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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Apr 3, 2014, 3:54 PM CDT for 36 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Apr 4, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2014, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2014, 3:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 36 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams 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, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall 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, Warren County, IA, Webster County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
256 WWUS73 KDMX 032054 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 354 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .A STRONG SPRING STORM IS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WILL TRACK INTO EASTERN IOWA LATE TONIGHT. AS THE LOW MOVES INTO EASTERN IOWA TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM WILL STRENGTHEN LATE THIS EVENING OVER WESTERN IOWA AND THEN OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA BY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. IAZ033>035-044>047-057>059-070>072-081>083-092>094-040500- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0010.140404T0600Z-140404T1800Z/ SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT... WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON... LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA... BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR... LAMONI...LEON 354 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL FOR SOME HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ACROSS NORTH SOUTH ROADS MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ALONG WITH THAT LOOSE OR UNSECURED OBJECTS LOFTED BY THE WIND MAY CAUSE DAMAGE OR INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IAZ025>028-036>039-048>050-060>062-073>075-040500- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0010.140404T1200Z-140404T2200Z/ WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION...BELMOND... HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK...GREENE... APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...WEBSTER CITY... IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE... PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 354 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TOWARD SUNRISE AND REMAIN STRONG FOR MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH AT TIMES FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL FOR SOME HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ACROSS NORTH SOUTH ROADS MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ALONG WITH THAT LOOSE OR UNSECURED OBJECTS LOFTED BY THE WIND MAY CAUSE DAMAGE OR INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ REV
6 follow-up statements
815 WWUS73 KDMX 040309 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1009 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN IOWA OVERNIGHT. AS THE LOW MOVES INTO EASTERN IOWA TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM WILL STRENGTHEN LATE THIS EVENING OVER WESTERN IOWA AND THEN OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA BY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. IAZ033>035-044>047-057>059-070>072-081>083-092>094-041115- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0010.140404T0600Z-140404T1800Z/ SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT... WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON... LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA... BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR... LAMONI...LEON 1009 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL FOR SOME HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ACROSS NORTH SOUTH ROADS MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OR UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BLOW AROUND EASILY AND MAY CAUSE DAMAGE OR INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IAZ025>028-036>039-048>050-060>062-073>075-041115- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0010.140404T1200Z-140404T2200Z/ WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION...BELMOND... HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK...GREENE... APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...WEBSTER CITY... IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE... PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 1009 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TOWARD SUNRISE AND REMAIN STRONG FOR MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH AT TIMES FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL FOR SOME HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ACROSS NORTH SOUTH ROADS MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OR UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BLOW AROUND EASILY AND MAY CAUSE DAMAGE OR INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AWB
966 WWUS73 KDMX 040527 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1227 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FRIDAY... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN IOWA OVERNIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE SYSTEM ON FRIDAY. IAZ033>035-044>047-057>059-070>072-081>083-092>094-041330- /O.EXT.KDMX.WI.Y.0010.140404T1200Z-140404T1800Z/ SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT... WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON... LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA... BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR... LAMONI...LEON 1227 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OR UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BLOW AROUND EASILY AND MAY CAUSE DAMAGE OR INJURY. && $$ IAZ025>028-036>039-048>050-060>062-073>075-041330- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0010.140404T1200Z-140404T2200Z/ WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION...BELMOND... HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK...GREENE... APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...WEBSTER CITY... IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE... PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 1227 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TOWARD SUNRISE AND REMAIN STRONG FOR MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OR UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BLOW AROUND EASILY AND MAY CAUSE DAMAGE OR INJURY. && $$
