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Wind Chill Warning 3, NWS Quad Cities, IA

February 9, 20089 counties in Iowa; Carroll County, Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind chill warning at Feb 9, 2008, 3:46 AM CST for 9 counties in Iowa; Carroll County, Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Illinois. It took effect at Feb 10, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 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
Feb 9, 2008, 3:46 AM CST (09:46 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 10, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 10, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA

Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton 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), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2008-02-09Temperature 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2008-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WWUS43 KDVN 090946
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
346 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS TO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD 
WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION ON
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. WIND
CHILLS OF -20 TO BELOW -40 DEGREES WILL OCCUR OVER THE REGION
RESULTING IN A DANGEROUS RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND RISK TO LIFE FOR
THOSE OUTSIDE NOT PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS.

IAZ040>042-051>054-065-066-ILZ001-002-007-091800-
/O.NEW.KDVN.WC.W.0003.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
346 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

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

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

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION ON 
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS 
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -30 TO -40 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT
CONTINUING INTO LATE MORNING SUNDAY.

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 AS FEW AS
15 TO 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

$$

IAZ063-064-067-068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-
034-035-MOZ009-010-091800-
/O.NEW.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
IOWA-JOHNSON-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...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
346 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

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

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

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION ON 
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS 
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO NEAR -30 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT
LASTING INTO LATE MORNING SUNDAY.

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 AS FEW AS
30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.


$$

NICHOLS/SHEETS
6 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KDVN 091641
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1041 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS TO PRODUCE
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

.A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION
ON NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH.
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO BELOW -40 DEGREES WILL
OCCUR OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

IAZ040>042-051>054-065-066-ILZ001-002-007-100045-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0003.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
1041 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. 

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION ON
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -30 TO -40 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT
CONTINUING INTO LATE MORNING SUNDAY.

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 AS FEW AS 15 TO 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

$$

IAZ063-064-067-068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-
034-035-MOZ009-010-100045-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
IOWA-JOHNSON-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...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
1041 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 STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION ON
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -30 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT
LASTING INTO LATE MORNING SUNDAY.

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 AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KDVN 092137
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
337 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS TO PRODUCE
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

.A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION
ON NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO BELOW -40 DEGREES WILL
OCCUR OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

IAZ040>042-051>054-065-066-ILZ001-002-007-100545-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0003.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
337 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. 

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION ON
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -30 TO -40 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT
CONTINUING INTO LATE MORNING SUNDAY.

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 AS FEW AS 15 TO 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

$$

IAZ063-064-067-068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-
034-035-MOZ009-010-100545-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
IOWA-JOHNSON-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...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
337 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. 

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION ON
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -30 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT
LASTING INTO LATE MORNING SUNDAY.

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 AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KDVN 092350
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
550 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WITH AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW...

.A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION
ON NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO BELOW -40 DEGREES WILL
OCCUR OVER THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 
ALSO...THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN
OPEN AND RURAL AREAS THAT WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS THIS
EVENING.

IAZ040>042-051>054-065-066-ILZ001-002-007-100800-
/O.NEW.KDVN.BS.Y.0005.080209T2350Z-080210T0600Z/
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0003.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
550 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLOWING
SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A
WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION ON
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -30 TO -40 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT
CONTINUING INTO LATE MORNING SUNDAY. ALSO...THE STRONG WINDS WILL
CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS...THAT
WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE 
AND CREATE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS...CAUSING SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS
THIS EVENING.

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 AS FEW AS 15 TO 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF
MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW.  BE
CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS.

$$

IAZ063-064-ILZ009-100800-
/O.NEW.KDVN.BS.Y.0005.080209T2350Z-080210T0600Z/
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
IOWA-JOHNSON-WHITESIDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS
550 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLOWING
SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION ON
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -30 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT
LASTING INTO LATE MORNING SUNDAY. ALSO...THE STRONG WINDS WILL
CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS...THAT
WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE 
AND CREATE SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS...CAUSING SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS
THIS EVENING.

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 AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF
MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW.  BE
CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS.

$$

IAZ067-068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ015>018-024>026-034-035-
MOZ009-010-100800-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-
DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
550 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. 

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION ON
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -30 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT
LASTING INTO LATE MORNING SUNDAY.

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 AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KDVN 100552
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1152 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS...

.A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION
ON NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO BELOW -40 DEGREES WILL
OCCUR OVER THE REGION OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

IAZ040>042-051>054-065-066-ILZ001-002-007-101400-
/O.EXP.KDVN.BS.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080210T0600Z/
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0003.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
1152 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

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

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

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION ON
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -30 TO -40 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT
CONTINUING INTO LATE MORNING SUNDAY. ALSO...THE STRONG WINDS WILL
CREATE SOME DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS...BUT
WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. 

