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Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Quad Cities, IA

January 1, 200811 counties in Illinois; 20 counties in Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 1, 2008, 11:37 PM CST for 11 counties in Illinois; 20 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 1, 2008, 11:37 PM CST (05:37 UTC)
Expired
Jan 2, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 31 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, 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, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 38 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2008-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2008-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 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 KDVN 020537
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1137 PM CST TUE JAN 1 2008

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT...

.TEMPERATURES BETWEEN ZERO AND -6 DEGREES WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS
OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -26 DEGREES
THROUGH 9 AM.

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-009-
015-016-024-021345-
/O.NEW.KDVN.WC.Y.0001.080102T0537Z-080102T1500Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-MERCER-
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...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...
STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...ALEDO
1137 PM CST TUE JAN 1 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. 

TEMPERATURES BETWEEN ZERO AND -6 DEGREES WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS
OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -26 DEGREES
THROUGH 9 AM.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. 


$$


ERVIN
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KDVN 020555
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1155 PM CST TUE JAN 1 2008

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT...

.TEMPERATURES BETWEEN ZERO AND -6 DEGREES WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS
OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -26 DEGREES
THROUGH 9 AM.

IAZ089-ILZ017-018-025-026-021400-
/O.EXA.KDVN.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080102T1500Z/
DES MOINES-BUREAU-PUTNAM-HENDERSON-WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH
1155 PM CST TUE JAN 1 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. 

TEMPERATURES BETWEEN ZERO AND -6 DEGREES WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS
OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -26 DEGREES
THROUGH 9 AM.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.

$$

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087-088-098-ILZ001-002-007-009-
015-016-024-021400-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080102T1500Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-MERCER-
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...KEOSAUQUA....GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...
STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...ALEDO
1155 PM CST TUE JAN 1 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY.

TEMPERATURES BETWEEN ZERO AND -6 DEGREES WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS
OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -26 DEGREES
THROUGH 9 AM.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KDVN 020946
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
346 AM CST WED JAN 2 2008

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT...

.TEMPERATURES BETWEEN ZERO AND -6 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE
WITH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -26
DEGREES THROUGH 9 AM.

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-ILZ001-002-007-009-
015>018-024>026-021500-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080102T1500Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-
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....GALENA...FREEPORT...
MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH
346 AM CST WED JAN 2 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES BETWEEN ZERO AND -6 DEGREES WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS
OF 10 TO 15 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -26 DEGREES
THROUGH 9 AM.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.

$$

LE/12
000 
WWUS43 KDVN 021456
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
856 AM CST WED JAN 2 2008

...WIND CHILLS ARE SLOWLY IMPROVING...

.TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY CLIMB AND WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE THIS
MORNING...ALLOWING WIND CHILLS TO CONTINUE TO CLIMB.

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-ILZ001-002-007-009-
015>018-024>026-021600-
/O.EXP.KDVN.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080102T1500Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-
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....GALENA...FREEPORT...
MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH
856 AM CST WED JAN 2 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. 

WIND CHILLS HAVE CLIMBED TO AROUND 15 BELOW AND WILL CONTINUE TO
RISE SLOWLY THIS MORNING. THEREFORE...THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

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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.