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Wind Chill Advisory 7, NWS Des Moines, IA

January 20, 201448 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 20, 2014, 3:42 AM CST for 48 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 21, 2014, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 20, 2014, 3:42 AM CST (09:42 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 21, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 21, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
All 48 counties

Adair 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, 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, 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), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 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 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 237 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2014-01-20Temperature 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2014-01-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 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.

211 
WWUS43 KDMX 200942
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
342 AM CST MON JAN 20 2014

...BITTER COLD AIR RETURNS TO IOWA BEGINNING TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF
THIS WEEK...

.A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA TODAY.
THE COLDEST AIR WILL POUR INTO THE STATE TONIGHT AS A BLUSTERY
NORTHWEST WIND REMAINS OVER THE AREA. THE COLD AIR WILL SETTLE
OVER THE REGION FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-062-201745-
/O.NEW.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.140121T0600Z-140121T1800Z/
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-POWESHIEK-
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...GRINNELL
342 AM CST MON JAN 20 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.
  THE COLDEST AIR WILL ARRIVE AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
  MORNING.

* WINDS...A NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
  THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH ONLY SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT ALTHOUGH
  GUSTS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG OVERNIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL
  DROP TO NEAR 15 BELOW ACROSS THE NORTH WITH ZERO TO 5 BELOW
  ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR.

* IMPACTS...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND 
  LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

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
6 follow-up statements
209 
WWUS43 KDMX 201657
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1057 AM CST MON JAN 20 2014

...BITTER COLD AIR RETURNS TO IOWA BEGINNING TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF
THIS WEEK...

.A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA THIS
AFTERNOON. THE COLDEST AIR WILL POUR INTO THE STATE TONIGHT AS A
BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WIND REMAINS OVER THE AREA. THE COLD AIR WILL
SETTLE OVER THE REGION FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-062-210100-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.140121T0600Z-140121T1800Z/
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-POWESHIEK-
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...GRINNELL
1057 AM CST MON JAN 20 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON CST TUESDAY...

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 
  TONIGHT. THE COLDEST AIR WILL ARRIVE AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH 
  TUESDAY MORNING. 

* WINDS...A NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH 
  THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH ONLY SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT ALTHOUGH 
  GUSTS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG OVERNIGHT. 

* TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL 
  DROP TO NEAR 15 BELOW ACROSS THE NORTH WITH ZERO TO 5 BELOW 
  ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR. 

* IMPACTS...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND 
  LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

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.

&&

$$
541 
WWUS43 KDMX 202130
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
330 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014

...TURNING BITTERLY COLD TONIGHT...

.A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA WILL PUSH SOUTH OF
THE STATE THIS EVENING. THE COLDEST AIR WILL POUR INTO THE STATE
TONIGHT AS A BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WIND REMAINS OVER THE AREA. THE
COLD AIR WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-062-210530-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.140121T0600Z-140121T1800Z/
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-POWESHIEK-
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...GRINNELL
330 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON CST TUESDAY...

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS THIS EVENING AND
  WELL BELOW ZERO TONIGHT.

* WINDS...A NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH 
  THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH ONLY SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT ALTHOUGH 
  GUSTS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG OVERNIGHT. 

* TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL
  DROP TO NEAR 15 BELOW ACROSS THE NORTH WITH ZERO TO 5 BELOW
  ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO
  BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...WITH A FEW READINGS NEAR
  35 BELOW ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER BY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND 
  LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

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.

&&

$$
597 
WWUS43 KDMX 210303
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
903 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014

...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS TUESDAY MORNING...

.BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE STATE
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
PERSIST...LEADING TO WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW OVER MUCH
OF CENTRAL IOWA TUESDAY MORNING. 

IAZ057>061-071>075-082>086-093>097-211115-
/O.EXB.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.140121T0900Z-140121T1500Z/
AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-
MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...
PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...
NEWTON...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...
EARLHAM...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...
OSKALOOSA...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...
MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON...SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...
HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
903 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED TO
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH MAINLY THE STRONG
  GUSTS SUBSIDING BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. 

* TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...THE COMBINATION OF LOW
  TEMPERATURES FROM ZERO TO 5 BELOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO
  30 MPH WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO
  EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A FEW SPOTS MAY SEE WIND CHILL READINGS
  AS COLD AS 30 BELOW AT TIMES BEFORE SUNRISE TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN LEAD TO FROST BITE AND
  HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-062-211115-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.140121T0600Z-140121T1800Z/
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-POWESHIEK-
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...GRINNELL
903 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON CST TUESDAY...

