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Wind Chill Advisory 13, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 5, 2014, 3:18 PM CST for 51 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 5, 2014, 8:00 PM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2014, 3:18 PM CST (21:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2014, 8:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 51 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
675 WWUS43 KDMX 052118 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 318 PM CST WED FEB 5 2014 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-060530- /O.NEW.KDMX.WC.Y.0013.140206T0200Z-140206T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK... GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY... ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER... REINBECK...CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN... TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 318 PM CST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THE COLDEST WIND CHILL READINGS ARE ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE WINDS WEAKEN TO AROUND 5 TO 15 MPH AND SHIFT WEST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 10 BELOW TO NEAR 15 BELOW. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WITH A FEW SPOTS IN THE NORTHEAST DROPPING TO EVEN COLDER THAN 30 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ PODRAZIK
4 follow-up statements
730 WWUS43 KDMX 060344 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 944 PM CST WED FEB 5 2014 ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES FROM AROUND 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW COMBINED WITH A BRISK NORTHWEST WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-061145- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140206T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK... GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY... ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER... REINBECK...CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN... TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 944 PM CST WED FEB 5 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AT 9 PM WIND CHILL VALUES RANGED FROM NEAR 20 BELOW ACROSS THE SOUTH TO 23 BELOW ACROSS THE NORTH. THE COLDEST WIND CHILL READINGS WILL OCCUR FROM 3 AM TO 9AM THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND...A NORTHWEST WIND AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO 5 TO 15 MPH AND SHIFT WEST BY THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WITH A FEW SPOTS IN THE NORTHEAST DROPPING TO EVEN COLDER THAN 30 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ FAB
553 WWUS43 KDMX 060926 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 326 AM CST THU FEB 6 2014 ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING... .BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES FROM AROUND 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW COMBINED WITH A NORTHWEST WIND OF AROUND 10 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-061730- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140206T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK... GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY... ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER... REINBECK...CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN... TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 326 AM CST THU FEB 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE CURRENTLY OCCURRING...WITH SOME READINGS AS LOW AS 30 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS TEMPERATURES ALSO COOL...WITH THE COLDEST READINGS NEAR SUNRISE. * WIND...WINDS WILL REMAIN NORTHWEST TO WESTERLY AROUND 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP BELOW 30 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ AWB
768 WWUS43 KDMX 061601 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1001 AM CST THU FEB 6 2014 ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUE... .EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-061800- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140206T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK... GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY... ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER... REINBECK...CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN... TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1001 AM CST THU FEB 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS. SOME AREAS OVER NORTHERN IOWA WILL LIKELY RECEIVE VALUES AS LOW AS 30 BELOW ZERO. AS THE TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISE DURING THE DAY...THE WIND CHILL READINGS WILL AS WELL AND THE WIND CHILL VALUES WILL IMPROVE TO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND...NORTHWEST TO WEST WEST FROM 5 TO 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ KLP
