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Winter Weather Advisory 6, NWS Des Moines, IA

January 25, 20218 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 25, 2021, 4:17 AM CST for 8 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 25, 2021, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 25, 2021, 4:17 AM CST (10:17 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 25, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 26, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA

Counties Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Wright County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:23 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 281 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2021-01-25Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2021-01-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -86 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
88 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Jan 25, 3:05 AM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 3:05 AM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 4:15 AM CST, 2 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
415 AM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

IAZ004>007-015-261200-
Emmet-Kossuth-Winnebago-Worth-Palo Alto-
415 AM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Iowa.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight

Light snow is forecast tonight, but impacts should be minimal.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters will not be needed but snowfall reports are appreciated.

IAZ016-017-023>028-261200-
Hancock-Cerro Gordo-Pocahontas-Humboldt-Wright-Franklin-Butler-
Bremer-
415 AM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Iowa.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for the area for tonight.
Please refer to the National Weather Service Des Moines Website at
weather.gov/desmoines for more details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters will not be needed but snowfall reports are appreciated.

IAZ033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-261200-
Sac-Calhoun-Webster-Hamilton-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-
415 AM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Iowa.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight

A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the area for today and
tonight. Please refer to the National Weather Service Des Moines
Website at weather.gov/desmoines for more details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters will not be needed but snowfall reports are appreciated.

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Iowa, 2021Every winter weather advisory in 2021

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.