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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind advisory at Oct 25, 2008, 10:51 AM CDT for 13 counties in Illinois; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri; 21 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Oct 26, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2008, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2008, 7:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 36 counties
Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:55 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 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 643 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KDVN 251551 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1051 AM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008 ...VERY STRONG WINDS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS COLD AIR POURS INTO THE REGION. LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING...EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 40 MPH WITH SOME WIND GUSTS OVER 55 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA AND ILLINOIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-260000- /O.NEW.KDVN.WI.Y.0007.081026T1200Z-081027T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1051 AM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING...SOME WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 55 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. $$ ERVIN
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDVN 251956 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 256 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008 ...VERY STRONG WINDS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS COLD AIR POURS INTO THE REGION. LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING...EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 40 MPH WITH SOME WIND GUSTS OVER 55 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA AND ILLINOIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-260400- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0007.081026T1200Z-081027T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 256 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING...SOME WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 55 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. $$ ERVIN
000 WWUS73 KDVN 260300 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1000 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008 ...VERY STRONG WINDS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS COLD AIR POURS INTO THE REGION. LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING...EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 40 MPH WITH SOME WIND GUSTS OVER 55 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA AND ILLINOIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-261100- /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0007.081026T1200Z-081027T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS... MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO... OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1000 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING...SOME WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 55 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. $$
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
000 WWUS73 KDVN 261612 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1112 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...EXTREMELY STRONG WINDS TODAY AND THIS EVENING... ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... .A HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. WINDS HAVE CLIMBED TO ADVISORY LEVELS ALREADY THIS MORNING...WITH CENTRAL IOWA WINDS ALREADY EXCEEDING 58 MPH. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 TO OVER 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THE REST OF TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PLUNGE OUT OF CANADA AND INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING LATER TONIGHT OVER ALL THE REGION. IAZ051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026- 270015- /O.UPG.KDVN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081027T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.HW.W.0001.081026T1612Z-081027T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.FZ.W.0003.081027T0600Z-081027T1400Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE- SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES- VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 1112 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO OVER 40 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH ARE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE WILL OCCUR. THIS CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND WILL MAKE DRIVING VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS IN ADDITION...A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL PLUNGE INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT WILL MAKE OUTDOOR PROTECTION OF PLANTS DIFFICULT AND INEFFECTIVE. BRING PLANTS INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. $$ IAZ040>042-270015- /O.UPG.KDVN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081027T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.HW.W.0001.081026T1612Z-081027T0100Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 1112 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO OVER 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUST COULD EXCEED 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE WILL OCCUR. THIS CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND WILL MAKE DRIVING VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH. $$ ILZ001-002-007-034-035-MOZ009-010-270015- /O.CON.KDVN.FZ.W.0003.081027T0600Z-081027T1400Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081027T0600Z/ JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1112 AM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO OVER 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 55 MPH ARE THROUGH THE EVENING. IN ADDITION...A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL PLUNGE INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT WILL MAKE OUTDOOR PROTECTION OF PLANTS DIFFICULT AND INEFFECTIVE. BRING PLANTS INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. $$ ERVIN
000 WWUS73 KDVN 262002 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 302 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...EXTREMELY STRONG WINDS CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... .A HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. WINDS HAVE CLIMBED TO ADVISORY LEVELS ALREADY THIS MORNING...WITH CENTRAL IOWA WINDS ALREADY EXCEEDING 58 MPH. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 TO OVER 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THE REST OF TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARDS SUNSET...WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WIND CONTINUING INTO LATE EVENING. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PLUNGE OUT OF CANADA AND INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING LATER TONIGHT OVER ALL THE REGION. IAZ051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026- 270415- /O.CON.KDVN.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081027T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.FZ.W.0003.081027T0600Z-081027T1400Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE- SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES- VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 302 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO OVER 40 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH ARE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE WILL OCCUR. THIS CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND WILL MAKE DRIVING VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS IN ADDITION...A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL PLUNGE INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT WILL MAKE OUTDOOR PROTECTION OF PLANTS DIFFICULT AND INEFFECTIVE. BRING PLANTS INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. $$ ILZ001-002-007-034-035-MOZ009-010-270415- /O.CON.KDVN.FZ.W.0003.081027T0600Z-081027T1400Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081027T0600Z/ JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 302 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO OVER 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 55 MPH ARE THROUGH THE EVENING. IN ADDITION...A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL PLUNGE INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED...WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT WILL MAKE OUTDOOR PROTECTION OF PLANTS DIFFICULT AND INEFFECTIVE. BRING PLANTS INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. $$ IAZ040>042-270100- /O.CON.KDVN.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081027T0100Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 302 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO OVER 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND GUST MAY EXCEED 60 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE WILL OCCUR. THIS CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND WILL MAKE DRIVING VERY HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH. $$ ERVIN
000 WWUS73 KDVN 270056 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 756 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...STRONG WINDS DIMINISHING THIS EVENING... ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... .THE HIGH WIND WARNING AND ADVISORY HAVE NOW BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS MAY STILL SUSTAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...BUT SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PLUNGE OUT OF CANADA AND INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING LATER TONIGHT OVER ALL THE REGION. IAZ051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026- 270900- /O.CAN.KDVN.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081027T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.FZ.W.0003.081027T0600Z-081027T1400Z/ BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE- SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES- VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER- HENDERSON-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA... MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH 756 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY. IT WILL REMAIN WINDY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...AND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PLUNGE INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING LATER TONIGHT OVER ALL THE REGION. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE OUTDOOR PROTECTION OF PLANTS DIFFICULT AND INEFFECTIVE. BRING PLANTS INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. $$ IAZ040>042-270200- /O.CAN.KDVN.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-081027T0100Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE 756 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. IT WILL REMAIN WINDY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...AND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. $$ ILZ001-002-007-034-035-MOZ009-010-270900- /O.CAN.KDVN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-081027T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.FZ.W.0003.081027T0600Z-081027T1400Z/ JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 756 PM CDT SUN OCT 26 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY. IT WILL REMAIN WINDY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...AND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PLUNGE INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING LATER TONIGHT OVER ALL THE REGION. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE OUTDOOR PROTECTION OF PLANTS DIFFICULT AND INEFFECTIVE. BRING PLANTS INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Oct 25, 3:48 AM CDT, 7 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 3:48 AM CDT, 7 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 348 AM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008 .SYNOPSIS... STACKED LOW OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS FINALLY MOVING AWAY FROM THE REGION TODAY. OVER 150 KT UPPER LEVEL JET DIVING SOUTHEAST INTO THE MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES WILL CARVE OUT A DEEP TROUGH LATER THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND SOME FLURRIES WILL MAKE IT SEEM DECEMBER-LIKE. WARMER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED LATER NEXT WEEK AS NEAR ZONAL FLOW RETURNS WITH ECMWF INDICATING 850 MB TEMPERATURE OF +20C OVER NEBRASKA BY HALLOWEEN. HOWEVER GFS NOT AS AGGRESSIVE WITH SUCH WARMING. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT... UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER NORTHEAST ILLINOIS FINALLY MOVING AWAY FROM THE REGION TODAY. HOWEVER RADAR LOOPS SHOW ONE LAST BAND OF LIGHT RAIN AND SPRINKLES ACROSS NORTHWEST ILLINOIS PUSHING SOUTHEAST...SO WILL MENTION THIS IN THE GRIDS/ZFP FOR EARLY THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE LOW CLOUDS WILL BE DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE CWA AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. RATHER BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE STEEP LAPSE RATES TO 900 MB WITH LOW LEVEL WINDS INCREASING TO 35 KNOTS...AND COMBINED WITH MORE SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON TO ALLOW BETTER MIXING. COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN ARRIVING LATE TONIGHT AS THE WIND MACHINE STARTS TO CRANK UP. GRADIENT BEGINS TO TIGHTEN BETWEEN A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. BY 12Z SUNDAY 850 MB WINDS INCREASE TO 50 KNOTS IN OUR NORTHWEST CWA. STRONGER WINDS WILL OCCUR ON SUNDAY AS DISCUSSED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE LONG TERM SECTION. ..HAASE.. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY... ...COLDEST AIR OF SEASON SO FAR EARLY IN THE WEEK TO BE USHERED IN ON VERY STRONG WINDS SUNDAY... INITIAL CONCERN REVOLVES AROUND VERY STRONG WINDS SUN-SUN EVE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEADLINES. THEN... FOCUS SHIFTS TO TEMPS AND FREEZE POTENTIAL. POTENT 140-160KT H3 JET TO SHUTTLE VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE ENERGY E/SE FROM CANADA THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST INTO THE GREAT LAKES. THIS IN TURN WILL CARVE OUT LARGE EASTERN CONUS LONGWAVE TROUGH... THRUSTING AREA IN COLDEST AIRMASS OF EARLY FALL SEASON IN DEEP NORTHWEST FLOW... RESULTING IN TEMPS MUCH BELOW NORMAL EARLY IN THE WEEK. STRONG COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE CWA... WITH MODELS VARYING A BIT ON TIMING. NAM PAST SEVERAL RUNS HAS REMAINED THE FASTEST... BUT HAS SLOWED SOME MORE IN LINE WITH SLIGHTLY SLOWER GFS/UK/ECMWF... WHICH SUGGESTS TIMING THROUGH THE CWA SUN AM. NAM IS ACTUALLY SHOWING DOUBLE COLD FRONT STRUCTURE WITH MAIN THRUST OF COLD AIR NOT UNTIL SECOND FRONT SUN EVE... SLOWER THAN GFS/UK/ECMWF. MAIN IMPACT WILL BE WITH MAX TEMPS SUN. NAM SOLUTION WITH MAIN THRUST OF COLD AIR DELAYED WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME RECOVERY AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH DEEP MIXING AND ABUNDANT SOLAR INSOLATION ALLOWING TEMPS TO CLIMB INTO THE 50S AREAWIDE... HOLDING NEARLY STEADY THROUGH THE AFTN. MEANWHILE...GFS/UK/ECMWF SOUNDINGS AND 2M TEMPS SUPPORT MID 40S NORTH TO L50S SOUTH. CANT TOTALLY DISCOUNT NAM SOLUTION... ESPECIALLY WITH THE ANTICIPATION OF ABUNDANT SUNSHINE... AND