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Wind Chill Warning 3, NWS Quad Cities, IA

January 22, 201416 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind chill warning at Jan 22, 2014, 3:21 AM CST for 16 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Jan 22, 2014, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 2014, 3:21 AM CST (09:21 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 22, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 23, 2014, 11:38 AM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 23 counties

Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Washington County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:23 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 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 00:00Z on 2014-01-22Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2014-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1481 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 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.

316 
WWUS43 KDVN 220921
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
321 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014

...POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING COLD TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...

.A VERY STRONG ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL ARRIVE BY TONIGHT RESULTING IN
SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES THAT WILL FALL WELL BELOW ZERO. THESE
COLD TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH NW WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT
IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF -20 TO -35 DEGREES THROUGH AT LEAST MID DAY
THURSDAY. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING AND PATCHY LOWER END BLOWING SNOW WILL
ALSO OCCUR AS THIS COLD AIR MASS MOVES IN UNTIL LATE EVENING.

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-221730-
/O.NEW.KDVN.WC.W.0003.140123T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON
321 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST THURSDAY.

* TIMING...6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...FALLING TO 30 BELOW TO AS LOW AS 35 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...11 BELOW TO 2 ABOVE ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS....FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR ON UNPROTECTED SKIN IN AS LITTLE
  AS 15 MINUTES. THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE
  NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES....
RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS
APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.  FROSTBITE WILL
OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

IAZ067-068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-
024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-221730-
/O.NEW.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.140123T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-
DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...
MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
321 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY.

* TIMING...6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...20 BELOW TO AS LOW AS 30 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...7 BELOW TO 10 ABOVE ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR ON UNPROTECTED SKIN IN AS LITTLE
  AS 30 MINUTES. THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA IF PROPER 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...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. 
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

NICHOLS
8 follow-up statements
510 
WWUS43 KDVN 221643
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1043 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014

...POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING COLD TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
MORNING...

.A VERY STRONG ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT
RESULTING IN SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES THAT WILL FALL WELL BELOW
ZERO. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF
15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN
WIND CHILL VALUES OF -20 TO -35 DEGREES THROUGH AT LEAST MID DAY
THURSDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES...CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-230045-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0003.140123T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON
1043 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON CST THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 35 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...11 BELOW TO 2 ABOVE ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR ON UNPROTECTED SKIN IN AS LITTLE
  AS 15 MINUTES. THERE IS ALSO THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA IF THE
  PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES....
RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS
APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.  FROSTBITE WILL
OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

IAZ067-068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-
024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-230045-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.140123T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-
DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...
MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
1043 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON CST ON THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 30 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...7 BELOW TO 10 ABOVE ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR ON UNPROTECTED SKIN IN AS LITTLE
  AS 15 MINUTES. THERE IS ALSO THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA IF THE
  PROPER 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...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

COUSINS
099 
WWUS43 KDVN 222117
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
317 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014

...LIFE THREATENING COLD TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.A ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH
TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO ACROSS
MOST OF THE AREA WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN LOWER TEENS BELOW ZERO
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CEDAR TO DUBUQUE. THESE COLD
TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF
-20 TO -35 DEGREES THROUGH AT LEAST MID DAY ON THURSDAY. WIND
CHILL VALUES MAY CONTINUE TO BE -20 TO -30 THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
AND A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR THIS TIME
PERIOD. IN ADDITION TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES... CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

ILZ001-002-007-009-230530-
/O.UPG.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.140123T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KDVN.WC.W.0003.140123T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...
STERLING...ROCK FALLS
317 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. THE
WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 32 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...9 BELOW TO 10 ABOVE ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE
  DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WHICH MAY RESULT IN FROST
  BITE...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF THE PROPER 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...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES....
RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS
APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.  FROSTBITE WILL
OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-230530-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0003.140123T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON
317 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 36 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...11 BELOW TO 8 ABOVE ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE
  DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WHICH MAY RESULT IN FROST
  BITE...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE
  NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES....
RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS
APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.  FROSTBITE WILL
OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

IAZ067-068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ015>018-024>026-034-035-
MOZ009-010-230530-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.140123T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-
DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
317 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014

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

* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 30 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...7 BELOW TO 15 ABOVE ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO
  GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS VALUES THAT MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE
  AND HYPOTHERMIA IF THE PROPER 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...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

COUSINS
249 
WWUS43 KDVN 230212
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
812 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014

...LIFE THREATENING COLD TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.A ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH
TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO ACROSS
MOST OF THE AREA WITH LOW TEMPERATURES 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW NORTHWEST
OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RAPIDS TO DUBUQUE. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES...COMBINED
WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35
MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 40 BELOW
THROUGH AT LEAST MID DAY ON THURSDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES MAY
CONTINUE TO BE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AND A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. IN
ADDITION TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT.