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE
  FORECAST TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO
  TUESDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL
  RANGE FROM 5 BELOW TO NEAR 15 BELOW AND WITH THE STRONG
  NORTHWEST WINDS...THE WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO
  20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. A FEW READINGS NEAR 35 BELOW ALONG
  THE MINNESOTA BORDER BY TUESDAY MORNING ARE ANTICIPATED. 

* IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND
  HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

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
072 
WWUS43 KDMX 210950
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
350 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN OVER CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING...

.HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING VERY COLD AIR INTO IOWA. TEMPERATURES
WILL TUMBLE TO NEAR 15 BELOW ACROSS THE NORTH AND NEAR ZERO SOUTH.
THE COMBINATION OF THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND A NORTHWEST WIND AT
15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE BITTER COLD WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO
30 BELOW THROUGH THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BY MID MORNING.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-062-211800-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140121T1800Z/
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-POWESHIEK-
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...GRINNELL
350 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* WINDS...A NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH
  THROUGH THE MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT
  BETWEEN 10 TO 15 BELOW ACROSS FAR NORTHERN IOWA AND NEAR 5 BELOW
  ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR. WIND CHILL VALUES THROUGH MID
  MORNING WILL RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 BELOW THROUGH MID MORNING
  THEN GRADUALLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING.
  LOCATIONS ACROSS FAR NORTHERN IOWA THAT SEE TEMPERATURES AROUND
  15 BELOW MAY EXPERIENCE WIND CHILL VALUES BRIEFLY BETWEEN 30 AND
  35 BELOW THROUGH 8 AM. 

* IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE 
  AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ057>061-071>075-082>086-093>097-211500-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140121T1500Z/
AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-
MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...
PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...
NEWTON...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...
EARLHAM...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...
OSKALOOSA...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...
MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON...SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...
HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
350 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

* WINDS...A NORTHWEST WIND AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
  TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING. THE WIND WILL BE
  DIMINISHING THROUGH THE MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT
  BETWEEN ZERO AND 5 BELOW. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TEMPERATURES
  AND THE WIND WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND 20 BELOW
  THROUGH MID MORNING.

* IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN LEAD TO FROST BITE AND 
  HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

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
715 
WWUS43 KDMX 211513
WSWDMX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
913 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN OVER CENTRAL IOWA THIS
MORNING...

.HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING VERY COLD AIR INTO IOWA. TEMPERATURES
WILL TUMBLE TO NEAR 15 BELOW ACROSS THE NORTH AND NEAR ZERO
SOUTH. THE COMBINATION OF THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND A NORTHWEST
WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE BITTER COLD WIND CHILL VALUES
OF 20 TO 30 BELOW THROUGH THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO
IMPROVE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BY MID MORNING.

IAZ057>061-071>075-082>086-093>097-211615-
/O.EXP.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140121T1500Z/
AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-
MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUDUBON...EXIRA...GUTHRIE CENTER...
PANORA...BAYARD...CASEY...PERRY...WAUKEE...ADEL...DES MOINES...
NEWTON...GREENFIELD...STUART...ADAIR...FONTANELLE...WINTERSET...
EARLHAM...INDIANOLA...NORWALK...CARLISLE...PELLA...KNOXVILLE...
OSKALOOSA...CRESTON...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...
MOUNT AYR...LAMONI...LEON...CORYDON...SEYMOUR...ALLERTON...
HUMESTON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
913 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED. WIND CHILL INDICES ARE IN THE
15 TO 20 DEGREE BELOW ZERO RANGE. THE WIND CHILL WILL RISE INTO
THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS
TEMPERATURES WARM AND WINDS BECOME LIGHT.


$$

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-062-211800-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140121T1800Z/
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-POWESHIEK-
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...GRINNELL
913 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* WINDS...A NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 10 MPH WILL DIMINISH AND BECOME
  LIGHT SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...TEMPERATURES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW
  ZERO WILL GRADUALLY WARM TO ZERO TO 10 BELOW BY LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE 
  AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

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.

