Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Chill Warnings in 2008
Wind Chill Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind chill warning at Jan 29, 2008, 3:04 PM CST for Carroll County, Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Illinois; 7 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 30, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2008, 3:04 PM CST (21:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2008, 10:37 AM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Stephenson County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KDVN 292104 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 304 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL THREATS EXPECTED THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS...COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS WITH SUCH STRONG WINDS. SHORT PERIODS OF NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR...BUT WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS BEING ISSUED FOR BOTH THE BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL THREATS. IAZ040>042-051>054-300515- /O.CAN.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.080129T2104Z-080130T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WC.W.0002.080130T0600Z-080130T1500Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA 304 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...CREATING DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE MILE ARE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITIES IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL READINGS TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER ROADWAYS. AFTER MIDNIGHT...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE WHILE TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR 10 BELOW ZERO. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS TO COLDER THAN 30 BELOW ZERO. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW MAY STILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AS WELL. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ ILZ001-002-007-300515- /O.CAN.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.080129T2104Z-080130T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WC.W.0002.080130T0600Z-080130T1500Z/ JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL 304 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...CREATING DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE MILE ARE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITIES IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL READINGS TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER ROADWAYS. AFTER MIDNIGHT...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE WHILE TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR 10 BELOW ZERO. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS TO COLDER THAN 30 BELOW ZERO. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW MAY STILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AS WELL. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ063>065-076-077-087-300515- /O.CAN.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.080129T2104Z-080130T1500Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD 304 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...CREATING DANGEROUS BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE MILE ARE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITIES IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER ROADWAYS. TONIGHT...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE WHILE TEMPERATURES DROP TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE TO SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. THIS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS TO COLDER THAN 20 BELOW ZERO. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW MAY STILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AS WELL...WITH CONTINUED HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ066>068-078-088-089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035- MOZ009-010-300515- /O.CAN.KDVN.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080130T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.080129T2104Z-080130T1500Z/ CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 304 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...CREATING DANGEROUS BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE MILE ARE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITIES IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER ROADWAYS. TONIGHT...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE WHILE TEMPERATURES DROP TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE TO SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. THIS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS TO COLDER THAN 20 BELOW ZERO. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW MAY STILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AS WELL...WITH CONTINUED HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ MAYES/LRE
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDVN 300324 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 924 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS TO CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AT TIMES... POSSIBLY TO NEAR ONE QUARTER MILE MAINLY IN RURAL OR OPEN AREAS. BLOWING SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS WINDS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE. IN ADDITION TO THE BLOWING SNOW...THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 CAN EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO DIP TO NEAR 40 BELOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAKING IT ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR THOSE WHO MUST BE OUTDOORS. IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-301130- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0002.080130T0600Z-080130T1500Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T0600Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 924 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE EVENING...CREATING DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE ARE POSSIBLE... MAINLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL READINGS TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER ROADWAYS. AFTER MIDNIGHT...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE WHILE TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR 10 BELOW ZERO. THIS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS TO COLDER THAN 30 BELOW ZERO. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW MAY STILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AS WELL. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035- MOZ009-010-301130- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY... WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 924 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN RURAL OR OPEN AREAS. AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO AROUND ZERO TO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS TO COLDER THAN 20 BELOW ZERO. