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Wind Chill Advisory 7, NWS Des Moines, IA

February 9, 200851 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 9, 2008, 3:55 AM CST for 51 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 10, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 9, 2008, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 10, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 10, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
All 51 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 230 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2008-02-09Temperature 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2008-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1262 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS43 KDMX 090955
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
355 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...BLOWING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS
NORTHERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTH ACROSS IOWA TODAY ACCOMPANIED BY
MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATION. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT
WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ALONG WITH
BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

IAZ004>007-016-017-091800-
/O.UPG.KDMX.WC.A.0001.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KDMX.WC.W.0002.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.080209T1800Z-080210T0600Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY
355 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY
3...ALTHOUGH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A VERY
STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE WIND WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING OF THE RECENT SNOW PACK AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT
WILL STILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES
OF 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL
DIFFICULT.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

IAZ015-023>028-091800-
/O.NEW.KDMX.WC.W.0002.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.080209T1800Z-080210T0600Z/
PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...
CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY
355 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY
3...ALTHOUGH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A VERY
STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE WIND WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING OF THE RECENT SNOW PACK AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT
WILL STILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES
OF 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

IAZ035>039-047>050-091800-
/O.NEW.KDMX.WC.W.0002.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-
TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO
355 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST SUNDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT
WITH SOME GRADUAL DECREASE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP WELL BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. THE
COMBINATION OF THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND
CHILL VALUES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES
BEGIN TO WARM AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

IAZ033-034-044>046-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-091800-
/O.NEW.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-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...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON...
CARROLL...JEFFERSON...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...
DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...
WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...
CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...
MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
355 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT WITH SOME GRADUAL
WEAKENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL BE
AROUND ZERO IF NOT SLIGHTLY BELOW BY LATE TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION
OF THE COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL PUSH WIND CHILLS TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30
BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS
EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AS SOME SLIGHT WARMING OCCURS ALONG WITH
THE GRADUAL DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS. 

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

COGIL
9 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KDMX 091655
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1055 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...BLOWING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS
NORTHERN IOWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTHEAST ACROSS IOWA TODAY ACCOMPANIED BY
MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATION. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT
WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ALONG WITH
BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-100100-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.080209T1800Z-080210T0600Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY
1055 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY NEAR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY
18...ALTHOUGH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A
STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE WIND WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING OF THE RECENT SNOW PACK AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT
WILL STILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES
OF 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

IAZ035>039-047>050-100100-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-
TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO
1055 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT WITH
SOME GRADUAL DECREASE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP WELL BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. THE
COMBINATION OF THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND
CHILL INDEX VALUES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES
BEGIN TO WARM AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

IAZ033-034-044>046-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-100100-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-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...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...DENISON...
CARROLL...JEFFERSON...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...
DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...
WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...
CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...
MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
1055 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

A NORTHWEST WIND OF 15 TO 20 MPH IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT WITH
SOME GRADUAL WEAKENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES
WILL BE AROUND ZERO IF NOT SLIGHTLY BELOW BY LATE TONIGHT. THE
COMBINATION OF THE COLD AIR AND WIND WILL PUSH WIND CHILL INDEX
VALUES TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AS SOME
SLIGHT WARMING OCCURS ALONG WITH THE GRADUAL DECREASE IN WIND
SPEEDS.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MOYER
000 
WWUS43 KDMX 092141
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
341 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

.AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT ON GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS. ALTHOUGH SOME BLOWING SNOW MAY STILL OCCUR ACROSS
NORTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING...THE MAIN HAZARD TONIGHT WILL BE THE
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS.

IAZ033-034-045-046-100545-
/O.UPG.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KDMX.WC.W.0002.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
SAC-CALHOUN-CARROLL-GREENE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...CARROLL...
JEFFERSON
341 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY THIS EVENING WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO. WINDS
WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH SOME AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT WILL STILL BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES OF 25
BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SOME
IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM
AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-100545-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080210T0600Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY
341 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH
AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SETTLE BACK TO
20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY TONIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR
IN OPEN AREAS AND CAUSE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED
VISIBILITY. WIND CHILL READINGS THIS EVENING WILL FALL INTO THE
20S BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH SOME AFTER
MIDNIGHT...BUT WILL STILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING
WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AS
TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

IAZ035>039-047>050-100545-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-
TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO
341 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY THIS EVENING WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO. WINDS
WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH SOME AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT WILL STILL BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES
OF 30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
SOME IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO
WARM AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