935 WWUS73 KDMX 041212 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 712 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE SYSTEM ON TODAY BEFORE DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ033>035-044>047-057>059-070>072-081>083-092>094-041800- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140404T1800Z/ SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT... WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON... LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA... BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR... LAMONI...LEON 712 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SUSTAINED 25 TO 30 MPH WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OR UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BLOW AROUND EASILY AND MAY CAUSE DAMAGE OR INJURY. && $$ IAZ025>028-036>039-048>050-060>062-073>075-042015- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140404T2200Z/ WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION...BELMOND... HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK...GREENE... APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...WEBSTER CITY... IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE... PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 712 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OR UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BLOW AROUND EASILY AND MAY CAUSE DAMAGE OR INJURY. && $$
601 WWUS73 KDMX 041507 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1007 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES TODAY. A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE SYSTEM BUT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ033>035-044>047-057>059-070>072-081>083-092>094-041800- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140404T1800Z/ SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT... WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON... LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA... BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR... LAMONI...LEON 1007 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SUSTAINED 25 TO 30 MPH WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OR UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BLOW AROUND EASILY AND MAY CAUSE DAMAGE OR INJURY. && $$ IAZ025>028-036>039-048>050-060>062-073>075-042200- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140404T2200Z/ WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION...BELMOND... HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK...GREENE... APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...WEBSTER CITY... IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE... PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 1007 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OR UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BLOW AROUND EASILY AND MAY CAUSE DAMAGE OR INJURY. && $$ FAB
776 WWUS73 KDMX 041654 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1154 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES TODAY. A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN IOWA...BUT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ033>035-044>047-057>059-070>072-081>083-092>094-041800- /O.CAN.KDMX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140404T1800Z/ SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT... WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON... LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE...DENISON...CARROLL... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA... BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR... LAMONI...LEON 1154 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. CURRENTLY WIND SPEEDS ARE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS BUT THIS IS BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. AS A RESULT THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WESTERN IOWA. A NORTHWEST WIND AT 25 TO 35 MPH IS STILL EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON SO ALTHOUGH THE ADVISORY IS CANCELLED IT WILL STILL BE VERY WINDY.| $$ IAZ025>028-036>039-048>050-060>062-073>075-042200- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140404T2200Z/ WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION...BELMOND... HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK...GREENE... APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...WEBSTER CITY... IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE... PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 1154 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. IF CONDITIONS REMAIN BORDERLINE THE WIND ADVISORY MAY BE CANCELLED EARLIER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...LOOSE OR UNSECURED OBJECTS WILL BLOW AROUND EASILY AND MAY CAUSE DAMAGE OR INJURY. && $$ FAB
112 WWUS73 KDMX 042021 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 321 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WINDS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA... .THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT A RETURN OF WINTER TO CENTRAL IOWA IS NOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES. WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM ARE ALSO BEGINNING TO LOSE THEIR GRIP ON CENTRAL IOWA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. IAZ025>028-036>039-048>050-060>062-073>075-042130- /O.CAN.KDMX.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140404T2200Z/ WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK- STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION...BELMOND... HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK...GREENE... APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...WEBSTER CITY... IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE... PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA 321 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WHILE IT WILL REMAIN WINDY ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA THIS AFTERNOON... WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE EAST ARE FINALLY BEGINNING TO FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. AT 3 PM THERE WERE NO LOCATIONS MEETING ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THE TREND FOR DIMINISHING WIND WILL CONTINUE. AS A RESULT THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE CANCELLED. $$ FAB
