Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2017, 3:52 AM CST for 13 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 30, 2017, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2017, 3:52 AM CST (09:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2017, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2017, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sac County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 1625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
661 WWUS73 KDMX 300952 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 352 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. IAZ004>006-015-016-023-024-033-034-044-045-301800- /O.NEW.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.170130T2100Z-170131T0300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC- CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, EMMETSBURG, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, DENISON, AND CARROLL 352 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER 2 PM AND CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST BETWEEN 4 AND 8 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS TO 25 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS AND INTERSTATES WILL BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED...LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND OR LOFTED AND MAY RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ REV
3 follow-up statements
005 WWUS73 KDMX 301526 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 926 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. WITH A LARGE SNOWPACK ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA...STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS. ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA...AND COULD IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE. IAZ004>006-015-016-023-024-033-034-044-045-310000- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.170130T2100Z-170131T0300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC- CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, EMMETSBURG, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, DENISON, AND CARROLL 926 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE THE EVENING. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST BETWEEN 4 AND 8 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. SOME PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONG WINDS. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK DUE TO PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS. THIS MAY IMPACT THE AFTERNOON/EVENING COMMUTE. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS AND INTERSTATES WILL BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED... LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND OR LOFTED AND MAY RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MJB
534 WWUS73 KDMX 302029 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 229 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS INTO THIS EVENING... .STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS FROM CENTRAL MINNESOTA EAST SOUTHEASTWARD INTO WISCONSIN TONIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA WHERE DEEP SNOWPACK EXISTS. ROADS MAY BECOME PARTIALLY COVERED IN SNOW DUE TO DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS...LEADING TO SLICK SPOTS. THIS COULD IMPACT THE AFTERNOON/EVENING COMMUTE. IAZ007-017-310300- /O.EXA.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.170130T2100Z-170131T0300Z/ WORTH-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NORTHWOOD, MANLY, MASON CITY, AND CLEAR LAKE 229 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONG WINDS. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK DUE TO PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS. THIS MAY IMPACT THE AFTERNOON/EVENING COMMUTE. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS AND INTERSTATES WILL BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED... LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND OR LOFTED AND MAY RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ IAZ004>006-015-016-023-024-033-034-044-045-310300- /O.CON.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.170130T2100Z-170131T0300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC- CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, EMMETSBURG, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, DENISON, AND CARROLL 229 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONG WINDS. * IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK DUE TO PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS. THIS MAY IMPACT THE AFTERNOON/EVENING COMMUTE. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS AND INTERSTATES WILL BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED... LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND OR LOFTED AND MAY RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MJB
492 WWUS73 KDMX 310307 NPWDMX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 907 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...GUSTY WIND TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT... .A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLIDE EAST OVERNIGHT PULLING A WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND OVER THE STATE ALONG WITH SOME FLURRIES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR CRITERIA BUT NOT EXCEED ADVISORY CRITERIA IAZ004>007-015>017-023-024-033-034-044-045-310415- /O.EXP.KDMX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170131T0300Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, EMMETSBURG, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA, MASON CITY, CLEAR LAKE, POCAHONTAS, LAURENS, ROLFE, FONDA, GILMORE CITY, HUMBOLDT, SAC CITY, LAKE VIEW, ODEBOLT, WALL LAKE, SCHALLER, EARLY, ROCKWELL CITY, MANSON, LAKE CITY, POMEROY, DENISON, AND CARROLL 907 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND WILL REMAIN BLUSTERY WITH A FEW STRONG GUSTS OVERNIGHT AND MAY APPROACH ADVISORY CRITERIA BRIEFLY AT TIMES. HOWEVER OVERALL THE WINDS WILL BE JUST BELOW CRITERIA WITH 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS AND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES. ALTHOUGH THE ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...WINDS WILL STILL BE BRISK AND YOU SHOULD STILL USE WINTER DRIVING RULES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS WHERE SOME DRIFTING MAY OCCUR. $$ FAB
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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.