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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Nov 23, 2014, 3:34 PM CST for 15 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Nov 24, 2014, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2014, 3:34 PM CST (21:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 24, 2014, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Greene County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sac County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
473 WWUS73 KDMX 232134 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 334 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT IS USHERING IN WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. AS A STORM DEEPENS OVER MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>025-033>035-045-046-240545- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0018.141124T0900Z-141125T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CARROLL-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER... EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY... FORT DODGE...CARROLL...JEFFERSON 334 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME RATHER STRONG OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG FOR MUCH OF MONDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. THE MINOR SNOWFALL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT MAY BLOW BACK ONTO ROADS MONDAY RESULTING IN SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS FROM TIME TO TIME. 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. && $$ REV
6 follow-up statements
556 WWUS73 KDMX 240313 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 913 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT IS USHERING IN WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. AS THE STORM DEEPENS OVER MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>025-033>035-045-046-241115- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0018.141124T0900Z-141125T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CARROLL-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER... EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY... FORT DODGE...CARROLL...JEFFERSON 913 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT...REMAINING STRONG FOR MUCH OF MONDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. THE MINOR SNOWFALL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT MAY BLOW BACK ONTO ROADS MONDAY RESULTING IN SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS FROM TIME TO TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AWB
273 WWUS73 KDMX 240954 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 354 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT USHERED IN COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WINDY CONDITIONS LAST EVENING. AS THE PARENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS OVER THE GREAT LAKES....WINDS BEHIND THE LOW WILL REMAIN BRISK FROM THE NORTHWEST INTO THE AFTERNOON. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>025-033>035-045-046-241700- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-141125T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CARROLL-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER... EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY... FORT DODGE...CARROLL...JEFFERSON 354 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SMALL
455 WWUS73 KDMX 241613 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1013 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEEPEN TODAY OVER THE GREAT LAKES....WINDS BEHIND THE LOW WILL REMAIN BRISK FROM THE NORTHWEST INTO THE AFTERNOON. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>025-033>035-045-046-250000- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-141125T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CARROLL-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER... EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY... FORT DODGE...CARROLL...JEFFERSON 1013 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL TODAY MAY BLOW ONTO ROADS RESULTING IN SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS FROM TIME TO TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ REV
842 WWUS73 KDMX 241913 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 113 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEEPEN TODAY OVER THE GREAT LAKES....WINDS BEHIND THE LOW WILL REMAIN BRISK FROM THE NORTHWEST INTO THE AFTERNOON. IAZ033>035-045-046-242015- /O.CAN.KDMX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-141125T0000Z/ SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CARROLL-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT... WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON... LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE...CARROLL...JEFFERSON 113 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE BEEN DIMINISHING SLOWLY OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. THOUGH STILL BREEZY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 35 MPH RANGE FOR THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>025-250000- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-141125T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND 113 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL TODAY MAY BLOW ONTO ROADS RESULTING IN SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS FROM TIME TO TIME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ REV
186 WWUS73 KDMX 242126 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 326 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...STRONGEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO PULL EAST OF THE GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY EVENING AS THE LOW TRACKS EAST. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>025-250000- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-141125T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND 326 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL MAY BLOW ONTO ROADS RESULTING IN SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS FROM TIME TO TIME INTO EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ REV
108 WWUS73 KDMX 242347 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 547 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... IAZ004>007-015>017-023>025-250100- /O.EXP.KDMX.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-141125T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND 547 PM CST MON NOV 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE NEAR 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING. $$ AWB
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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.