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW MAY STILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AS WELL...WITH CONTINUED HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 300550 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1150 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW ZERO IN MANY LOCATIONS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 20 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES MAY PERSIST OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS OVER NORTHEAST IOWA. IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-301400- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0002.080130T0600Z-080130T1500Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 1150 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT WHILE TEMPERATURES DROP TO BETWEEN 5 BELOW AND 15 BELOW ZERO. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES MAY STILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AS WELL. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES... RESULTING IN FROST BITE...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035- MOZ009-010-301400- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WC.Y.0004.080130T0600Z-080130T1500Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY... WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1150 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT WHILE TEMPERATURES DROP TO AROUND ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 BELOW TO NEAR 30 BELOW ZERO. A FEW LOCATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34 COULD SEE WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS AROUND 35 BELOW ZERO. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES MAY STILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AS WELL OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 300859 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 259 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH FROM ZERO TO 10 BELOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH LATE MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-301700- /O.EXT.KDVN.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1700Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 259 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST PERSIST THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW ZERO. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS MORNING...ENDING THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES... RESULTING IN FROST BITE...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035- MOZ009-010-301700- /O.EXT.KDVN.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080130T1700Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY... WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 259 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST PERSIST THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BETWEEN 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 8 BELOW ZERO. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS MORNING...ENDING THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$
000 WWUS43 KDVN 301244 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 644 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH FROM ZERO TO 10 BELOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 15 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MID MORNING. IAZ076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-301345- /O.CAN.KDVN.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080130T1700Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN- LEE-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 644 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED EARLY THIS MORNIGN...AND WIND CHILLS ARE NOW WELL ABOVE 20 BELOW ZERO. THE REST OF THIS MORNING...PREPARE FOR WIND CHILLS BETWEEN ZERO AND 15 BELOW. WITH PROPER PREPARATION...FROSTBITE CAN BE EASILY AVOIDED AT THESE LEVELS. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-301700- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1700Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 644 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW ZERO. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS MORNING...ENDING THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES... RESULTING IN FROST BITE...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ063>068-ILZ009-015>018-301700- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080130T1700Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN 644 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BETWEEN 5 ABOVE ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS MORNING...ENDING THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. 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. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN A FEW AS 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. $$ ERVIN
000 WWUS43 KDVN 301637 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1037 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS DIMINISHING... .WINDS ARE DIMINISHING AND TEMPERATURES ARE RISING THIS MORNING...WHICH IS ALLOWING WIND CHILLS TO RISE ABOVE DANGEROUS READINGS OF 20 BELOW ZERO OR LESS. WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. IAZ040>042-051>054-ILZ001-002-007-301745- /O.CAN.KDVN.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080130T1700Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA...FREEPORT... MOUNT CARROLL 1037 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. WIND CHILLS HAVE RISEN ABOVE 20 BELOW ZERO AS WINDS DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES RISE...THUS THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED. WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS THOUGH...AND THOSE WHO SPEND TIME OUTDOORS SHOULD STILL PREPARE FOR BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS. $$ IAZ063>068-ILZ009-015>018-301745- /O.CAN.KDVN.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080130T1700Z/ IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN 1037 AM CST WED JAN 30 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WIND CHILLS HAVE RISEN ABOVE 20 BELOW ZERO AS WINDS DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES RISE...THUS THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ MAYES
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill warning 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 chill warning went out at Jan 29, 3:01 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 3:01 PM CST, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
301 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
AN IMPRESSIVE WINTER STORM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. A SHARP
COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH THE CWA THIS MORNING...CAUSING
TEMPERATURES TO DROP AT LEAST 30 DEGREES BEHIND IT. BEHIND THIS
COLD FRONT WE ARE BEING HAMMERED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
SUSTAINING AROUND 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40-45 MPH. SOME FREEZING
RAIN/DRIZZLE FELL EARLIER FOR A GLAZE OF ICE...AND NOW SNOW HAS
SETTLED INTO THE AREA. WOW. CANNOT SAY TOO MUCH MORE WITHOUT
GETTING OVERLY WORDY. LE
&&
.SHORT TERM...REST OF TODAY THROUGH TOMORROW...
