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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2016, 7:59 AM CDT for 11 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Apr 7, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2016, 7:59 AM CDT (12:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sac County, IA, Taylor County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:05 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
130 WWUS73 KDMX 071259 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 759 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AGAIN TODAY... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITHIN LIGHT SHOWERS...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. IAZ004-015-023-033-034-044-045-057-070-081-092-072100- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0006.160407T1700Z-160407T2300Z/ EMMET-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON- CASS-ADAMS-TAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS... LAURENS...ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW... ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON... LAKE CITY...POMEROY...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON...EXIRA... ATLANTIC...CORNING...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET 759 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 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. && $$ MJB
3 follow-up statements
104 WWUS73 KDMX 071642 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1142 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN WESTERN IOWA... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN WESTERN IOWA. ISOLATED SHOWERS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS IN A FEW LOCATIONS. IAZ004-015-023-033-034-044-045-057-070-081-092-072300- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0006.160407T1700Z-160407T2300Z/ EMMET-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON- CASS-ADAMS-TAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS... LAURENS...ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW... ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON... LAKE CITY...POMEROY...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON...EXIRA... ATLANTIC...CORNING...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET 1142 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN STRONG UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. ISOLATED SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...AND UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND. STRONG WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER. ANY FIRES WHICH START COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KS
856 WWUS73 KDMX 072021 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 321 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH EARLY EVENING AND FREEZE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD SUNSET ACROSS WESTERN IOWA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE STATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...WITH MUCH COOLER AIR MOVING INTO IOWA. THIS ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. AREAS ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA WILL BE COLDER THAN AREAS IN THE FREEZE WATCH...HOWEVER IT IS STILL WITHIN THE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL PERIOD FOR THAT AREA TO RECEIVE A FREEZE. THUS NO HEADLINE WILL BE ISSUED FOR AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 AT THIS TIME. IAZ033-034-044-045-057-070-081-092-080430- /O.NEW.KDMX.FZ.A.0001.160409T0300Z-160409T1500Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160407T2300Z/ SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-CASS-ADAMS-TAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT... WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON... LAKE CITY...POMEROY...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON...EXIRA... ATLANTIC...CORNING...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET 321 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH ACROSS WESTERN IOWA THROUGH SUNSET. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 DEGREES BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS... WIND...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. FREEZE...TENDER VEGETATION MAY BE KILLED BY THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND RESULTANT FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ IAZ004-015-023-072300- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160407T2300Z/ EMMET-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS... LAURENS...ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY 321 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN STRONG UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. ISOLATED SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES...AND UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND. STRONG WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER. ANY FIRES WHICH START COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IAZ035>039-046>050-058>062-071>075-082>086-093>097-080430- /O.NEW.KDMX.FZ.A.0001.160409T0300Z-160409T1500Z/ WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY- MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-RINGGOLD- DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY... IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART... GLADBROOK...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY... WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CRESTON... OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI... LEON...CORYDON...SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE... BLOOMFIELD 321 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 DEGREE BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION MAY BE KILLED BY THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND RESULTANT FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ MJB
784 WWUS73 KDMX 072310 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 610 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... IAZ033-034-044-045-057-070-081-092-091300- /O.EXP.KDMX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160407T2300Z/ /O.CON.KDMX.FZ.A.0001.160409T0300Z-160409T1500Z/ SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-CASS-ADAMS-TAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT... WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON... LAKE CITY...POMEROY...DENISON...CARROLL...AUDUBON...EXIRA... ATLANTIC...CORNING...BEDFORD...LENOX...NEW MARKET 610 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH ACROSS WESTERN IOWA THROUGH SUNSET. * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 DEGREES BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. FREEZE...TENDER VEGETATION MAY BE KILLED BY THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND RESULTANT FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ IAZ004-015-023-080015- /O.EXP.KDMX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160407T2300Z/ EMMET-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS... LAURENS...ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY 610 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH ACROSS WESTERN IOWA THROUGH SUNSET AND WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA TONIGHT. $$ IAZ035>039-046>050-058>062-071>075-082>086-093>097-091300- /O.CON.KDMX.FZ.A.0001.160409T0300Z-160409T1500Z/ WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY- MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-RINGGOLD- DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY... IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART... GLADBROOK...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY... WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CRESTON... OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI... LEON...CORYDON...SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE... BLOOMFIELD 610 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 DEGREE BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION MAY BE KILLED BY THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND RESULTANT FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 3:21 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 32 more | 12 hr |
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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.