567 WWUS43 KDMX 061748 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1148 AM CST THU FEB 6 2014 ...WIND CHILLS IMPROVING THIS AFTERNOON... .ANOTHER BITTERLY COLD NIGHT IS FORECAST TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW WILL AGAIN BE COMMON DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-061900- /O.EXP.KDMX.WC.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140206T1800Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY... LAKE MILLS...NORTHWOOD...MANLY...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...BRITT... KANAWHA...MASON CITY...CLEAR LAKE...POCAHONTAS...LAURENS... ROLFE...FONDA...GILMORE CITY...HUMBOLDT...EAGLE GROVE...CLARION... BELMOND...HAMPTON...PARKERSBURG...CLARKSVILLE...SHELL ROCK... GREENE...APLINGTON...ALLISON...DUMONT...WAVERLY...SAC CITY... LAKE VIEW...ODEBOLT...WALL LAKE...SCHALLER...EARLY... ROCKWELL CITY...MANSON...LAKE CITY...POMEROY...FORT DODGE... WEBSTER CITY...IOWA FALLS...ELDORA...ACKLEY...GRUNDY CENTER... REINBECK...CONRAD...DIKE...WELLSBURG...WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS... DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN... TAMA...TOLEDO...TRAER...DYSART...GLADBROOK...AUDUBON...EXIRA... GUTHRIE CENTER...PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE... ADEL...DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...EARLHAM...INDIANOLA... NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CORNING... CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...BEDFORD... LENOX...NEW MARKET...MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON... SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD 1148 AM CST THU FEB 6 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED UP ENOUGH ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA TO ALLOW THE WIND CHILLS TO BE NOT AS COLD. HOWEVER...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ANOTHER BITTERLY COLD NIGHT IS IN STORE TONIGHT. $$ KLP
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 Feb 5, 11:35 AM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 11:35 AM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1135 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014 ...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION... .SHORT TERM /TODAY/... ISSUED AT 249 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014 PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN FOR TODAY IS TIMING THE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING IMPACTS OF THE DEPARTING WINTER STORM. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES HAVE DECREASED EARLY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER RADAR TRENDS AND HI RES MODELS INDICATE THAT LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST FOR PERIODS UNTIL MID MORNING. IN ADDITION...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE JUST NOW MOVING FROM WESTERN INTO CENTRAL IOWA AND ALREADY ROADS ARE FREQUENTLY DRIFTING OVER RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. DESPITE THE EXPECTATION OF ONLY LIGHT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...THE IMPACTS FROM PERSISTENT STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WARRANT EXTENDING THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH 9 AM TO COVER THE MORNING COMMUTE. BY THAT TIME THE SNOW WILL END RAPIDLY...WITH MAYBE JUST SOME LINGERING FLURRIES...THOUGH BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT OF AN ISSUE UNTIL WINDS DECREASE IN THE AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... ISSUED AT 249 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014 LOW PRESSURE PULLS AWAY AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE STATE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...BUT TEMPS WILL NEARLY BE TO ADVISORY CATEGORY BY LATE TONIGHT. WILL LIKELY NEED HEADLINES FOR THE COLD TONIGHT...BUT THINKING AT THIS TIME IS TO CLEAR OUT THE CURRENT MIX OF HEADLINES AND REINTRODUCE CHILL PRODUCTS FROM A CLEAN SLATE. THE HIGH WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER THROUGH FRI BEFORE THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES IN. NOT MUCH OF A SOW AT THE SURFACE WITH THE SURFACE LOW RACING OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND DIRECTLY AFFECTING THE MID SOUTH INTO THE MID ATLANTIC. SNOW IS LIKELY TO BREAK OUT ACROSS THE CWA ON SAT WITH S DECENT S/WV PUSHING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. FEEL THE ECMWF HAS A DECENT HANDLE ON THIS FEATURE. NOT LOOKING FOR A BIG EVENT OUT OF THIS. ANOTHER PUSH OF COOL AIR WILL FOLLOW FOR SUN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AFTER THAT PASSES THERE SOME SIGNS OF SOME TEMPORARY WARMING LOOKING TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...05/18Z ISSUED AT 1135 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014 MVFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING AS ANOTHER QUICK MOVING SHORTWAVE REINFORCES THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER CENTRAL TO NORTHERN IOWA. MVFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE INTO ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO TOMORROW MORNING. HAVE MENTION OF MVFR VIS AT ALO AND OTM FOR BLOWING SNOW INTO THE EARLY EVENING TONIGHT. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...LEE LONG TERM...MS FEB 14 AVIATION...PODRAZIK
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 9:14 AM CST, 6 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 914 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-061515- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 914 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SEVERAL NIGHTS OF BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. PODRAZIK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 5, 10:46 AM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1046 AM CST WED FEB 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0124 AM SNOW SSW JEFFERSON 42.01N 94.38W
02/05/2014 E2.5 INCH GREENE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATES 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR.
0430 AM SNOW 6 SW OTTUMWA 40.96N 92.50W
02/05/2014 M6.5 INCH WAPELLO IA TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED 6.5 INCHES OF SNOW SOUTHWEST OF
OTTUMWA. ALSO REPORTS MANY SECONDARY ROADS ARE HEAVILY
DRIFTED.