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 AS FEW AS 15 TO 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

$$

IAZ063-064-ILZ009-101400-
/O.EXP.KDVN.BS.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080210T0600Z/
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
IOWA-JOHNSON-WHITESIDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS
1152 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY...
...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION ON
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -30 TO -40 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT
CONTINUING INTO LATE MORNING SUNDAY. ALSO...THE STRONG WINDS WILL
CREATE SOME DRIFTING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS...BUT
WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. 

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 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

$$

IAZ067-068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ015>018-024>026-034-035-
MOZ009-010-101400-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.080210T0600Z-080210T1800Z/
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-
DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
1152 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. 

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH VERY COLD AIR INTO REGION ON
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THIS
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF -20 TO -30 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT
LASTING INTO LATE MORNING SUNDAY.

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 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KDVN 100950
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
350 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH AN ARCTIC AIRMASS
INTO THE AREA TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH...COMBINED
WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO...WILL
RESULT IN DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL
BE AS LOW AS 20 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE MORNING. BY
AFTERNOON...THE COMBINATION OF DIMINISHING WINDS...AND A SLIGHT
RISE IN TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS IMPROVING TO THE
RANGE OF 5 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO.

IAZ040>042-051>054-065-066-ILZ001-002-007-101800-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
350 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. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE RANGE OF ZERO TO 5 BELOW TO PRODUCE
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO
THIS MORNING. ALSO...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
SOME DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN OR RURAL AREAS THIS
MORNING. 

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
MAY RESULT 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 AS FEW AS 15 TO 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

$$

IAZ063-064-067-068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-
034-035-MOZ009-010-101800-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/
IOWA-JOHNSON-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...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
350 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. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE RANGE OF AROUND ZERO TO 10 ABOVE TO PRODUCE
BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 20 TO 29 BELOW ZERO THIS
MORNING. 

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...WHICH MAY RESULT 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 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

$$

SHEETS
000 
WWUS43 KDVN 101805
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1205 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH AN ARCTIC AIRMASS
INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WIND AND TEMPERATURES AT
OR JUST BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS
FROM 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.


IAZ040>042-051>054-065-066-ILZ001-002-007-110000-
/O.EXP.KDVN.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.080210T1805Z-080211T0000Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
1205 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. 

THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WIND CHILL ADVISORY
FOR THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS THIS AFTERNOON WILL REMAIN BETWEEN
20 AND 30 BELOW ZERO AS A RESULT OF NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25
MPH AND TEMPERATURES JUST BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON ALLOWING WIND CHILLS TO RISE TO AROUND 10 BELOW.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...WHICH MAY RESULT 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 30 MINUTES IN THESE
CONDITIONS.


$$

IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-101915-
/O.EXP.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080210T1800Z/
JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN-
HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
1205 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. 

THE THREAT OF DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA WITH
TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 5 TO 10 DEGREE ABOVE ZERO RANGE AND
WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 MPH. WIND CHILLS WILL STILL BE QUITE
LOW THIS AFTERNOON WITH READINGS EXPECTED TO STAY BETWEEN -10 AND
-20. IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON...DRESS APPROPRIATELY
FOR THE COLD WEATHER.

$$

IAZ063-064-067-068-076>078-ILZ009-015>018-024-110000-
/O.EXT.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080211T0000Z/
IOWA-JOHNSON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...MUSCATINE...
BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...
STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...
PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO
1205 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. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH
TEMPERATURES AROUND ZERO TO PRODUCE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS AS
LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...WHICH MAY RESULT 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 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

$$

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 Feb 8, 5:00 PM CST, 10 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 5:00 PM CST, 10 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
500 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2008

.UPDATE...
A QUICK UPDATE SENT TO REMOVE OR GREATLY LOWER POPS FOR LATE
AFTERNOON...AND THIS EVENING. MOST AREAS WILL REMAIN DRY WEST OF THE
FORCING...WHICH IS ALREADY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  ALSO
LOWER SNOW AMOUNTS...EXCEPT IN THE FAR EAST WHERE FORCING LINGERS
PAST 02Z.

ERVIN

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE

&&

ERVIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 4:40 AM CST, 23 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
440 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2008

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-091100-
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-
440 AM CST FRI FEB 8 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

A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  A DUSTING OF UP TO NEAR AN INCH OF NEW SNOWFALL
IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN ILLINOIS.  ELSEWHERE...MAINLY FLURRIES ARE
EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING.  A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL
PASS ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  AS THE FRONT PASSES...
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL SHARPLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH WINDS
INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL ALLOW
FOR CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN OPEN AND RURAL LOCATIONS. THE VERY
STRONG WIND COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO WILL ALSO
RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE SATURDAY EVENING
INTO SUNDAY. WEATHER HEADLINES APPEAR LIKELY FOR EXTREME AND
DANGEROUS COLD WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM.

MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE
REGION.  CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGESTS THAT LIGHT TO POSSIBLY MODERATE
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...IT REMAINS TOO
UNCLEAR TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC SNOW AMOUNTS AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

SHEETS/NICHOLS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 9, 3:46 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more38 hr
Feb 9, 5:50 PM CSTBlowing Snow AdvisoryDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 5 more6 hr

Nearby

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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.