SO HAVE OPTED TO SIDE WITH A BLEND OF GUIDANCE FOR MAXES... WITH TEMPS LIKELY TO HOLD NEARLY STEADY IN AFTN. NEXT ITEM AND MAIN CONCERN IS WITH WINDS SUN-SUN EVE. A LOT OF INGREDIENTS APPEAR TO BE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT VERY STRONG WINDS WITH POTENTIAL QUITE HIGH FOR AT LEAST ADVISORY CRITERIA BEING MET... ESPECIALLY NORTH HALF OR SO SUN AFTN-EVE. LOW LEVEL COLD ADVECTION AND ABUNDANT SUNSHINE TO INDUCE EXTREME AND NEAR SUPER ADIABATIC LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES OF 9-9.5C/KM ALLOWING FOR MIXING DEPTH TO 800-750 MB AND POSSIBLY A BIT HIGHER. NAM AND GFS BUFR SOUNDING SHOW WINDS AROUND 50 KTS NEAR THE TOP OF MIXED LAYER NORTH OF HWY 30... WHILE GFS ABOUT 20 KTS HIGHER WITH WINDS AT H7 AND THEREFORE MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH WINDS OF 58-59 KTS AT THE TOP OF MIXED LAYER ESPECIALLY FROM I 80 SOUTH... SUPPORTIVE OF HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA. THIS WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY... AS OTHER INGREDIENTS IN PLACE WITH TROP FOLD ON ANTICYCLONIC SIDE OF POTENT 140+ KT H3 JET... UNIDIRECTIONAL WINDS... AND STRENGTHENING MSLP GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW NEAR HUDSON BAY AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN THE PLAINS. STILL THOUGH WITH MODELS IN DISAGREEMENT ON STRENGTH OF WINDS ALOFT AND THE DEPTH OF MIXING... NO HEADLINES IN TERMS OF HIGH WIND WATCH... BUT CONSENSUS IS AT LEAST AN ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED FOR GOOD PORTION OF CWA. STILL HAVE TIME BEING THIRD PERIOD... AND PASS TO DAY CREW FOR FURTHER INTERROGATION. WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT VERY STRONG WINDS IN HWO AND GRAPHICAL WX STORY. HEADLINES LIKELY NEEDED THROUGH SUN EVE WITH TROPOSPHERIC FOLD AND POTENTIAL VORTICITY (PVU) PROGRESSING SOUTH THROUGH CWA. MAY BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE OUT FEW FLURRIES IN COLD ADVECTION LATE SUN AFTN NORTH AND CENTRAL AND NORTH SECTIONS SUN NIGHT. GFS MORE BULLISH WITH DEPTH OF SATURATION AND LIGHT PCPN. MAIN FORCING LOOKS TO BE SHUTTLED JUST NORTHEAST OF CWA THROUGH GREAT LAKES... AND THEREFORE HAVE OPTED TO LEAVE OUT MENTION. NGM/NAM GUIDANCE MINS LOOK A BIT COLD GIVEN WINDS/MIXING AND ANTICIPATION OF SOME CLOUDS... SO HAVE GONE TOWARD WARMER GFS NUMBERS... WITH MID 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGS. THIS WOULD BRING END TO GROWING SEASON FOR AT LEAST AREAS FROM HWY 30 TO I 80 AND POSSIBLY SOUTH THROUGH HWY 34. ON MONDAY...TIGHT MSLP GRADIENT TO RESULT IN BRISK/BLUSTERY CONDITIONS WITH WIND CHILLS IN UPPER TEENS TO L20S EARLY IN MORNING. INCREASED CLOUD COVER WITH COLD ADVECTION AND CYCLONIC FLOW. LATER SHIFTS THOUGH WILL WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AS SUGGESTIONS OF MOCDLY SKIES MUCH IF NOT ALL OF CWA. CHANNELED VORTICITY MAY BRING FLURRIES AS WELL... SOMETHING FOR LATER SHIFTS TO RE-EVALUATE. TEMPS WELL BELOW NORMAL BY 15-20 DEGS AND COULD STRUGGLE TO TOP 40 DEGS IN A FEW LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY NORTH/EAST. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS THAT SOMEHOW MANAGE TO NOT HAVE GROWING SEASON END SUN NIGHT... SHOULD SEE IT COME TO AN END MON NIGHT. COLDEST NIGHTS FOR MANY AREAS MAY COME TUE NIGHT WITH PASSAGE OF SFC RIDGE. COLD SPELL LOOKS TO BE FAIRLY SHORT LIVED AS THE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE SHIFTS EAST BY THURS ALLOWING RETURN FLOW AND WARMUP TO ENSUE THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. ..05.. && .AVIATION... OCNL MVFR CIGS THIS MORNING GIVING WAY TO VFR CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BLOW THROUGH EASTERN IOWA LATE TONIGHT WITH VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY WITH NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS SO CAUTION ADVISED ESPECIALLY DURING TAKE OFF AND LANDING. SKC ON SUNDAY BUT AT LEAST SCT MOD LOW LEVEL TURB EXPECTED. ..HAASE.. && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...NONE. IL...NONE. MO...NONE. && HAASE/MCCLURE
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 5:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 500 AM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-261000- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 500 AM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ON SUNDAY USHERING IN VERY STRONG WINDS AND MUCH COLDER AIR. NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH ARE LIKELY IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY IS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING...WITH SOME AREAS POSSIBLY REQUIRING A HIGH WIND WARNING. A FEW FLURRIES MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE VERY STRONG WINDS AND MUCH COLDER AIR. A WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE 20S TO NEAR 30 DEGREES. THIS WILL END THE GROWING SEASON OVER MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE COLDEST AIR SO FAR THIS SEASON IS EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK...WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING MUCH BELOW NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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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.