0454 AM SNOW WEBSTER CITY 42.46N 93.82W
02/05/2014 M2.0 INCH HAMILTON IA CO-OP OBSERVER
FROM KQWC RADIO
0524 AM SNOW WATERLOO 42.49N 92.35W
02/05/2014 M1.1 INCH BLACK HAWK IA BROADCAST MEDIA
KWWL TV
0538 AM SNOW ALTOONA 41.65N 93.48W
02/05/2014 M5.0 INCH POLK IA TRAINED SPOTTER
2.0 INCHES IN THE PAST 12 HOURS.
0538 AM SNOW DES MOINES INT AIRPORT 41.53N 93.66W
02/05/2014 M5.5 INCH POLK IA ASOS
0600 AM SNOW 5 SE AMES 41.97N 93.56W
02/05/2014 E4.5 INCH STORY IA CO-OP OBSERVER
4.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.5 INCHES IN PAST 24 HOURS
0600 AM SNOW JEWELL 42.31N 93.64W
02/05/2014 M1.7 INCH HAMILTON IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.14 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0600 AM SNOW WATERLOO AIRPORT 42.56N 92.40W
02/05/2014 M1.1 INCH BLACK HAWK IA ASOS
0600 AM SNOW 1 NE ATLANTIC 41.41N 95.00W
02/05/2014 M3.0 INCH CASS IA TRAINED SPOTTER
MEASURED 3.0 INCHES OF SNOW FOR STORM TOTAL IN ATLANTIC.
LIGHT SNOW FALLING WITH BLOWING SNOW AT OBSERVATION TIME.
0600 AM SNOW 1 S SAYLORVILLE LAKE 41.74N 93.72W
02/05/2014 M4.7 INCH POLK IA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AT NWS OFFICE IN JOHNSTON.
0620 AM SNOW OSKALOOSA 41.29N 92.64W
02/05/2014 E6.0 INCH MAHASKA IA PUBLIC
ESTIMATED SNOW DRIFTS OVER 12 INCHES
0627 AM SNOW OTTUMWA 41.02N 92.42W
02/05/2014 E6.5 INCH WAPELLO IA BROADCAST MEDIA
LOCAL RADIO STATION MEASURED STORM TOTAL
0630 AM SNOW GRUNDY CENTER 42.36N 92.77W
02/05/2014 M1.2 INCH GRUNDY IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.13 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0646 AM SNOW 5 WNW DES MOINES 41.61N 93.71W
02/05/2014 M4.9 INCH POLK IA TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
0700 AM SNOW W BAGLEY 41.85N 94.43W
02/05/2014 E3.6 INCH GUTHRIE IA COCORAHS
0700 AM SNOW SE MADRID 41.88N 93.82W
02/05/2014 E3.9 INCH BOONE IA COCORAHS
0.26 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW NEWTON 41.70N 93.05W
02/05/2014 M3.9 INCH JASPER IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW TRAER 42.19N 92.46W
02/05/2014 M4.0 INCH TAMA IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.4 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW BEDFORD 40.67N 94.72W
02/05/2014 M6.0 INCH TAYLOR IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.52 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW RATHBUN LAKE 40.85N 92.96W
02/05/2014 E5.0 INCH APPANOOSE IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW 3 SW GRINNELL 41.71N 92.76W
02/05/2014 M3.0 INCH POWESHIEK IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.35 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW 1 N GRIMES 41.67N 93.79W
02/05/2014 M5.3 INCH POLK IA TRAINED SPOTTER
NWS EMPLOYEE STORM TOTAL
0700 AM SNOW DENISON 42.02N 95.35W
02/05/2014 M1.5 INCH CRAWFORD IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.09 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW 1 NE ATLANTIC 41.41N 95.00W
02/05/2014 M3.0 INCH CASS IA CO-OP OBSERVER
3.0 INCHES STORM TOTAL...1.5 INCHES IN PAST 24 HOURS
0700 AM SNOW TOLEDO 41.99N 92.58W
02/05/2014 M2.0 INCH TAMA IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.11 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW LORIMOR 41.13N 94.06W
02/05/2014 M4.0 INCH UNION IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.30 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW CENTERVILLE 40.73N 92.87W
02/05/2014 M6.2 INCH APPANOOSE IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.38 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW OSCEOLA 41.03N 93.77W
02/05/2014 M3.0 INCH CLARKE IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.13 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW ROCKWELL 42.98N 93.19W