IAZ044-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-100545-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
CRAWFORD-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...DENISON...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...
ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...
WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...
CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...
MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
341 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT COMBINED WITH
TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW ZERO...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL
INDEX VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES
BEGIN TO WARM AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MOYER
000 
WWUS43 KDMX 100253
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
853 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

.AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT ON GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS. ALTHOUGH SOME BLOWING SNOW MAY STILL OCCUR ACROSS
NORTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING...THE MAIN HAZARD TONIGHT WILL BE THE
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-101100-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080210T0600Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY
853 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH
AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. PATCHY
BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS...BUT THE MAIN PROBLEM
WITH BE WITH DRIFTING SNOW RE-FREEZING ON ROAD SURFACES. WIND
CHILL READINGS THIS EVENING WILL FALL INTO THE 20S BELOW ZERO.
WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH SOME AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT WILL STILL BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES
OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
SOME IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO
WARM AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF STRONG WINDS AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

IAZ033>039-045>050-101100-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CARROLL-
GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...
WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...CARROLL...
JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO
853 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY THIS EVENING WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO. WINDS
WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH SOME AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT WILL STILL BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES
OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
SOME IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO
WARM AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

IAZ044-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-101100-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
CRAWFORD-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...DENISON...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...
ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...
WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...
CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...
MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
853 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT COMBINED
WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW ZERO...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS
WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AS
TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KDMX 100547
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1147 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

.AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT ON GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS. WIND CHILL INDICES WILL FALL TO DANGEROUS
LEVELS...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN IOWA.  

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-101400-
/O.EXP.KDMX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080210T0600Z/
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY
1147 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40
MPH AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THIS WILL
CAUSE SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW...BUT WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED. THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE
LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO
LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN BY
MIDDAY SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM AND THE WINDS CONTINUE
TO WEAKEN.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

IAZ033>039-045>050-101400-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CARROLL-
GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...
WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...CARROLL...
JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO
1147 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY TOWARD
MORNING...BUT WILL STILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LIFE
THREATENING WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN BY MIDDAY
SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO
WEAKEN.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

IAZ044-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-101400-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
CRAWFORD-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...DENISON...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...
ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...
WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...
CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...
MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
1147 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT COMBINED
WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW ZERO...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS
WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AS
TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KDMX 100948
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
348 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

.AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING ON
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. WIND CHILL INDICES WILL FALL TO DANGEROUS
LEVELS...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN IOWA.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-045>050-101800-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-
STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY...
ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...
MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO
348 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. THIS WILL PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING
WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE MORNING.
SOME IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO
WARM AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

IAZ044-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-101800-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/
CRAWFORD-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...DENISON...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...
ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...
WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING...
CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD...
MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
348 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS AND
THE COLD AIR WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES OF 20
BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN BY
MIDDAY SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM AND THE WINDS CONTINUE
TO WEAKEN.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

CC
000 
WWUS43 KDMX 101706
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1106 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

IAZ046-047-101815-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/
GREENE-BOONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...BOONE
1106 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE
WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS AND
THE COLD AIR WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES OF 20
BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH NOON. SOME IMPROVEMENT WILL OCCUR
DURING THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY WARM AND THE WIND CONTINUES
TO WEAKEN.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

IAZ037-038-050-110000-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080211T0000Z/
HARDIN-GRUNDY-TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...TOLEDO
1106 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS AND
THE COLD AIR WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES OF 20
BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

IAZ015-023-024-034>036-048-049-102200-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080210T2200Z/
PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-STORY-
MARSHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...
ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN
1106 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE
WINDS AND THE COLD AIR WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL INDEX
VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

IAZ033-045-101815-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/
SAC-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAC CITY...CARROLL
1106 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL WARNING. 

HOWEVER...THE AFTERNOON WILL STILL BE VERY COLD AND BREEZY WITH
WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO.

$$

IAZ044-057-058-070>072-081>084-092>097-101815-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/
CRAWFORD-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-
LUCAS-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...
ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD...WINTERSET...CORNING...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...
CHARITON...BEDFORD...MOUNT AYR...LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...
BLOOMFIELD
1106 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY. 

HOWEVER...THE AFTERNOON WILL STILL BE VERY COLD AND BREEZY WITH
WIND CHILL READINGS OF 5 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO.

$$

IAZ004>007-016-017-025>028-039-110000-
/O.EXB.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.080210T1800Z-080211T0000Z/
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-
BUTLER-BREMER-BLACK HAWK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...
WAVERLY...WATERLOO
1106 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS AND
THE COLD AIR WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES OF
25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MIDDAY. THE WIND CHILL READINGS
WILL COME UP SOME FOR THE AFTERNOON BUT STILL BE THE DANGEROUS 20
BELOW TO 30 BELOW RANGE. 

