Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Jan 28, 2008, 3:54 AM CST for 5 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 28, 2008, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 2008, 3:54 AM CST (09:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2008, 3:58 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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 09:59 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 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
- 1944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 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 280954 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 354 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ...SEVERAL WINDY DAYS AHEAD... .A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST EXITING THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THIS MORNING WILL APPROACH THE GREAT LAKES BY EARLY THIS EVENING. OUT AHEAD OF THIS LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE QUITE STRONG...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS SUCH AS FAR SOUTHEAST IOWA WHERE SNOW COVER NO LONGER EXISTS. ADDITIONAL WIND ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED STATEWIDE TOMORROW. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF THIS POTENT COLD FRONT WHICH WILL BRING IN SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS. IAZ075-085-086-096-097-281730- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.080128T1500Z-080129T0100Z/ MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 354 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. BRISK SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE EVEN FURTHER THROUGHOUT THE DAY OVER FAR SOUTHEAST IOWA. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR HIGHER ALSO POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH STILL QUITE BREEZY...WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH JUST ENOUGH TO FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS MAY ALSO NEED TO BE SECURED. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ SMALL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDMX 281642 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1042 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ...SEVERAL WINDY DAYS AHEAD... .A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY WILL APPROACH THE GREAT LAKES BY MIDNIGHT. OUT AHEAD OF THIS LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE QUITE STRONG...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS SUCH AS FAR SOUTHEAST IOWA WHERE SNOW COVER NO LONGER EXISTS. IAZ075-085-086-096-097-290045- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080129T0100Z/ MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1042 AM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. BRISK SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON OVER FAR SOUTHEAST IOWA. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR HIGHER ALSO POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH STILL QUITE BREEZY...WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH JUST ENOUGH TO FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS MAY ALSO NEED TO BE SECURED. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS73 KDMX 282158 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 358 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELED BUT A NEW WIND ADVISORY IS POSTED FOR TUESDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND TUESDAY. IAZ075-085-086-096-097-290600- /O.CAN.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080129T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0003.080129T1500Z-080130T0000Z/ MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA... CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 358 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELED. LATE TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. BY MID MORNING A NORTHWEST WIND AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND...LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO BE FALLING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH BUT THE STRONG WIND MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE LARGER PROBLEM WILL BE THE STRONG WIND GUSTS CAUSING TRAVEL PROBLEMS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS MAY ALSO NEED TO BE SECURED. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 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. $$ IAZ057>062-070>074-081>084-092>095-290600- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0003.080129T1500Z-080130T0000Z/ AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA... CHARITON...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON 358 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. LATE TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. BY MID MORNING A NORTHWEST WIND AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND...LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO BE FALLING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH BUT THE STRONG WIND MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE LARGER PROBLEM WILL BE THE STRONG WIND GUSTS CAUSING TRAVEL PROBLEMS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ FAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 3:50 PM CST | Blowing Snow Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:58 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 20 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.