02/05/2014 M1.0 INCH CERRO GORDO IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.06 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW CONRAD 42.22N 92.87W
02/05/2014 M3.5 INCH GRUNDY IA CO-OP OBSERVER
3.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.2 INCHES IN PAST 24 HOURS
0700 AM SNOW 1 S PELLA 41.39N 92.92W
02/05/2014 M4.0 INCH MARION IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.29 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW ALBIA 41.03N 92.80W
02/05/2014 M4.2 INCH MONROE IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.22 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW DES MOINES 41.58N 93.62W
02/05/2014 E5.1 INCH POLK IA CO-OP OBSERVER
5.1 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.9 INCHES IN PAST 24 HOURS
0700 AM SNOW HAMPTON 42.74N 93.20W
02/05/2014 E0.5 INCH FRANKLIN IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.13 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW WEBSTER CITY 42.46N 93.82W
02/05/2014 M2.0 INCH HAMILTON IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.14 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW 4 S NORWALK 41.44N 93.68W
02/05/2014 E5.7 INCH WARREN IA COCORAHS
5.7 INCHES STORM TOTAL...4.4 INCHES IN PAST 24 HOURS
0700 AM SNOW SAC CITY 42.42N 95.00W
02/05/2014 M1.0 INCH SAC IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW INDIANOLA 41.36N 93.57W
02/05/2014 M7.0 INCH WARREN IA CO-OP OBSERVER
7.0 INCHES STORM TOTAL...5.8 INCHES IN PAST 24 HOURS
0700 AM SNOW 1 W MONTEZUMA 41.58N 92.55W
02/05/2014 M4.0 INCH POWESHIEK IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.22 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW GILMAN 41.88N 92.79W
02/05/2014 E4.0 INCH MARSHALL IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.20 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW CARROLL 42.07N 94.86W
02/05/2014 M1.5 INCH CARROLL IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.11 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW PERRY 41.84N 94.10W
02/05/2014 M4.6 INCH DALLAS IA CO-OP OBSERVER
4.6 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.4 IN PAST 24 HOURS
0700 AM SNOW OSKALOOSA 41.29N 92.64W
02/05/2014 E7.0 INCH MAHASKA IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.72 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW ALLERTON 40.71N 93.37W
02/05/2014 M5.0 INCH WAYNE IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.20 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW 1 WNW BLOOMFIELD 40.75N 92.44W
02/05/2014 M6.8 INCH DAVIS IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW BEACONSFIELD 40.81N 94.05W
02/05/2014 E5.0 INCH RINGGOLD IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.50 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW MARSHALLTOWN 41.45N 95.11W
02/05/2014 M3.5 INCH CASS IA CO-OP OBSERVER
3.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.0 INCHES IN PAST 24 HOURS
0700 AM SNOW 1 E CHARITON 41.02N 93.29W
02/05/2014 M2.7 INCH LUCAS IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.16 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW LAMONI 40.62N 93.94W
02/05/2014 M8.0 INCH DECATUR IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.35 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW TRIPOLI 42.81N 92.26W
02/05/2014 M0.5 INCH BREMER IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW IOWA FALLS 42.52N 93.27W
02/05/2014 M0.5 INCH HARDIN IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM SNOW W GILBERT 42.11N 93.65W
02/05/2014 E4.6 INCH STORY IA COCORAHS
4.6 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.8 INCHES IN PAST 24 HOURS