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

IAZ059>062-073>075-085-086-101815-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/
DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...
INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...OTTUMWA
1106 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS AND
THE COLD AIR WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES OF
20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN BY MIDDAY
SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO
WEAKEN.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MOYER
000 
WWUS43 KDMX 101803
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1203 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

IAZ004>007-016-017-025>028-039-110000-
/O.EXP.KDMX.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080211T0000Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-
BUTLER-BREMER-BLACK HAWK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...
WAVERLY...WATERLOO
1203 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS AND THE
COLD AIR WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES OF 20
BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

IAZ046-047-059>062-073>075-085-086-101915-
/O.EXP.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/
GREENE-BOONE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-
MONROE-WAPELLO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...BOONE...ADEL...DES MOINES...
NEWTON...GRINNELL...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...ALBIA...
OTTUMWA
1203 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

HOWEVER...THE AFTERNOON WILL BE VERY COLD AND BREEZY...WITH WIND
CHILL READINGS BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 15 BELOW ZERO.

$$

IAZ015-023-024-034>036-048-049-102200-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080210T2200Z/
PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-STORY-
MARSHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...
ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN
1203 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE
WINDS AND THE COLD AIR WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL INDEX
VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

IAZ037-038-050-110000-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080211T0000Z/
HARDIN-GRUNDY-TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...TOLEDO
1203 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS
AND THE COLD AIR WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES
OF 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MOYER
000 
WWUS43 KDMX 102127
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
327 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

IAZ015-023-024-034>036-048-049-102230-
/O.CAN.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080210T2200Z/
PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-STORY-
MARSHALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMMETSBURG...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...
ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN
327 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY. 

HOWEVER...THE AFTERNOON WILL REMAIN VERY COLD WITH WIND CHILL
READINGS OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO.

$$

IAZ004>007-016-017-025>028-037>039-050-110000-
/O.EXT.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.080210T2200Z-080211T0000Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-
BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...
WAVERLY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...TOLEDO
327 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS AND THE COLD AIR WILL
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW
ZERO.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MOYER
000 
WWUS43 KDMX 102357
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
557 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

.HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING IN OVER IOWA WILL RESULT IN LIGHT WINDS
THROUGH THE NIGHT TONIGHT.

IAZ004>007-016-017-025>028-037>039-050-110100-
/O.EXP.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080211T0000Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-
BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...
WAVERLY...ELDORA...GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...TOLEDO
557 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
TO FALL HOWEVER...KEEPING WIND CHILL INDICES IN THE 15 TO 20 BELOW
ZERO RANGE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 wind chill advisory went out at Feb 9, 3:30 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 3:30 AM CST, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
330 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

.SHORT TERM...TODAY

BIG CHANGES IN THE WEATHER ON THE WAY AS STRONG ARCTIC FRONT OVER
SRN CANADA TO PUSH INTO REGION LATER TODAY. LEADING EDGE OF THE COLD
SURGE SHOULD REACH WESTERN SECTIONS OF IOWA BY MIDDAY BRINGING GUSTY
WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES. FRONT WILL BE COMPLETELY THROUGH THE
STATE BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH CONTINUING COLD AIR ADVECTION INTO THE
OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS ONLY EXPECTED TO BE
PERHAPS A DUSTING IN THE FAR NORTH...THE REAL IMPACT MAY BE A
PERIODS OF SLIGHTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING THE DAY ACROSS THE
NORTH.  THE STRONG COLD AIR PUSH WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME POTENTIAL FOR
BLSN WHERE GUSTS ARE STRONGEST AND ANY LOOSE SNOW EXISTS.

.LONG TERM...SUN THROUGH SAT

VERY COLD AIR WILL SETTLE BEHIND THE FRONT OVERNIGHT...AS WINDS
REMAIN STEADY IN THE 15-25 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS
CENTRAL IOWA. COMBINED WIND SPEEDS WITH PLUNGING TEMPS INTO THE
NEGATIVE SINGLE AND EVEN DOUBLE DIGITS OVER THE NORTH WILL PRODUCE
DANGEROUS WIND CHILL INDICES UNDER 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILL
WARNING WILL BE REQUIRED FOR AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...WHILE
ADVISORY LIKELY FOR SOUTHERN HALF SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING. WIND WILL SUBSIDE AS SUBSIDENCE DECREASES IN THE AFTERNOON
SUNDAY...AND TIMING OF WRF/GFS SIMILAR WITH LIGHTEST WINDS OVER
WESTERN IOWA UNDER SURFACE RIDGE SUNDAY EVENING. SUNDAY WILL THEN
SEE AN EARLY MORNING HIGH TEMPERATURE BEFORE TEMPERATURES FALL. WILL
LIKELY  SEE MAINLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT AS
RETURN FLOW ONLY SLOWLY BEGINS TO DEVELOP FROM THE WEST INTO MONDAY
AND MONDAY NIGHT.

