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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind advisory at Dec 29, 2016, 3:34 AM CST for 21 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Illinois; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Dec 29, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2016, 3:34 AM CST (09:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 30 counties
Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Warren County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
920 WWUS73 KDVN 290934 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 334 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .THE COMBINATION OF DAY TIME HEATING AND COLD AIR ALOFT WILL HELP MIX DOWN STRONGER WINDS ALOFT FROM A PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. DEPENDING UPON HOW THE STRONG WINDS DEVELOP DURING THE DAY...THE WIND ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED IN AREAL COVERAGE. IAZ040-291745- /O.NEW.KDVN.WI.Y.0007.161229T1500Z-161229T2300Z/ BUCHANAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...INDEPENDENCE 334 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNSET. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...AND LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED, WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$
5 follow-up statements
127 WWUS73 KDVN 291534 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 934 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY... .THE COMBINATION OF DAY TIME HEATING AND COLD AIR ALOFT WILL HELP MIX DOWN STRONGER WINDS ALOFT FROM A PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY SUNSET. IAZ041-042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-015-024-292300- /O.EXA.KDVN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161229T2300Z/ DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR- CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY... TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...DAVENPORT...BETTENDORF... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...GALENA...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO 934 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SUNSET. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...AND LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED... WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ IAZ040-292300- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161229T2300Z/ BUCHANAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...INDEPENDENCE 934 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SUNSET. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...AND LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED... WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ HAASE
820 WWUS73 KDVN 291920 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 120 PM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF DAY TIME HEATING AND COLD AIR ALOFT WILL HELP MIX DOWN STRONGER WINDS ALOFT FROM A PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY SUNSET. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-015-024-292300- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161229T2300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...DAVENPORT... BETTENDORF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...GALENA...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... ALEDO 120 PM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNSET. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...AND LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED... WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ HAASE
530 WWUS73 KDVN 292026 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 226 PM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF DAY TIME HEATING AND COLD AIR ALOFT WILL HELP MIX DOWN STRONGER WINDS ALOFT FROM A PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY SUNSET. IAZ098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-292300- /O.EXA.KDVN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161229T2300Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA...FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 226 PM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNSET. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...AND LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED... WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED, WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-015-024-292300- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161229T2300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...DAVENPORT... BETTENDORF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...GALENA...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... ALEDO 226 PM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNSET. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...AND LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED... WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ HAASE
011 WWUS73 KDVN 292052 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 252 PM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF DAY TIME HEATING AND COLD AIR ALOFT WILL HELP MIX DOWN STRONGER WINDS ALOFT FROM A PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY SUNSET. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-015- 024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-292300- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161229T2300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...DAVENPORT... BETTENDORF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA...FORT MADISON...GALENA... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 252 PM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNSET. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...AND LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED... WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. && $$ HAASE
230 WWUS73 KDVN 292300 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 500 PM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WINDS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE REGION... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH WITH THE SETTING SUN AND SPEEDS NO GREATER THAN 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-015- 024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-300000- /O.EXP.KDVN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-161229T2300Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-ROCK ISLAND-MERCER- HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...DAVENPORT... BETTENDORF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA...FORT MADISON...GALENA... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 500 PM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING AND THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN IOWA...FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND FAR NORTHWEST ILLINOIS HAS EXPIRED. $$ SHEETS
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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.