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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2013, 12:07 PM CST for 51 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2013, 12:07 PM CST (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2013, 5:12 PM CST
- In force
- 5 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 18:10 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 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
- 1827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
742 WWUS73 KDMX 181807 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1207 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...A STRONG SOUTHWEST WIND HAS DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL IOWA... .A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE STATE HAS RESULTED IN A STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND. WINDS HAVE INCREASED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS TO ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THE AERIAL COVERAGE HAS ALSO BEEN EXPANDING. IAZ004>007-015-016-023-024-033>035-044>046-057-182100- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.130118T1807Z-130118T2100Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS- HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT... SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...AUDUBON 1207 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...A SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND WILL CAUSE DRIVING DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL ALSO LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IAZ017-025>028-036>039-047>050-058>062-070>075-081>086-092>097- 190000- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.130118T1807Z-130119T0000Z/ CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY- BLACK HAWK-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON... ALLISON...WAVERLY...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER... WATERLOO...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO... GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL... ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE... OSKALOOSA...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA... OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE... BLOOMFIELD 1207 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...A SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND WILL CAUSE DRIVING DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL ALSO LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FAB
3 follow-up statements
025 WWUS73 KDMX 182053 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 253 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...A STRONG SOUTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA THIS AFTERNOON... .A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE STATE HAS RESULTED IN A STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND. WINDS HAVE INCREASED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS TO ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THE AERIAL COVERAGE HAS ALSO BEEN EXPANDING. IAZ017-025>028-036-037-047-048-058>060-070>072-081-082-092-093- 182200- /O.CAN.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130119T0000Z/ CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-BOONE- STORY-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON... ALLISON...WAVERLY...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...BOONE...AMES... GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...DES MOINES...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR 253 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE FALLEN TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. BLUSTERY WINDS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. $$ IAZ004>007-015-016-023-024-033>035-044>046-057-182200- /O.CAN.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130118T2100Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS- HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT... SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...AUDUBON 253 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE FALLEN TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SO THE WIND ADVISORY WAS CANCELLED.. $$ IAZ038-039-049-050-061-062-073>075-083>086-094>097-190000- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130119T0000Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION- MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA... LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 253 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...A SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS 45 MPH STILL POSSIBLE UNTIL 6 PM. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND WILL CAUSE DRIVING DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL ALSO LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FAB
694 WWUS73 KDMX 182138 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 338 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...A STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. A SHARP COLD FRONT SATURDAY WILL BRING COLDER TEMPERATURES AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO NORTHERN IOWA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-190545- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0003.130119T2100Z-130120T0600Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY 338 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...BEGINNING AROUND 300 PM AND CONTINUING THROUGH MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF OVER 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND WILL CAUSE DRIVING DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL ALSO LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY BREAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IAZ038-039-049-050-061-062-073>075-083>086-094>097-190000- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130119T0000Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION- MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA... LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 338 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...A SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS 45 MPH STILL POSSIBLE UNTIL 6 PM. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND WILL CAUSE DRIVING DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL ALSO LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
055 WWUS73 KDMX 182312 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 512 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...A STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... .A SHARP COLD FRONT SATURDAY WILL BRING COLDER TEMPERATURES AND VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO NORTHERN IOWA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IAZ038-039-049-050-061-062-073>075-083>086-094>097-190015- /O.CAN.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130119T0000Z/ GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION- MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA... KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA... LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 512 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS CONTINUE TO LESSEN THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL NO LONGER BE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA THIS EVENING. WINDS MAY STILL GUST TO 30 MPH AT TIMES FOR A FEW HOURS THIS EVENING OTHERWISE EXPECT WINDS TO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY WILL STILL BE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN IOWA ON SATURDAY. $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-190715- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0003.130119T2100Z-130120T0600Z/ 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 512 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...BEGINNING AROUND 300 PM AND CONTINUING THROUGH MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF OVER 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND WILL CAUSE DRIVING DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES. LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL ALSO LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY BREAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ REV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 3:38 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more | 32 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.