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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Apr 5, 2016, 2:57 PM CDT for 24 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Apr 6, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2016, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2016, 3:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 24 counties
Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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, 8.0 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
- 1675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 467 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 825 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
631 WWUS73 KDMX 051957 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 257 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...GUSTY WINDS AGAIN WEDNESDAY... .GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...AS AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE DROPS THROUGH THE STATE. SOME SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AND SOME OF THE STRONGEST WINDS GUSTS MAY END UP OCCURRING NEAR AREAS WITH SHOWERS/LIGHT RAIN. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-033>037-044>048-057>059-060400- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0005.160406T1500Z-160407T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- HARDIN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS- 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...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE... SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL 257 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...AND UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND. STRONG WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER. ANY FIRES WHICH START COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. 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. && $$ MJB
4 follow-up statements
407 WWUS73 KDMX 060425 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1125 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...STRONG WINDS AGAIN WEDNESDAY... IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-033>037-044>048-057>059-061230- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0005.160406T1500Z-160407T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- HARDIN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE... SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL 1125 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN BY MID MORNING WEDNESDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...AND UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND. STRONG WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER. ANY FIRES WHICH START COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
957 WWUS73 KDMX 060843 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 343 AM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...STRONG WINDS AGAIN TODAY... .ANOTHER EPISODE OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING TO SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WITH IOWA BETWEEN THIS LOW AND PLAINS HIGH PRESSURE...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-033>037-044>048-057>059-061700- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0005.160406T1500Z-160407T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- HARDIN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS- 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...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE... SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL 343 AM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN BY MID MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...THE HIGHEST OF THAT RANGE OVER WESTERN IOWA. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...AND UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND. STRONG WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER. ANY FIRES WHICH START COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. 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. && $$ SMALL
662 WWUS73 KDMX 061746 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1246 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...BLUSTERY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON TODAY AND DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-033>037-044>048-057>059-070000- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160407T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- HARDIN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE... SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL 1246 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...THE HIGHEST OF THAT RANGE OVER WESTERN IOWA. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...AND UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND. STRONG WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER. ANY FIRES WHICH START COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PODRAZIK
537 WWUS73 KDMX 062031 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 331 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-033>037-044>048-057>059-062145- /O.CAN.KDMX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160407T0000Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- HARDIN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS- 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...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE... SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL 331 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. A FEW LOCATIONS STILL MAY EXPERIENCE BRIEF GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT ANY WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS HAVE WEAKENED TO 25 TO 33 MPH. $$ KLP
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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.