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Apr 3, 3:48 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 3:48 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 348 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 348 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 VERY DIFFICULT FORECAST TONIGHT AS WE HAVE TO CONTEND WITH NUMEROUS ISSUES. MOIST AIRMASS IS IN PLACE AND SOUNDINGS SHOW AN ELEVATED WARM LAYER CREATING A STEEP INVERSION. THIS IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD FOG ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. ACROSS THE SOUTH WHERE TEMPS ARE WARMER AND THERE IS SLIGHTLY MORE MOISTURE...VSBYS ARE BOUNCING AROUND BETWEEN 1 MILE TO AN OCCASIONAL QUARTER MILE OR LESS. BECAUSE OF THE MOSTLY TRANSITORY NATURE OF THE QUARTER MILE VSBYS I HAVE BEEN HANDLING THE DENSE FOG WITH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS VERSUS AN ADVISORY. SURFACE LOW OVER ECEN KS/WCEN MO WITH AN ATTENDANT WARM FRONT ACROSS CEN/NRN MO. THIS SYSTEM IS POORLY HANDLED BY THE MODELS AND IS MOVING SLOWER THAN ANTICIPATED. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS ALSO NOT MOVING MUCH...LIKELY BEING AFFECTED BY THE ABUNDANCE OF CONVECTION FIRING ALONG THE BOUNDARY. HOWEVER...AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE OVER THE PLAINS WHICH WAS DIGGING EARLIER IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT EAST THIS EVENING. THE ACTION OF THE ADVANCING SHORTWAVE SHOULD KICK THE SURFACE LOW NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. THIS WOULD ADVANCE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW UP INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA THIS EVENING BEFORE LIFTING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. THE MODELS BRING THE TRIPLE POINT INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA AROUND 00Z THROUGH AROUND 03Z. THEY HAVE HAD THIS SYSTEM POORLY TIMED FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS SO WHILE TIMING IS IN QUESTION IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT WILL LIFT ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. MUCAPES OF UP TO 2000 J/KG AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR IN EXCESS OF 50 KTS EXISTS WITH THIS FEATURE AND WILL LIFT INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA. THIS WILL BRING A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE COLD FRONT WITH THIS LOW WILL OVERTAKE THE SE PORTION OF OUR FORECAST AREA BEFORE STORMS REALLY GET GOING...WHICH WOULD SHIFT THE SEVERE THREAT FURTHER EAST. I DO BELIEVE THIS WILL BE THE CASE THUS I HAVE A MENTION OF ISOLATED STORMS GOING ACROSS THE FAR EAST/SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH SCATTERED STORMS MENTIONED AROUND THE OTM AREA. WILL MENTION IN THE HWO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS BUT WILL NOT PLAY IT UP AT THIS POINT. TOO MANY THINGS CAN MESS THIS UP...NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR THE LOW TO MOVE FURTHER EAST BEFORE LIFTING NORTH. NEXT IS THE SNOW POTENTIAL ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTION OF IOWA. THE STRONG SHORTWAVE IS PRODUCING AMPLE LIFT TO OUR WEST WHICH IS PRODUCING ANYTHING FROM DRIZZLE TO RAIN TO SLEET. AS THE LOW LIFTS UP...DEFORMATION ZONE PRECIP WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA AND WITH COLDER AIR MOVING IN THERE WILL BE A TRANSITION PERIOD THEN SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH/NORTHWEST. DECIDED TO LEAVE THE ADVISORY/WARNING AREAS AS IS. NOT LOOKING FOR MORE THAN 2-4 INCHES UP THERE BUT ESPECIALLY IN EMMET COUNTY THERE COULD BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING PRECIP THEN SNOW...FOLLOWED BY STRONG WIND THAT WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF CENTRAL IOWA TOWARDS MORNING. .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... ISSUED AT 348 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL BE ON THE WAY OUT BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH MAINLY RESIDUAL PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTHEAST EARLY FRIDAY. MAIN CONCERN FOR EARLY ON FRIDAY WILL BE WIND ACROSS THE AREA. MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE TRACK OF LOW TONIGHT...MAINLY DUE TO CONVECTION AND FEEDBACK ACROSS SOUTH. GENERAL CONSENSUS IS FOR THE LOW TO BECOME BENT BACK OVERNIGHT AS IT OCCLUDES IN EASTERN IOWA...WHICH WILL AMPLIFY WIND FLOW BEHIND THE LOW. WITH WIND ADVISORY NEEDED ACROSS THE WEST...INDICATIONS ARE THAT WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE EAST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. SYSTEM WILL BE PULLING OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDDAY...WITH RESIDUAL MOISTURE IN THE MORNING ADDING ABOUT AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW FAR NORTH. ADVISORY AND WARNING FOR FAR NORTHWEST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 18Z...BUT WINDS LIKELY TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH AFTERNOON EAST OF I35. SOME QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT AMOUNT OF BLOWING SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM. BEGINNING AS RAIN WITH WET GROUND AHEAD OF SNOW...MAY SEE LIMITED BLOWING SNOW EARLY MONDAY. WILL LET OVERNIGHT SHIFT DECIDE TO EITHER EXTEND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FAR NORTH BEYOND 18Z OR REPLACE WITH WIND ADVISORY AT THAT POINT UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON AT 22Z. CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE LATER IN THE DAY WITH WESTERN AREAS LIKELY TO SEE THE MOST SUNSHINE AND EASTERN AREAS STILL SEEING A FEW CLOUDS LINGER UNTIL MID AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC CURVATURE BECOMES MORE ANTI CYCLONIC BY 00Z. TEMPS WILL RECOVER DURING THE AFTERNOON AND HAVE RAISED HIGHS A BIT FRIDAY MAINLY WEST. AS THE RIDGE SETTLES IN FRIDAY NIGHT COOL OVERNIGHT LOWS EXPECTED WITH LIGHT WINDS AND WEAK WARM AIR ADVECTION ALOFT. WITH A FLAT H500 FLOW AND WARMING TEMPS AT H850 SATURDAY LOOKS TO BE MILDER WITH SOME RETURN OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS AND INCREASING CHANCES FOR LIGHT PRECIPITATION TOWARD LATE AFTERNOON NORTHWEST. CHANCES FOR LIGHT RAIN RETURN OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY. TEMPS ALOFT AND THICKNESS AS WELL AS SFC LOWS DONT SUPPORT ANY SNOW OR MIX SATURDAY NIGHT. REMAINDER OF THE WEEK SHOWS GRADUAL WARMING TREND WITH SOME CHANCES FOR LIGHT RAIN CONTINUING...