0700 AM SNOW 1 NNE AMES 42.04N 93.62W
02/05/2014 M4.8 INCH STORY IA COCORAHS
4.8 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.8 INCHES PAST 24 HOURS
0700 AM SNOW 4 N NEW MARKET 40.79N 94.90W
02/05/2014 M4.8 INCH TAYLOR IA COCORAHS
0.15 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW 3 E MANNING 41.91N 95.01W
02/05/2014 M2.0 INCH CARROLL IA COCORAHS
0.16 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW NW WEBSTER CITY 42.46N 93.82W
02/05/2014 M0.7 INCH HAMILTON IA COCORAHS
0.11 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW 1 ENE FORT DODGE 42.51N 94.16W
02/05/2014 E1.2 INCH WEBSTER IA COCORAHS
0.10 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW 1 SSE WATERLOO 42.48N 92.34W
02/05/2014 M0.6 INCH BLACK HAWK IA COCORAHS
0700 AM SNOW ENE AMES 42.02N 93.63W
02/05/2014 M4.5 INCH STORY IA COCORAHS
4.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.5 INCHES IN PAST 24 HOURS
0715 AM SNOW 3 SW CLIVE 41.58N 93.80W
02/05/2014 M5.5 INCH DALLAS IA TRAINED SPOTTER
NWS EMPLOYEE
0715 AM SNOW 1 NE CENTERVILLE 40.74N 92.86W
02/05/2014 M8.0 INCH APPANOOSE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0720 AM SNOW ANKENY 41.72N 93.61W
02/05/2014 M4.0 INCH POLK IA CO-OP OBSERVER
4.0 INCHES STORM TOTAL...2.5 INCHES IN PAST 24 HOURS
0730 AM SNOW SE MADRID 41.87N 93.81W
02/05/2014 M3.9 INCH BOONE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
0740 AM SNOW W ALBIA 41.03N 92.81W
02/05/2014 M3.8 INCH MONROE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM SNOW BOONE 42.05N 93.88W
02/05/2014 M3.4 INCH BOONE IA CO-OP OBSERVER
3.4 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.1 INCHES IN PAST 24 HOURS
0800 AM SNOW AUDUBON 41.72N 94.93W
02/05/2014 M2.0 INCH AUDUBON IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.07 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0800 AM SNOW DAKOTA CITY 42.72N 94.20W
02/05/2014 M0.6 INCH HUMBOLDT IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW 3 ESE ADEL 41.60N 93.98W
02/05/2014 M5.0 INCH DALLAS IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM SNOW KNOXVILLE 41.32N 93.10W
02/05/2014 M5.5 INCH MARION IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.26 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0800 AM SNOW 1 E CLIVE 41.61N 93.75W
02/05/2014 M5.1 INCH POLK IA TRAINED SPOTTER
NWS EMPLOYEE STORM TOTAL MEASUREMENT
0800 AM SNOW ZEARING 42.16N 93.30W
02/05/2014 M2.5 INCH STORY IA CO-OP OBSERVER
2.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL...2.0 INCHES IN PAST 24 HOURS
0937 AM SNOW 3 W BOONE AIRPORT 42.05N 93.90W
02/05/2014 M3.1 INCH BOONE IA BROADCAST MEDIA
24 HOUR SNOWFALL. FROM KWBG RADIO.
1008 AM SNOW DAWSON 41.84N 94.22W
02/05/2014 M3.5 INCH DALLAS IA BROADCAST MEDIA
FROM KCWI TV
&&
THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET
CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.
SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT
INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME
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8.00 1 NE CENTERVILLE IA APPANOOSE 0715 AM
8.00 LAMONI IA DECATUR 0700 AM
0.35 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
7.00 OSKALOOSA IA MAHASKA 0700 AM
0.72 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
7.00 INDIANOLA IA WARREN 0700 AM
7.0 INCHES STORM TOTAL...5.8 INCHES IN PAST
24 HOURS
6.80 1 WNW BLOOMFIELD IA DAVIS 0700 AM
6.50 OTTUMWA IA WAPELLO 0627 AM
LOCAL RADIO STATION MEASURED STORM TOTAL
6.50 6 SW OTTUMWA IA WAPELLO 0430 AM
TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED 6.5 INCHES OF SNOW
SOUTHWEST OF OTTUMWA. ALSO REPORTS MANY
SECONDARY ROADS ARE HEAVILY DRIFTED.
