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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Des Moines, IA

April 26, 201612 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Apr 26, 2016, 8:58 AM CDT for 12 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2016, 8:58 AM CDT (13:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA

Counties Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

As transmitted.

796 
WWUS73 KDMX 261358
NPWDMX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
858 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...BRIEF STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING...

.STRONG WINDS ARE DEVELOPING ON THE BACKSIDE OF AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING. THE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS SHOULD REMAIN FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE DIMINSHING TO
BELOW ADVISORY LIMITS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. WINDS
  SHOULD DIMINISH TO EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY AT 10 TO 20 MPH
  WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

IAZ070>073-081>084-092>095-261700-
/O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0007.160426T1358Z-160426T1700Z/
CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-TAYLOR-
RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART...
ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...
CARLISLE...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...BEDFORD...
LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON...
SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON
858 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND OUTDOORS AND HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE TRAVEL IMPACTS.

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
1 follow-up statement
398 
WWUS73 KDMX 261709
NPWDMX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1209 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016



IAZ070>073-081>084-092>095-261815-
/O.EXP.KDMX.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160426T1700Z/
CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-TAYLOR-
RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART...
ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...
CARLISLE...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...BEDFORD...
LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON...
SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON
1209 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

SOME GUSTY SOUTHEASTLY WINDS STILL REMAIN...BUT THE ADVISORY LEVEL
WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SO THE ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED. EAST TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

$$

MJB

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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.