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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind advisory at Jan 16, 2014, 10:47 AM CST for 12 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 16, 2014, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2014, 10:47 AM CST (16:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2014, 8:10 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 315 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
- 464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
400 WWUS73 KDVN 161647 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1047 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...STRONG WINDS OVER EASTERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD EASTERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AS AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. IAZ040-041-051>053-063>065-076-077-087-098-170100- /O.NEW.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.140116T1800Z-140117T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-KEOKUK- WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA. 1047 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NOON HOUR AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY ALSO BLOW AROUND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS UNSECURED TRASH CANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING OR WORKING OUTDOORS. && $$ SHEEETS
2 follow-up statements
797 WWUS73 KDVN 162037 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 237 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...STRONG WINDS OVER EASTERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS A WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. IAZ040-041-051>053-063>065-076-077-087-098-170300- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140117T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-KEOKUK- WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA. 237 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY ALSO BLOW AROUND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS UNSECURED TRASH CANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING OR WORKING OUTDOORS. && $$ SHEETS
162 WWUS73 KDVN 170210 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 810 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...VERY STRONG WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED... .GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...BUT WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE SUSTAINED OVER 30 MPH...OR GUST OVER 45 MPH...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IAZ040-041-051>053-063>065-076-077-087-098-170315- /O.CAN.KDVN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140117T0300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-KEOKUK- WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...KEOSAUQUA. 810 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WHICH WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO -20 IN MANY LOCATIONS BY MORNING. $$ ERVIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 4:48 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Van Buren and 1 more | 4 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.