&&

$$
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1203 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014


.TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SLOWLY THIS AFTERNOON.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-062-211915-
/O.EXP.KDMX.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140121T1800Z/
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-POWESHIEK-
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...GRINNELL
1203 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

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

THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED SOMEWHAT.
WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE ZERO TO 10 BELOW RANGE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOWEVER.


$$

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, 3:33 AM CST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 3:33 AM CST, 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
333 AM CST MON JAN 20 2014

.SHORT TERM /TODAY/...
ISSUED AT 306 AM CST MON JAN 20 2014

STRONG ARCTIC FRONT ARRIVING TODAY WITH UPPER LEVEL WAVE
ACCOMPANYING IT BY AFTERNOON. BOUNDARY ENTERS THE NORTHWEST BY 18Z
WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE COLD AIR
SWEEPS INTO THE REGION. ACROSS THE FAR NORTH SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO
FALL SHORTLY AFTERNOON NOON AS SOUNDINGS SHOW SATURATION AT THAT
TIME THERE. AS THE FRONT DROPS SOUTH SATURATION WILL FOLLOW OVER THE
AREA. TEMPS TODAY WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE SOUTH
WHERE LIGHT RAIN AND THEN RAIN/SNOW WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO THE
CHANGEOVER BY EVENING. ACROSS THE NORTH THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD
OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE PRIOR TO CHANGEOVER TO SNOW BUT THIS WILL
OCCUR VERY QUICKLY. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS SNOW
WILL OCCUR NORTH AS WINDS BEGIN TO INCREASE BY MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON. UP TO 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW IS ANTICIPATED NORTH WITH
LIGHTER AMOUNTS SOUTHWEST THROUGH 6 PM WHERE A MIX OR LIGHT RAIN IS
EXPECTED FIRST. OVER THE NORTH TRAVEL MAY BE IMPACTED BY WIND IN THE
EVENING AFTER THE SNOW HAS FALLEN. WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE
TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS THERE WILL BE A 2 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD WHEN SNOWFALL RATES MAY
REACH ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. BUFR SOUNDINGS SHOW INCREASED
SNOWFALL RATES OVER NORTHWEST IOWA BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM...AT
MASON CITY BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM...AT WATERLOO BETWEEN 4 AND 7 PM AND
SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA BETWEEN 6 PM AND 9 PM THIS EVENING. WITH
THE WINDS COMING IN A BIT LATER THAN THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL
RATES...WILL NOT ISSUE HEADLINES AT THIS TIME. CONDITIONS WILL
HAVE TO BE WATCHED IN THE AFTERNOON IF SNOWFALL RATES
INCREASE...THIS WOULD BE MORE LIKELY OVER THE EASTERN/SOUTHEASTERN
AREAS WHEN SOME AMPLIFICATION OF THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED.

.LONG TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
ISSUED AT 306 AM CST MON JAN 20 2014

TONIGHT WE WILL BE DEALING WITH THE ONGOING EVENT AND ONCE AGAIN
THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS TO CONSIDER. THE AFOREMENTIONED
SHORTWAVE WILL PUSHING TO THE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY MIDNIGHT
WITH A VORT MAX SLIDING SOUTHEAST FROM ALONG/JUST WEST OF THE I-35
CORRIDOR FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. COINCIDENT WITH
THIS WILL BE A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA
WHICH WILL BE NEAR A MARSHALLTOWN TO DES MOINES LINE AROUND 6 PM.
THE BEST FORCING WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE DURING
THIS TIME AS WELL. SOUNDINGS ARE SATURATED DURING THIS TIME AND
LAPSE RATES ARE QUITE STEEP AND IF WE CAN MIX DOWN ALL THE WAY
FROM POTENTIALLY 750MB THEN WE COULD SEE WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH
POSSIBLY HIGHER...AT LEAST LOCALLY FOR A FEW HOURS EARLY THIS
EVENING. AS MENTIONED ABOVE THE STRONGEST WINDS COME IN BEHIND THE
SNOW WHICH IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN AN INCH ACROSS SOUTHERN
LOCATIONS AND UP TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE FAR NORTHEAST.
TEMPERATURES ARE A CONSIDERATION AS WELL. ACROSS THE SOUTH WE WILL
INITIALLY BE AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING AT THE START OF THIS
EVENT AND WITH AS STRONG AS THE COLD ADVECTION WILL BE TEMPS WILL
QUICKLY PLUMMET THROUGH EARLY TO MID EVENING. INITIALLY THERE MAY
BE SOME VERY ICY CONDITIONS WITH ANY RAIN OR MELTING SNOW
FREEZING. HOWEVER AT THIS POINT THINGS ARE NOT COMING TOGETHER AS
WELL AS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. HOWEVER...THE DAY SHIFT WILL NEED TO
WATCH THIS AS IT COMES THROUGH THE METRO AND I-80 CORRIDOR. IF
SNOWFALL BECOMES A LITTLE MORE INTENSE OR WINDS GUST MORE THAN
EXPECTED...THE EARLY EVENING HOURS COULD BE A BIT MESSY.