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH LIGHT SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT AS WEAK WAVE ACROSS CANADA DROPS SOUTH INTO THE GREAT PLAINS. BY LATE TUESDAY A STRONG RIDGE OVER THE WEST COAST WILL MOVE EAST AND BUILD HEIGHTS/WARMER TEMPERATURES INTO IOWA WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ITS LIKELY THAT HIGHS WILL WARM INTO THE 60S WEDNESDAY OVER THE WEST AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON THURSDAY. && .AVIATION...03/18Z ISSUED AT 100 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 IFR TO LIFR CIGS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MUCH OF THE FCST PD. LOCALIZED VSBY AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE OR LESS WILL MAINLY AFFECT SOUTHERN IOWA AND KOTM BUT VSBYS WILL BE BOUNCING AROUND AND NOT CONSISTENTLY AT M1/4SM...FOR THE MOST PART. AFT 00Z SURFACE LOW AND WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHEAST. A WARM FRONT WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL SET UP OVER FAR SE IA AS WRAP AROUND CLOUDS PRECIP MOVE INTO IA. THUNDER CHANCES RELEGATED TO KOTM WITH ISOLD TSRA POSSIBLE AT KDSM FOR A BRIEF PERIOD. MAIN CONCERN IS COLD AIR WRAPPING AROUND PRODUCING SNOW ACROSS NRN TAF SITES...POSSIBLY WORKING INTO KDSM BRIEFLY AFT 09Z. PRECIP SHOULD BE ENDING AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER 12Z BUT WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME VERY STRONG AFT 12Z. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR BLACK HAWK-BREMER- BUTLER-FRANKLIN-GRUNDY-HAMILTON-HARDIN-JASPER-MAHASKA-MARION- MARSHALL-POLK-POWESHIEK-STORY-TAMA-WARREN-WRIGHT. WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR ADAIR-ADAMS- AUDUBON-BOONE-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CASS-CLARKE-CRAWFORD-DALLAS- DECATUR-GREENE-GUTHRIE-MADISON-RINGGOLD-SAC-TAYLOR-UNION-WEBSTER. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR CERRO GORDO-HANCOCK-HUMBOLDT-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO- POCAHONTAS-WINNEBAGO-WORTH. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR EMMET. && SHORT TERM...FAB LONG TERM...REV AVIATION...FAB
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 4:58 AM CDT, 10 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 458 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 IAZ004-041100- EMMET- 458 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX AND THEN EVENTUALLY ALL SNOW TONIGHT WITH HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MIDDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT ANY WINTER REPORTS SUCH AS SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE APPRECIATED. IAZ005>007-015>017-023-024-041100- KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS- HUMBOLDT- 458 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. THEY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX AND THEN EVENTUALLY ALL SNOW EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MIDDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT ANY WINTER REPORTS SUCH AS SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE APPRECIATED. IAZ025>028-033>039-044>050-057>061-070-071-081-041100- WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN- GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL- TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS- 458 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW MAY BE STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. IAZ062-072>075-082>086-092>097-041100- POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 458 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE BRIEFLY NEEDED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. SMALL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 9:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 959 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 IAZ082>084-093>095-031700- UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON... MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON...SEYMOUR...ALLERTON... HUMESTON 959 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH NOON... FOG IS WIDESPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA WITH VISIBILITIES RANGING FROM ONE TO 5 MILES. A FEW AREAS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN IOWA WILL SEE VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH THE NOON HOURS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR A RAPID REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW MORE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND TRAFFIC AHEAD OF YOU. FAB
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 12:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1250 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 IAZ062-073>075-082>085-093>096-032000- POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...NORWALK... CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CRESTON...OSCEOLA... CHARITON...ALBIA...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE 1250 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...ARES OF DENSE FOG REMAIN OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA... A VERY SOUPY AIRMASS IS KEEPING VERY LOW CLOUDS AND WIDESPREAD FOG ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. MOST LOCATIONS ARE REPORTING VISIBILITIES FROM ONE TO 5 MILES BUT LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY REPORTING VISIBILITIES FROM THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE TO OCCASIONALLY ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. IF TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON BE PREPARED FOR REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN LOWER LYING AREAS. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA SPACE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND VEHICLES IN FRONT OF YOU. FAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 4:33 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 30 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:33 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto and 3 more | 31 hr |
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