MAIN FORECAST ISSUE FOR THE EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT HOURS WILL BE
SNOW AND WIND. HEAVIER SNOW THROUGH THE DAY /WITH LOWEST
VISIBILITIES/ HAS FOLLOWED 700MB FRONTOGENESIS FIELD FAIRLY CLOSELY
ON BOTH 12Z AND 18Z NAM RUNS. THE FGEN SUPPORT WEAKENS AS IT
CROSSES INTO ERN IA/WRN IL BETWEEN 21-00Z...MOVING THROUGH THE AREA
BY 03-06Z. WILL BE JUST ENOUGH SNOW TO DROP VIS TO AROUND 1/2SM AT
TIMES ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE STRONG NWLY WINDS...BUT DO NOT SEE A
POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED 1/4 SM VIS OR LESS...EVEN THOUGH
INTERMITTENT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. WILL ALSO BE HARD TO CREATE THAT
KIND OF REDUCED VIS WITH SNOW ACCUMS OF JUST 1-2 INCHES. STILL DO
THINK THAT SNOW/BLOWING SNOW WILL BE ENOUGH OF A THREAT TO HOLD ONTO
SOME KIND OF HEADLINE. GIVEN WIND CHILLS FALLING BELOW CRITERIA
TONIGHT...WILL GO WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH MORNING
THAT COVERS THE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND THE WIND CHILL
ADVISORY THREAT OVERNIGHT. WILL BE FAIRLY HEAVY-HANDED ON THE
SNOW/BLOWING SNOW THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE ADVISORY
THOUGH AS CONDITIONS COULD STILL FLIRT WITH BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS
AND TRAVEL WILL STILL BE HAZARDOUS. MAYES
WEDNESDAY MORNING THE WINDS SHOULD HAVE DROPPED OFF ENOUGH THAT WE
ARE LIKELY TO HAVE LOST THE BLOWING SNOW THREAT...BUT WIND CHILLS
WILL STILL BE IN THE -20 TO -30 RANGE...SO WILL BE KEEPING THE WIND
CHILL WARNING THROUGH MID MORNING. AFTER MID MORNING
THOUGH...CONDITIONS IMPROVE FAIRLY RAPIDLY...WITH WINDS DROPPING OFF
AS THE SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS IN TO CALM DOWN THE WINDS. TEMPERATURES
ARE UNLIKELY TO WARM VERY MUCH THOUGH...AND AFTER YESTERDAY AND THIS
MORNING WILL FEEL QUITE FRIGID. LE
.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY IS THE NEXT SYSTEM THAT ROLLS THROUGH
THE AREA...WHICH IS ALSO QUITE IMPRESSIVE. SINCE THIS SYSTEM
APPEARS TO HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO THE GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE...WE
MAY ACTUALLY MANAGE TO GET SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OUT OF IT. RIGHT
NOW THE MODELS ARE KEEPING IT SUPPRESSED TO THE SOUTH...AND BEST
CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WOULD BE IN THE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT TIME FRAME. HOWEVER...THE LATEST TRENDS WITH THIS TYPE OF
SYSTEM A FEW DAYS OUT HAS BEEN FOR THEM TO BE DEPICTED TOO FAR SOUTH
BY THE MODELS...AND HAVE CHOSEN TO GO WITH A MORE NORTHERLY TRACK OF
THE SYSTEM. THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO KEEP POPS THAT ARE SLIGHTLY
HIGHER THAN MODELS SHOW...AND TO KEEP SNOW IN THE AREA THROUGH
FRIDAY.
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH THE BIG THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SYSTEM
MOVING QUICKLY OFF TO THE EAST...LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER FOR THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...OUT WEST A NEW STORM IS
BREWING...WITH MODELS STILL STRUGGLING WITH PLACEMENT AND TIMING.
FOR NOW HAVE LEFT FORECAST DRY AS IT APPEARS THAT THIS SYSTEM MAY
MISS US TO THE SOUTH...AND UNCERTAINTY OF THINGS COMPELS ME TO LEAVE
IT DRY...AT LEAST FOR NOW. SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY ANOTHER
STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...WITH MODELS STILL NOT AGREEING
VERY MUCH ON PLACEMENT AND TIMING OF THE SURFACE FEATURES. GOOD
DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IN PLACE OVER THE ROCKIES...BUT THE DETAILS
ARE QUITE MURKY...EVEN FOR THIS TIME RANGE. LE
&&
.AVIATION...
