 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | De Soto, IA | RWIS MESONET |
| Oct 26, 2:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Mason City Airport, IA | |
| Oct 26, 2:20 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Des Moines, IA | SCHOOL NET SITE |
| Oct 26, 2:24 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Des Moines Int Airport, IA | |
| Oct 26, 2:36 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Ankeny, IA | STATE RWIS SITE |
| Oct 26, 2:39 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Marshalltown Airport, IA | |
| Oct 26, 2:45 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Boone, IA | SCHOOLNET SITE |
| Oct 26, 3:35 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Adair, IA | SCHOOLNET SITE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 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
- 2297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 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 260827 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 327 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED SUNDAY IN CENTRAL IOWA... .A COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED SOUTH OF IOWA THIS MORNING. A SECOND PUSH OF COLD AIR WILL SWEEP OVER THE STATE THIS MORNING AS STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE PLAINS TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT...WILL PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ON TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-261630- /O.UPG.KDMX.HW.A.0001.081026T1200Z-081027T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.HW.W.0003.081026T1400Z-081027T0100Z/ 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 327 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY EARLY THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH BY LATE MORNING. THE VERY STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SOME GRADUAL WEAKENING INTO SUNDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON BY MID MORNING WITH GUST STRENGTH INCREASING INTO THE AFTERNOON. PEAK GUSTS FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO 60 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. THE GUSTS WILL ALSO TEND TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDMX 261620 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1120 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN CENTRAL IOWA... .A COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED SOUTH OF IOWA WITH A SECOND PUSH OF COLD AIR FORECAST TO SWEEP OVER THE STATE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT...WILL PRODUCE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ON TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-262130- /O.CON.KDMX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081027T0100Z/ 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 1120 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SOME GRADUAL WEAKENING INTO THE EVENING. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. THE GUSTS WILL ALSO TEND TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. 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. $$ COGIL
000 WWUS73 KDMX 262036 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 336 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL COME TO AN END THIS EVENING... .THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND WINDS ALOFT WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. THEREFORE...THE VERY STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE EVENING. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-270100- /O.CON.KDMX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081027T0100Z/ 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 336 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...HOWEVER SOME DECREASE IN INTENSITY IS EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN FROM 50 TO 60 MPH WITH A SLOW DECLINE IN INTENSITY AS WELL AS THE EVENING WEARS ON. 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. $$ CC
000 WWUS73 KDMX 270050 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 750 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-270200- /O.CAN.KDMX.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081027T0100Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 750 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS THAT WERE AFFECTING MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY HAVE DIMINISHED THUS THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL STILL EXIST THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO MONDAY...WITH NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS EXPECTED. $$ MJA
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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.