Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Dec 14, 2015, 7:25 AM CST for 11 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2015, 7:25 AM CST (13:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Calhoun County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sac County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
889 WWUS73 KDMX 141325 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 725 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015 ...STRONG WIND OCCURRING THIS MORNING... .WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF A DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAVE BEEN INCREASING AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE THE SYSTEM DEPARTS. IAZ004>007-015>017-023-024-033-034-141800- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0013.151214T1325Z-151214T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN- 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...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW... ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON... LAKE CITY...POMEROY 725 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * WINDS...NORTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF A DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ARE OCCURRING OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN IOWA. LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS WILL BE MOST AFFECTED. 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. && $$ FAB
1 follow-up statement
929 WWUS73 KDMX 141806 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1206 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... IAZ004>007-015>017-023-024-033-034-141915- /O.EXP.KDMX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-151214T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW... ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON... LAKE CITY...POMEROY 1206 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THOUGH CONDITIONS WILL FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 9:26 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Wapello | 12 days |
| Dec 13, 9:27 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 6 days |
| Dec 13, 9:27 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 6 days |
| Dec 13, 9:29 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 47 hr |
| Dec 14, 7:35 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Hardin, Story | 24 hr |
| Dec 14, 8:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk, Story | 56 hr |
| Dec 14, 8:47 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Story | 34 hr |
| Dec 14, 9:59 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 31 hr |
| Dec 14, 11:06 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Sac | 24 hr |
| Dec 14, 11:32 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Story | 42 hr |
| Dec 14, 11:32 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion, Polk | 4 days |
| Dec 14, 11:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Marshall | 4 days |
| Dec 14, 12:30 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Grundy, Hardin, Marshall, Story | 24 hr |
| Dec 14, 1:20 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Webster | 5 days |
| Dec 14, 1:20 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Webster | 3 days |
| Dec 14, 2:13 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Greene | 5 days |
| Dec 14, 2:13 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 3 days |
| Dec 14, 2:27 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Marion, Warren | 24 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:39 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 5 days |
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.