Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Jan 10, 2017, 9:48 AM CST for 34 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 10, 2017, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2017, 9:48 AM CST (15:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 10, 2017, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 34 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 1214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
538 WWUS73 KDMX 101548 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 948 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...GUSTY WINDS TODAY... .WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND BECOME QUITE GUSTY BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AS WINDS SHIFT AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST...THE STRONGEST WINDS GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IAZ050-061-062-070>075-081>086-092>097-110000- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0001.170110T1600Z-170111T0000Z/ TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, GLADBROOK, NEWTON, GRINNELL, ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 948 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WESTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE ISSUES WITH THE STRONG WINDS...AND ANY LOOSE OBJECTS OUT DOORS MAY BECOME LOFTED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ MJB
3 follow-up statements
122 WWUS73 KDMX 101903 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 103 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...GUSTY WINDS TODAY... .STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH TOWARD EARLY EVENING. IAZ037>039-044>049-057>060-110000- /O.EXA.KDMX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0000Z/ HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY- MARSHALL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, AND DES MOINES 103 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE ISSUES WITH THE STRONG WINDS...AND ANY LOOSE OBJECTS OUT DOORS MAY BECOME LOFTED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. IT MAY BE EASIER TO LOSE CONTROL OF A VEHICLE IF DRIVING IN THE STRONG WINDS ROADS WITH ICY SPOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IAZ050-061-062-070>075-081>086-092>097-110000- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0000Z/ TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA- ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, GLADBROOK, NEWTON, GRINNELL, ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 103 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE ISSUES WITH THE STRONG WINDS...AND ANY LOOSE OBJECTS OUT DOORS MAY BECOME LOFTED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ MJB
332 WWUS73 KDMX 102127 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 327 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017 IAZ037>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-110000- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0000Z/ HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY- MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS- ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, GLADBROOK, AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, GRINNELL, ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 327 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE ISSUES WITH THE STRONG WINDS...AND ANY LOOSE OBJECTS OUT DOORS MAY BECOME LOFTED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MJB
298 WWUS73 KDMX 102340 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 540 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017 IAZ037>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-110045- /O.EXP.KDMX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170111T0000Z/ HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY- MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS- ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF IOWA FALLS, ELDORA, ACKLEY, GRUNDY CENTER, REINBECK, CONRAD, DIKE, WELLSBURG, WATERLOO, CEDAR FALLS, DENISON, CARROLL, JEFFERSON, BOONE, AMES, MARSHALLTOWN, TAMA, TOLEDO, TRAER, DYSART, GLADBROOK, AUDUBON, EXIRA, GUTHRIE CENTER, PANORA, BAYARD, CASEY, PERRY, WAUKEE, ADEL, DES MOINES, NEWTON, GRINNELL, ATLANTIC, GREENFIELD, STUART, ADAIR, FONTANELLE, WINTERSET, EARLHAM, INDIANOLA, NORWALK, CARLISLE, PELLA, KNOXVILLE, OSKALOOSA, CORNING, CRESTON, OSCEOLA, CHARITON, ALBIA, OTTUMWA, BEDFORD, LENOX, NEW MARKET, MOUNT AYR, LAMONI, LEON, CORYDON, SEYMOUR, ALLERTON, HUMESTON, CENTERVILLE, AND BLOOMFIELD 540 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY THIS EVENING AS SURFACE RIDGING MOVES INTO WESTERN IOWA. THEREFORE, THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 4:16 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 24 more | 14 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.