Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Des Moines, IA
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.
- 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
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
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.