6.20 CENTERVILLE IA APPANOOSE 0700 AM
0.38 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
6.00 BEDFORD IA TAYLOR 0700 AM
0.52 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
6.00 OSKALOOSA IA MAHASKA 0620 AM
ESTIMATED SNOW DRIFTS OVER 12 INCHES
5.70 4 S NORWALK IA WARREN 0700 AM
5.7 INCHES STORM TOTAL...4.4 INCHES IN PAST
24 HOURS
5.50 KNOXVILLE IA MARION 0800 AM
0.26 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
5.50 3 SW CLIVE IA DALLAS 0715 AM
NWS EMPLOYEE
5.50 DES MOINES INT AIRPORT IA POLK 0538 AM
5.30 1 N GRIMES IA POLK 0700 AM
NWS EMPLOYEE STORM TOTAL
5.10 1 E CLIVE IA POLK 0800 AM
NWS EMPLOYEE STORM TOTAL MEASUREMENT
5.10 DES MOINES IA POLK 0700 AM
5.1 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.9 INCHES IN PAST
24 HOURS
5.00 3 ESE ADEL IA DALLAS 0800 AM
5.00 BEACONSFIELD IA RINGGOLD 0700 AM
0.50 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
5.00 ALLERTON IA WAYNE 0700 AM
0.20 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
5.00 RATHBUN LAKE IA APPANOOSE 0700 AM
5.00 ALTOONA IA POLK 0538 AM
2.0 INCHES IN THE PAST 12 HOURS.
4.90 5 WNW DES MOINES IA POLK 0646 AM
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
4.80 4 N NEW MARKET IA TAYLOR 0700 AM
0.15 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
4.80 1 NNE AMES IA STORY 0700 AM
4.8 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.8 INCHES PAST 24
HOURS
4.70 1 S SAYLORVILLE LAKE IA POLK 0600 AM
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AT NWS OFFICE IN
JOHNSTON.
4.60 W GILBERT IA STORY 0700 AM
4.6 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.8 INCHES IN PAST
24 HOURS
4.60 PERRY IA DALLAS 0700 AM
4.6 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.4 IN PAST 24 HOURS
4.50 ENE AMES IA STORY 0700 AM
4.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.5 INCHES IN PAST
24 HOURS
4.50 5 SE AMES IA STORY 0600 AM
4.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.5 INCHES IN PAST
24 HOURS
4.20 ALBIA IA MONROE 0700 AM
0.22 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
4.00 ANKENY IA POLK 0720 AM
4.0 INCHES STORM TOTAL...2.5 INCHES IN PAST
24 HOURS
4.00 GILMAN IA MARSHALL 0700 AM
0.20 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
4.00 1 W MONTEZUMA IA POWESHIEK 0700 AM
0.22 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
4.00 1 S PELLA IA MARION 0700 AM
0.29 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
4.00 LORIMOR IA UNION 0700 AM
0.30 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
4.00 TRAER IA TAMA 0700 AM
0.4 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
3.90 SE MADRID IA BOONE 0730 AM
REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
3.90 NEWTON IA JASPER 0700 AM
3.90 SE MADRID IA BOONE 0700 AM
0.26 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
3.80 W ALBIA IA MONROE 0740 AM
3.60 W BAGLEY IA GUTHRIE 0700 AM
3.50 DAWSON IA DALLAS 1008 AM
FROM KCWI TV
3.50 MARSHALLTOWN IA CASS 0700 AM
3.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.0 INCHES IN PAST
24 HOURS
3.50 CONRAD IA GRUNDY 0700 AM
3.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.2 INCHES IN PAST
24 HOURS
3.40 BOONE IA BOONE 0800 AM
3.4 INCHES STORM TOTAL...3.1 INCHES IN PAST
24 HOURS
3.10 3 W BOONE AIRPORT IA BOONE 0937 AM
24 HOUR SNOWFALL. FROM KWBG RADIO.
3.00 OSCEOLA IA CLARKE 0700 AM
0.13 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
3.00 1 NE ATLANTIC IA CASS 0700 AM
3.0 INCHES STORM TOTAL...1.5 INCHES IN PAST
24 HOURS
3.00 3 SW GRINNELL IA POWESHIEK 0700 AM
0.35 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
3.00 1 NE ATLANTIC IA CASS 0600 AM
MEASURED 3.0 INCHES OF SNOW FOR STORM TOTAL
IN ATLANTIC. LIGHT SNOW FALLING WITH BLOWING
SNOW AT OBSERVATION TIME.
