A strong low pressure system moved southeast across Minnesota, reaching southeast Minnesota by sunrise, and continued east into southern Wisconsin by the afternoon. A strong pressure rise/fall couplet was associated with the low as the mixed layer exhibited a 40 to 50 kt northwest flow.
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A strong low pressure system moved southeast across Minnesota, reaching southeast Minnesota by sunrise, and continued east into southern Wisconsin by the afternoon. A strong pressure rise/fall couplet was associated with the low as the mixed layer exhibited a 40 to 50 kt northwest flow. Strong winds spread across the state in the morning. Most locations were just below high wind criteria with sustained winds around 35 mph with gusts of 45 to 55 MPH. A few locations had high wind gusts. The RWIS site near Mason City reported a wind gust of 64 MPH around 0700 CST. Just before noon, the RWIS site in Carroll County near Carroll reported at 58 MPH wind gust.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jan 14, 5:46 AM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 546 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 .SHORT TERM /TODAY/... ISSUED AT 315 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 LOW PRESSURE IS INTO SOUTHEAST MN NOW AND WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTHEAST AS TRAILING COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE STATE. GOOD MIXING WITH 40 TO 50 KT WINDS IN THE MIXED LAYER BEHIND THE FRONT AND A VERY WELL DEFINED RISE/FALL COUPLET EVIDENT THIS MORNING. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE WIND ADVISORY TODAY AND UPGRADE TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY OVER THE NORTHEAST WHERE SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL. THOUGH AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT...WITH WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY BE AN ISSUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS...AS LONG AS SNOW IS FALLING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON AS WELL. .LONG TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... ISSUED AT 315 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 FORECAST CONCERNS FOR THE EXTENDED WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS AROUND PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR MID WEEK AND STRONG WINDS ALSO EXPECTED. MODELS ATTEMPT TO LINGER LIGHT SNOW ACROSS NORTHEASTERN CWA TONIGHT AS LOW DEPARTS...THOUGH WITH LIMITED MOISTURE HAVE KEPT OVERNIGHT DRY. OVERNIGHT TONIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY AS CAA CONTINUES TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. WINDS WILL ALSO REMAIN STRONG WITH CAA AND PRESSURE GRADIENT OVERNIGHT...AND WILL LEAD TO LOW WIND CHILL VALUES...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH THOUGH VALUES WILL REMAIN AROUND 10 TO 15 BELOW...AND THEREFORE ABOVE ADVISORY CRITERIA. SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DROP SE FROM CANADA FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AND WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER PRODUCER FOR THE EXTENDED. ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH SOUTH LATE WEDNESDAY...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA. AHEAD OF BOUNDARY TEMPERATURES WILL WARM IN WAA...BEFORE DROPPING AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEHIND BOUNDARY. MODELS HAVE SLOWED THIS BOUNDARY AND THEREFORE HAVE KEPT POPS CONFINED TO WEDNESDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. OVERALL...MODELS ARE IN VERY POOR AGREEMENT WITH THE HANDLING OF THIS SYSTEM. GFS IS MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH EXTENT OF PRECIPITATION FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH ECMWF MUCH LESS AGGRESSIVE. NAM KEEPS PRECIP CONFINED TO THE NE...AND FEEL THIS IS THE BEST SOLUTION ATTM. HOWEVER...FORCING WILL BE DECENT WITH THIS SYSTEM AND IF MOISTURE PUSHES FURTHER WEST...MAY SEE ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION. MAIN FORECAST CONCERN HOWEVER COMES THURSDAY AS SECONDARY BOUNDARY PUSHES SOUTH...AS LOW DIGS SE AS WELL. CURRENTLY...LOW EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS GREAT LAKES REGION...THOUGH THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT MODEL DISCREPANCIES IN TRACK AND TIMING OF FROPA. GIVEN DISCREPANCIES...HAVE INCREASED POPS ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA FOR THURSDAY...THOUGH MAY STILL NOT BE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH. WILL SEE ONLY A QUICK SHOT FOR PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM HOWEVER...AS IT PUSHES THROUGH QUICKLY. HOWEVER...AND PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY COME AS SNOW...AND WITH VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY/EVENING THURSDAY AND STRONG PUSH OF CAA...MAY SEE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING SNOW AS SNOW IS FALLING AND FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILL VALUES 20 BELOW OR COLDER IN THE NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL NEED TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED...ESPECIALLY GIVEN CURRENT MODEL DISCREPANCIES. BEHIND SYSTEM NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS IOWA THROUGH MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED..GRADUALLY BECOMING MORE ZONAL. WAVE EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH SATURDAY MAY BRING PRECIPITATION CHANCES...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM FOR THE WEEKEND AND MONDAY WITH SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS. && .AVIATION...14/12Z ISSUED AT 540 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST MN WILL MOVE TO LOWER MI TONIGHT. STRONG NWLY WINDS TODAY WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY THIS AFTERNOON. MVFR CIGS AND SNOW OVER THE NERN TAF SITES WILL IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON TO VFR BEFORE 00Z. CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS TONIGHT. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR ADAIR-ADAMS- APPANOOSE-AUDUBON-BOONE-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CASS-CLARKE-CRAWFORD- DALLAS-DAVIS-DECATUR-EMMET-GREENE-GUTHRIE-JASPER-LUCAS-MADISON- MAHASKA-MARION-MONROE-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-POLK-POWESHIEK- RINGGOLD-SAC-STORY-TAYLOR-UNION-WAPELLO-WARREN-WAYNE-WEBSTER. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR BLACK HAWK-BREMER-BUTLER-CERRO GORDO-FRANKLIN-GRUNDY-HAMILTON-HANCOCK- HARDIN-HUMBOLDT-KOSSUTH-MARSHALL-TAMA-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-WRIGHT. && SHORT TERM...MS JAN 14 LONG TERM...AWB AVIATION...MS JAN 14
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 347 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 IAZ005>007-016-017-024>028-036>039-049-050-151200- KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT- FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL- TAMA- 347 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 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. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL VALUES 10 TO 20 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. IAZ004-015-023-033>035-044>048-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097- 151200- EMMET-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK- CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 347 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL VALUES 10 TO 20 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. AWB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 428 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-033>036-044>047-057>059-070-071-081- 141400- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR- ADAMS- 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...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...HAMPTON...SAC CITY...LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE... SCHALLER...EARLY...ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY... FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON... BOONE...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD... CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...STUART... ADAIR...FONTANELLE...CORNING 428 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 AN AREA OF RAIN WITH SOME SNOW MIXED WITH THE RAIN MOVED THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. ROAD SURFACES REMAIN WET WITH AIR TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING. IN SPITE OF THIS...THE PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR TO JUST BELOW FREEZING IN AREAS. REFREEZING HAS LEFT SLICK SPOTS...ESPECIALLY IN PROTECTED AREAS OR LOCATIONS WHERE THE ROAD IS NORMALLY SHADED. IAZ027-028-037>039-048>050-060>062-072>075-082>086-092>097-141400- BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE... SHELL ROCK...GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY... IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER...REINBECK... CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...WINTERSET...EARLHAM... INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 428 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 AN AREA OF RAIN WITH SOME SNOW MIXED WITH THE RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. ROAD SURFACES WILL BE WET WITH AIR TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING. IN SPITE OF THIS...THE PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR TO JUST BELOW FREEZING IN AREAS. REFREEZING HAS LEFT SLICK SPOTS...ESPECIALLY IN PROTECTED AREAS OR LOCATIONS WHERE THE ROAD IS NORMALLY SHADED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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Every storm in Iowa in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, January 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 483042, 483043.