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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Oct 11, 2015, 3:59 PM CDT for 35 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Oct 12, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2015, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 12, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 35 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Madison County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Union County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 1821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
775 WWUS73 KDMX 112059 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 359 PM CDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MONDAY... .WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A BOUNDARY PUSHING SOUTH ACROSS IOWA TONIGHT...BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>025-033>035-044-045-120500- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.151012T1500Z-151012T2200Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- 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...DENISON...CARROLL 359 PM CDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ AWB
5 follow-up statements
702 WWUS73 KDMX 120404 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1104 PM CDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MONDAY... .WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A BOUNDARY PUSHING SOUTH ACROSS IOWA TONIGHT...BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>025-033>035-044-045-121215- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.151012T1500Z-151012T2200Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER... EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY... FORT DODGE...DENISON...CARROLL 1104 PM CDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE...AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
167 WWUS73 KDMX 120830 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 330 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2015 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A SECONDARY COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH THROUGH IOWA TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER AT TIMES WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. IAZ026>028-036>039-046>049-057>060-070>072-081-082-121630- /O.EXB.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.151012T1500Z-151012T2300Z/ FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR- MADISON-ADAMS-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE... SHELL ROCK...GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER... REINBECK...CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS... JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...DES MOINES...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR... FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...CORNING...CRESTON 330 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE...WITH STRONG WINDS INTO THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>025-033>035-044-045-121630- /O.EXT.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.151012T1500Z-151012T2300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER... EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY... FORT DODGE...DENISON...CARROLL 330 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE...WITH STRONG WINDS INTO THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER. * IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 3O MPH ARE EXPECTED OR WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ REV
231 WWUS73 KDMX 121530 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1030 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2015 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .NORTHWEST WINDS ARE ALREADY GUSTING TO 40 MPH IN NORTHERN IOWA AND ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER AT TIMES WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>049-057>060-070>072-081- 082-122300- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T2300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR- MADISON-ADAMS-UNION- 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...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK... GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY... ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER... REINBECK...CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN... AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY... PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...CORNING... CRESTON 1030 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING BEFORE PEAKING DURING THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER. * IMPACTS...DRIVING IS LIKELY TO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KLP KLP
045 WWUS73 KDMX 122032 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 332 PM CDT MON OCT 12 2015 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND SUNSET. IAZ048-049-057>060-070>072-081-082-122145- /O.CAN.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T2300Z/ STORY-MARSHALL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- ADAMS-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...DES MOINES...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR... FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...CORNING...CRESTON 332 PM CDT MON OCT 12 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA ALLOWING FOR THE WIND ADVISORY TO BE CANCELLED. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>047-122300- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T2300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE- 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...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK... GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY... ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER... REINBECK...CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE 332 PM CDT MON OCT 12 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS LOOK TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SUBSIDING SHORTLY BEFORE SUNSET. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER. * IMPACTS...DRIVING IS LIKELY TO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PODRAZIK
186 WWUS73 KDMX 122300 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 600 PM CDT MON OCT 12 2015 ...WINDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THIS EVENING... .WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY DIMINISHING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>047-130000- /O.EXP.KDMX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T2300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK... GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY... ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER... REINBECK...CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE 600 PM CDT MON OCT 12 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY EXPIRES AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... SUBSTANTIAL WINDS WERE EXPERIENCED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA TODAY...BUT HAVE BEGUN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE FURTHER WITH SUNSET...BUT BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY. $$ LEE
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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.