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Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Des Moines, IA

January 20, 201320 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 20, 2013, 3:54 PM CST for 20 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 20, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 20, 2013, 3:54 PM CST (21:54 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 20, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 22, 2013, 10:00 AM CST
In force: 40 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA

Counties Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Jan 20, 3:36 PM CST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 3:36 PM CST, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 5:02 AM CST, 10 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 20, 12:06 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 20, 3:38 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet and 14 more	32 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in Iowa, 2013 Every wind chill advisory in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.