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Wind Chill Advisory 15, NWS Des Moines, IA

February 8, 20148 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 8, 2014, 3:31 PM CST for 8 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 9, 2014, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2014, 3:31 PM CST (21:31 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 9, 2014, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 9, 2014, 11:00 AM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA

Counties Cerro Gordo County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-02-08Temperature 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-02-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.