2.70 1 E CHARITON IA LUCAS 0700 AM
0.16 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
2.50 ZEARING IA STORY 0800 AM
2.5 INCHES STORM TOTAL...2.0 INCHES IN PAST
24 HOURS
2.50 SSW JEFFERSON IA GREENE 0124 AM
TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATES 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW
SO FAR.
2.00 AUDUBON IA AUDUBON 0800 AM
0.07 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
2.00 3 E MANNING IA CARROLL 0700 AM
0.16 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
2.00 WEBSTER CITY IA HAMILTON 0700 AM
0.14 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
2.00 TOLEDO IA TAMA 0700 AM
0.11 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
2.00 WEBSTER CITY IA HAMILTON 0454 AM
FROM KQWC RADIO
1.70 JEWELL IA HAMILTON 0600 AM
0.14 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
1.50 CARROLL IA CARROLL 0700 AM
0.11 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
1.50 DENISON IA CRAWFORD 0700 AM
0.09 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
1.20 1 ENE FORT DODGE IA WEBSTER 0700 AM
0.10 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
1.20 GRUNDY CENTER IA GRUNDY 0630 AM
0.13 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
1.10 WATERLOO AIRPORT IA BLACK HAWK 0600 AM
1.10 WATERLOO IA BLACK HAWK 0524 AM
KWWL TV
1.00 SAC CITY IA SAC 0700 AM
1.00 ROCKWELL IA CERRO GORDO 0700 AM
0.06 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0.70 NW WEBSTER CITY IA HAMILTON 0700 AM
0.11 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0.60 DAKOTA CITY IA HUMBOLDT 0800 AM
0.60 1 SSE WATERLOO IA BLACK HAWK 0700 AM
0.50 IOWA FALLS IA HARDIN 0700 AM
0.50 TRIPOLI IA BREMER 0700 AM
0.50 HAMPTON IA FRANKLIN 0700 AM
0.13 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
KOTENBERGLocal storm report, Feb 5, 11:18 AM CST, 4 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1118 AM CST WED FEB 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW CLUTIER 42.08N 92.40W
02/05/2014 M3.0 INCH TAMA IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.30 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
0700 AM SNOW CORNING 40.99N 94.74W
02/05/2014 M1.0 INCH ADAMS IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.10 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT
&&Local storm report, Feb 5, 11:24 AM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1124 AM CST WED FEB 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW PARKERSBURG 42.57N 92.78W
02/05/2014 M1.0 INCH BUTLER IA CO-OP OBSERVER
1100 AM SNOW 1 NW PLEASANTVILLE 41.40N 93.28W
02/05/2014 M5.5 INCH MARION IA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&Local storm report, Feb 5, 12:27 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1227 PM CST WED FEB 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM SNOW 5 NNW WATERLOO 42.55N 92.39W
02/05/2014 E1.2 INCH BLACK HAWK IA TRAINED SPOTTER
1.2 INCHES STORM TOTAL...0.1 INCHES IN PAST 6 HOURS
1200 PM SNOW 6 NNW DES MOINES 41.66N 93.64W
02/05/2014 M5.6 INCH POLK IA TRAINED SPOTTER
5.6 INCHES STORM TOTAL...0.1 INCHES IN PAST 6 HOURS
1200 PM SNOW 1 S SAYLORVILLE LAKE 41.74N 93.72W
02/05/2014 M4.8 INCH POLK IA TRAINED SPOTTER
4.8 INCHES STORM TOTAL...0.1 INCHES IN PAST 6 HOURS
&&Local storm report, Feb 5, 12:30 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1230 PM CST WED FEB 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1145 AM SNOW 5 SE WATERLOO 42.44N 92.28W
02/05/2014 E1.5 INCH BLACK HAWK IA PUBLIC
SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT
&&Local storm report, Feb 5, 1:50 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
150 PM CST WED FEB 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 PM SNOW NNW OTTUMWA AIRPORT 41.11N 92.45W
02/05/2014 M6.7 INCH WAPELLO IA PUBLIC
VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
&&
PODRAZIKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 9:32 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth and 5 more | 11 hr |
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