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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Mar 11, 2014, 1:44 PM CDT for 18 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2014, 1:44 PM CDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Madison County, IA, Polk County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 3280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
375 WWUS73 KDMX 111844 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 144 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EVENING... .STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND INTO THE EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TO SOUTHWEST IOWA. IAZ044>047-057>060-070>073-081>083-092>094-120245- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0007.140311T1844Z-140312T0300Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS- ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE... AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY... PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON 144 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN BREEZY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SHIFT NORTH TO NORTHWEST BY AROUND SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...ANY OUTDOOR OBJECTS NOT FASTENED DOWN WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN AND POSSIBLY SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AND COMBINED WITH THE GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. 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. && $$ PODRAZIK
3 follow-up statements
582 WWUS73 KDMX 112129 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 429 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING... IAZ044>047-057>060-070>073-081>083-092>094-120300- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140312T0300Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS- ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE... AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY... PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON 429 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING WITH A GRADUAL SHIFT TO THE NORTH. * IMPACTS...ANY OUTDOOR OBJECTS NOT FASTENED DOWN WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN AND POSSIBLY SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AND COMBINED WITH THE GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
840 WWUS73 KDMX 120129 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 829 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS SLOWLY DIMINISHING THIS EVENING... IAZ044>047-057>060-070>073-081>083-120230- /O.CAN.KDMX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140312T0300Z/ CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS- ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE... AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY... PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA 829 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS REMAIN FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH BUT ARE NOT AS STRONG AS EARLIER IN THE DAY...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ IAZ092>094-120300- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140312T0300Z/ TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET... MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON 829 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY OUTDOOR OBJECTS NOT FASTENED DOWN WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN AROUND DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN AND POSSIBLY SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AND COMBINED WITH THE GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
856 WWUS73 KDMX 120258 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 958 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 IAZ092>094-120400- /O.EXP.KDMX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140312T0300Z/ TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET... MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON 958 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BUT WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS EARLIER IN THE EVENING AND AFTERNOON. $$ CC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 3:41 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Wayne | 8 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.