LOWERED TEMPERATURES MONDAY AFTERNOON MORE IN LINE WITH MOS OUTPUT
ALTHOUGH MODELS ARE EVEN MUCH COLDER THAN THIS...SO HAVE SLIGHTLY
UNDERCUT MOS. CURRENT TEMPERATURES IN SOURCE REGION OF SRN CANADA IN
THE TEENS TO 20S BELOW ZERO.  RETURN TO SE SFC WINDS AND INTENSE
WARM AIR ADVECTION ON MONDAY AFTER PASSAGE OF SURFACE HIGH WILL
BRING ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION...WITH PRECIPITATION
TYPES RANGING FROM SNOW OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA AND MORE OF A
FREEZING DRIZZLE TYPE TOP DOWN SOUNDING IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES.
HOWEVER VARIOUS MODEL P-TYPE ALGORITHMS AND P-TYPE THICKNESS SCHEMES
INDICATING A FEW POSSIBILITIES OF MIXED PRECIP EARLY MONDAY HAVE
KEPT SNOW /SLEET FOR THE TIME BEING.

THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST WILL BE A GENERAL SLIGHT MODERATION OF
TEMPERATURES INTO THE 30S FOR HIGHS AND TEENS FOR LOWS...WITH
ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BY THURSDAY WITH GFS
INDICATED FRONTAL PASSAGE.

&&

.AVIATION...09/06Z

IFR ST LYR SPRDG FARTHER SWD THAN EXPECTED WITH 00Z ISSUANCE AND
WILL HOLD ONTO IT UNTIL THE FIRST INC IN WNDS TAKES PLACE AFT 12Z.
WILL SEE SOME IMPVMT, EXPECIALLY OVR THE SRN TAFS.  BROUGHT IN A
MVFR CIG COND MOST OF STATE POST ARCTIC FROPA AND SOME MVFR IN BLWG
SNW OVR THE N.  SHUD SEE LOW CLOUDS GRDULY EROD SAT NGT, BUT WINDS
WILL BE SLOW TO DIMINISH.

&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WX ADVY NRN THREE TIERS OF COUNTIES 18Z SAT-06Z SUN WIND
CHILL WARNING ALONG AND NORTH OF A POCAHONTAS-BOONE-TAMA LINE 06Z
SUN-18Z SUN. WIND CHILL ADVISORY SOUTH OF A POCAHONTAS-BOONE-TAMA
LINE 06Z SUN-18Z SUN.

SHORT TERM...CC
AVIATION...MS FEB 08
LONG TERM...RUSSELL
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 3:53 PM CST, 12 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
353 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2008

IAZ015-023>028-092200-
PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
353 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA
MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

IT WILL BE WINDY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AND TURNING BITTER
COLD SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS A STRONG PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR
MOVES INTO CENTRAL IOWA. A NORTHWEST WIND AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS IS EXPECTED HAD THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW AS WELL AS CREATING WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 30 TO 45 BELOW. A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO
MIDNIGHT SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS FROM
MIDNIGHT SUNDAY THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

IAZ004>007-016-017-092200-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
353 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA
MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 18 CORRIDOR.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

IT WILL BE WINDY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AND TURNING BITTER
COLD SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS A STRONG PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR
MOVES INTO CENTRAL IOWA. A NORTHWEST WIND AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS IS EXPECTED HAD THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW AS WELL AS CREATING WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 TO 35 BELOW
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT SUNDAY DUE TO THE EXPECTED
POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...THE STRONG WIND SPEEDS AND WIND
CHILL VALUES TO 35 BELOW. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

IAZ033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-092200-
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-
353 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA
MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

IT WILL BE WINDY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AND TURNING BITTER
COLD ON SUNDAY AS A STRONG PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR MOVES INTO CENTRAL
IOWA. A NORTHWEST WIND AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IS
EXPECTED HAD THIS WILL CAUSE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AS WELL AS
CREATING WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 15 TO 30 BELOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

FAB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 9, 3:55 AM CSTWind Chill WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 20 more32 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.