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Wind Chill Advisory 3, NWS St. Louis, MO

February 9, 201112 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 9, 2011, 3:55 PM CST for 12 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Feb 10, 2011, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 9, 2011, 3:55 PM CST (21:55 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 10, 2011, 4:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 10, 2011, 10:00 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO

Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Marion County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Shelby County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 288 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 12:00Z on 2011-02-09Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2011-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
1830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 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.

466 
WWUS43 KLSX 092155
WSWLSX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
355 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

MOZ018-019-026-027-034-035-041-042-047>050-101000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.WC.Y.0003.110210T1000Z-110210T1600Z/
KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-BOONE MO-
AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HANNIBAL...COLUMBIA...MEXICO...
JEFFERSON CITY
355 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM CST THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 DEGREES BELOW
  ZERO AFTER 400 AM THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE QUICKLY
  AFTER SUNRISE AND WIND CHILL VALUES SHOULD RISE ABOVE 15 DEGREES
  BELOW ZERO BY 1000 AM THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF BETWEEN 15 AND 20
  DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE LIKELY.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP ON EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS
  30 MINUTES WHEN WIND CHILL VALUES ARE BETWEEN 15 DEGREES BELOW
  AND 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND COMBINES WITH
VERY LOW TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED
SKIN. THE COLD AIR AND WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS BETWEEN
15 AND 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO
VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...
MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

&&

$$

CARNEY
2 follow-up statements
145 
WWUS43 KLSX 100936
WSWLSX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
336 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

MOZ018-019-026-027-034-035-041-042-047>050-101600-
/O.CON.KLSX.WC.Y.0003.110210T1000Z-110210T1600Z/
KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-BOONE MO-
AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HANNIBAL...COLUMBIA...MEXICO...
JEFFERSON CITY
336 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

* TIMING...THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SOUTHWEST WINDS
  AROUND 5 MPH WILL RESULT IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS.
  TEMPERATURES WILL RISE QUICKLY AFTER SUNRISE AND WIND CHILL
  VALUES SHOULD RISE ABOVE 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY 10 AM.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF BETWEEN 15 AND 24 
  DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE LIKELY. 

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP ON EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE 
  AS 30 MINUTES WHEN WIND CHILL VALUES ARE BETWEEN 15 DEGREES 
  BELOW AND 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND COMBINES WITH
VERY LOW TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED
SKIN. THE COLD AIR AND WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS BETWEEN
15 AND 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO
VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...
MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

&&

$$

BYRD
034 
WWUS43 KLSX 101608
WSWLSX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1008 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

MOZ018-019-026-027-034-035-041-042-047>050-101715-
/O.EXP.KLSX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110210T1600Z/
KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-BOONE MO-
AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HANNIBAL...COLUMBIA...MEXICO...
JEFFERSON CITY
1008 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO...ENDING
THE BITTERY COLD WIND CHILLS THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS MORNING.

$$

TRUETT

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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.