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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Jan 20, 2014, 3:36 PM CST for 11 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 20, 2014, 4:00 PM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2014, 3:36 PM CST (21:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2014, 4:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
939 WWUS73 KDMX 202136 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 336 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...GUSTY WINDS AGAIN THIS EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST AND BE QUITE GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. IAZ044-045-057-058-070-071-081-082-092>094-210545- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0004.140120T2200Z-140121T0600Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...ATLANTIC... GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...CORNING...CRESTON... BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON 336 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BEFORE 9 PM...WITH DIMINISHING WINDS TOWARD MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MID EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING OF ANY SNOW THAT DOES FALL THIS EVENING. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
537 WWUS73 KDMX 210310 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 910 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING BEFORE WEAKENING AROUND MIDNIGHT. IAZ044-045-057-058-070-071-081-082-092>094-210600- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140121T0600Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...ATLANTIC... GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...CORNING...CRESTON... BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON 910 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING BEFORE WEAKENING AROUND MIDNIGHT OR INTO MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING OF ANY SNOW AND CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PODRAZIK
225 WWUS73 KDMX 210545 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1145 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...NORTHWEST WINDS SLOWLY WEAKENING... .THE VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL WEAKEN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS LOOK TO STILL REMAIN AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IAZ044-045-057-058-070-071-081-082-092>094-210645- /O.EXP.KDMX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140121T0600Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...ATLANTIC... GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...CORNING...CRESTON... BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON 1145 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE WEAKENED TO BELOW CRITERIA. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH BY SUNRISE. $$ KLP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 3:42 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | Adair, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 42 more | 32 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.