LATER TONIGHT WINDS DIMINISH SOME BUT WILL STILL REMAIN BRISK
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS TEMPS REALLY DIVE. WIND CHILLS WILL
REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LIKELY NOT RECOVER MUCH
BEFORE NOON TUESDAY. THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES MAY EVEN HIT 30
BELOW FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AROUND DAYBREAK.  A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AND WILL ADDRESS ANY LOCALLY
LOWER WIND CHILLS LATER TODAY. IF THE 30 BELOW READINGS LOOK MORE
EXPANSIVE WE MAY NEED TO ISSUE A SMALL WIND CHILL WARNING.

THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL CONTINUE TO BE BITTERLY COLD. AFTER LOWS
TONIGHT FROM BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH
HIGHS TUESDAY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTH AND EAST TO THE TEENS FAR
SOUTHWEST...ONLY A BRIEF MODERATION IN TEMPS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY.
THEN ANOTHER COLD FRONT DROPS ACROSS THE REGION BRINGING AN EVEN
COLDER PUNCH OF AIR. LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE BELOW ZERO FOR
NEARLY ALL OF THE STATE...EXCEPT FOR THE FAR SOUTH. A WEAK
SHORTWAVE WILL BRUSH THE NORTHEAST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW TO THOSE LOCATIONS.

BEYOND THURSDAY WE REMAIN IN NORTHWEST FLOW BUT THE MODELS DIFFER A
FAIR AMOUNT ON TIMING AND LOCATION OF SHORTWAVES TO IMPACT THE AREA
FRIDAY NIGHT...SATURDAY NIGHT THEN AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT. THE GFS
MAINLY BRUSHES OUR NORTH AND EAST WHILE THE EURO IS A LITTLE MORE
WIDESPREAD WITH THE PRECIP DROPPING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. FOR
NOW I KEPT THE SLIGHT CHANCES GOING FOR FRIDAY NIGHT BUT SATURDAY
IS STILL TOO UNCERTAIN TO PLACE POPS ANYWHERE.

&&

.AVIATION...20/06Z
ISSUED AT 1140 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014

REST OF TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WILL BE MAINLY VFR WITH SOME
MVFR CEILINGS NEAR KALO AND KMCW FROM TIME TO TIME. WINDS WILL
REMAIN STEADY FROM THE WEST NORTHWEST TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
ARCTIC FRONT WILL DROP QUICKLY SOUTH THROUGH THE STATE ON MONDAY
AFTERNOON WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT...AND MVFR TO
IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A KFOD TO KCSQ LINE.

&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST TUESDAY
FOR BLACK HAWK-BOONE-BREMER-BUTLER-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CERRO GORDO-
CRAWFORD-EMMET-FRANKLIN-GREENE-GRUNDY-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HARDIN-
HUMBOLDT-KOSSUTH-MARSHALL-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-POWESHIEK-SAC-
STORY-TAMA-WEBSTER-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-WRIGHT.

&&

SHORT TERM...REV
LONG TERM...FAB
AVIATION...COGIL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 19, 3:19 PM CST, 12 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
319 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-
081>086-092>097-201100-
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-
319 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A POTENT SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO
MONDAY NIGHT BRINGING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW. AROUND
ONE INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH PATCHY BLOWING SNOW DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND FALLING SNOW. ADDITIONALLY
TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY DROP BELOW FREEZING AS THE SNOW BEGINS
WHICH COULD LEAD TO ICY PATCHES ON ROADWAYS.

BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MJB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 20, 3:36 PM CSTWind AdvisoryDMXAdair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford and 5 more8 hr

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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.