Wind Advisory 13, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Jun 26, 2008, 10:46 AM CDT (15:46 UTC)

In effect from

Jun 26, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT

Expired

Jun 26, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Counties Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Webster County, IA, Wright County, IA

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 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.

000 
WWUS73 KDMX 261546
NPWDMX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1046 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

...STRONG WIND HAS DEVELOPED BEHIND THE THUNDERSTORM LINE...

.LOW PRESSURE HAS DEVELOPED BEHIND THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT
HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS PRODUCING
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH.

IAZ015-023>025-033>037-044>049-057>061-261900-
/O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0013.080626T1600Z-080626T1900Z/
PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-
HARDIN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-AUDUBON-
GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...
CLARION...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...
ELDORA...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...
MARSHALLTOWN...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...
NEWTON
1046 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

A NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH
WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH. THE WIND SHOULD SUBSIDE BY EARLY
AFTERNOON.

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.

$$

FAB

000 
WWUS73 KDMX 261913
NPWDMX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
213 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

.THE STRONG WIND HAS SUBSIDED OVER THE AREA. AS A RESULT...THE
WIND ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

IAZ015-023>025-033>037-044>049-057>061-262015-
/O.EXP.KDMX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080626T1900Z/
PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-
HARDIN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-AUDUBON-
GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...
CLARION...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...
ELDORA...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...
MARSHALLTOWN...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...
NEWTON
213 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THE WIND HAS DIMINISHED TO 15 TO 25 MPH OVER THE AREA THUS THE
WIND ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS THESE SPEEDS ARE BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

FAB

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.