IFR WITH INTERMITTENT LIFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AT ALL TAF SITES
THROUGH AROUND 00Z AT KCID...AND AROUND 03Z AT KDBQ/KMLI/KBRL. VIS
RESTRICTIONS TO 1SM DUE TO SNOW WILL PREDOMINATE...WITH A COUPLE
HOURS OF 1/2 TO 1/4SM POSSIBLE DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT BETWEEN
20Z-00Z. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VIS THE REST OF THE
NIGHT WITH NWLY WINDS CONTINUING AT AROUND 20-30KT WITH GUSTS UP TO
AROUND 40-45KT. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE NEAR DAYBREAK...AND VIS SHOULD
IMPROVE TO HIGHER MVFR TO VFR IN THE MORNING.
MAYES
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR BENTON-
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JACKSON-JONES-LINN.
WIND CHILL WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY
FOR BENTON-BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-JACKSON-JONES-LINN.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR CEDAR-
CLINTON-DES MOINES-HENRY IA-IOWA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KEOKUK-
LEE-LOUISA-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WASHINGTON.
IL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR CARROLL-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON.
WIND CHILL WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY
FOR CARROLL-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR BUREAU-
HANCOCK-HENDERSON-HENRY IL-MCDONOUGH-MERCER-PUTNAM-ROCK
ISLAND-WARREN-WHITESIDE.
MO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR CLARK-
SCOTLAND.
&&
MAYES/LEHazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 4:36 AM CST, 10 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 436 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-301100- BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO- CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL- HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA- JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA- MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL- SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL- WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL- 436 AM CST TUE JAN 29 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 ...BLIZZARD WARNING THOUGH THIS EVENING... A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO OCCUR TODAY AS TEMPERATURES DROP. CURRENTLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN MUCH OF THE AREA BY THIS EVENING BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES AND EXITS OFF TO THE EAST. THE COMBINATION OF THIS SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. BLOWING SNOW WILL DECREASE...BUT STILL BE A PROBLEM THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. IN ADDITION TO THESE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS...WIND CHILLS BY AROUND SUNSET ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM -10 TO -20 BELOW ZERO. LATER TONIGHT AFTER THE SNOW EXITS THE AREA... WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE 20 TO 30 BELOW RANGE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...OR POSSIBLY A WIND CHILL WARNING IS LIKELY TO BE ISSUED FOR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THOUGH AT LEAST MID WEDNESDAY MORNING IN MUCH OF THE AREA. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING... ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAINLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR WITH JUST A DUSTING OR LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS CURRENTLY EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING. EARLY INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT YET ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM MAY IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL SOMETIME THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. SINCE THIS SYSTEM HAS YET TO MOVE IN SHORE OFF THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND DEVELOP...THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM AND THUS THE POTENTIAL HEAVY SNOWFALL PATH IS STILL YET TO BE DETERMINED. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL LATE WEEK WINTER STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER... SPOTTERS AND OBSERVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY NEW SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ERVIN/12
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 29, 11:55 AM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1155 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 IAZ042-053-054-065>068-078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-015-024-025- MOZ009-010-292000- DUBUQUE-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA- JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS- ROCK ISLAND-MERCER-HENDERSON-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA... TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...GALENA...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1155 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OCCURRING... AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 1 PM AS BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR SPILLS INTO THE AREA. THOUGH LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...A THIN COATING OF ICE MAY FORM ON ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES...CREATING SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GIVE WAY TO SNOW IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AT AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL WORSEN THE SITUATION AS WELL. ILZ002-007-009-016-026-034-035-292000- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-HENRY IL-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...KEWANEE...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB 1155 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA... TEMPERATURES ARE RAPIDLY FALLING BELOW FREEZING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA. RAIN SHOWERS WILL GIVE WAY TO AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THOUGH LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...A THIN COATING OF ICE MAY FORM ON ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES...CREATING SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 40 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WORSENING THE TRAVEL SITUATION AS WELL. MAYES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 9:41 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 17 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:04 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 9 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.