IAZ067-068-076>078-ILZ015-016-024-231015-
/O.UPG.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KDVN.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-
MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
KEWANEE...ALEDO
812 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. THE
WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST NOON ON THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 33 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...ZERO TO 10 BELOW.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO 
  GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS VALUES THAT MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE 
  AND HYPOTHERMIA IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES....
RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS
APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL
OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-ILZ001-002-007-009-231015-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...
MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS
812 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 40 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...5 BELOW TO 15 BELOW.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE 
  DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WHICH MAY RESULT IN FROST 
  BITE...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE 
  NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES....
RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS
APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.  FROSTBITE WILL
OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ017-018-025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-231015-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
812 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014

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

* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...8 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO 
  GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS VALUES THAT MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE 
  AND HYPOTHERMIA IF THE PROPER 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...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

HAASE
304 
WWUS43 KDVN 230323
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
923 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014

...LIFE THREATENING COLD TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH
TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO ACROSS
MOST OF THE AREA WITH LOW TEMPERATURES 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RAPIDS TO DUBUQUE. THESE COLD
TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO
40 BELOW THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES MAY CONTINUE
TO BE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AND A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR THAT TIME PERIOD. IN ADDITION
TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES...PATCHY OR AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT.

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015-016-024-
231130-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS-
STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA...
FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...
ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...ALEDO
923 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...ZERO TO 15 BELOW.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

* IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE 
  DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WHICH MAY RESULT IN FROST 
  BITE...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE 
  NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES....
RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS
APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.  FROSTBITE WILL
OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 10 TO 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ017-018-025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-231130-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
923 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014

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

* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...8 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

* IMPACTS...VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO 
  GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS VALUES THAT MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE 
  AND HYPOTHERMIA IF THE PROPER 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...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

HAASE
445 
WWUS43 KDVN 230937
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
337 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING COLD THROUGH THIS MORNING...

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES
DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE AREA WITH
LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND 10 BELOW IN THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS. THESE
COLD TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF
20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES
MAY CONTINUE TO BE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AND A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR THAT TIME PERIOD. 

IAZ067-068-076>078-ILZ009-015-016-024-231745-
/O.CAN.KDVN.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-
HENRY IL-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...
MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...ALEDO
337 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE
WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* TIMING...UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 29 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...2 BELOW TO 10 BELOW ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...VERY COLD AIR AND MODERATELY STRONG WINDS WILL
  COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS VALUES THAT MAY RESULT IN
  FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF THE PROPER 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...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. 
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-ILZ001-002-007-231745-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
337 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

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

* TIMING...UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 35 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...4 BELOW TO 14 BELOW ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE 
  DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WHICH MAY RESULT IN FROST 
  BITE...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE 
  NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES....
RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS
APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.  FROSTBITE WILL
OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 10 TO 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ017-018-025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-231745-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
337 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

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

* TIMING...UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 25 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...7 BELOW TO 1 ABOVE ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...VERY COLD AIR AND MODERATELY STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE
  TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS VALUES THAT MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE
  AND HYPOTHERMIA IF THE PROPER 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...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

NICHOLS
826 
WWUS43 KDVN 231226
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
626 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING COLD THROUGH THIS MORNING...

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES
DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE AREA WITH
LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND 10 BELOW IN THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS. THESE
COLD TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF
20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES
MAY CONTINUE TO BE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AND
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR THAT TIME PERIOD.

ILZ001-002-007-231800-
/O.CAN.KDVN.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL
626 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE
WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* TIMING...UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 29 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...2 BELOW TO 10 BELOW ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...VERY COLD AIR AND MODERATELY STRONG WINDS WILL
  COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS VALUES THAT MAY RESULT IN
  FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF THE PROPER 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...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. 
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-231800-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON
626 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

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

* TIMING...UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 35 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...5 BELOW TO 12 BELOW ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE 
  DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WHICH MAY RESULT IN FROST 
  BITE...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE 
  NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES....
RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS
APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.  FROSTBITE WILL
OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 10 TO 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

IAZ067-068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ009-015>018-024>026-034-035-
MOZ009-010-231800-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-
DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-
PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...
MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
626 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

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

* TIMING...UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 29 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...8 BELOW TO 1 ABOVE ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...VERY COLD AIR AND MODERATELY STRONG WINDS WILL
  COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS VALUES THAT MAY RESULT IN
  FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF THE PROPER 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...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

NICHOLS
745 
WWUS43 KDVN 231454
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
854 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING COLD THROUGH THIS MORNING...

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES
DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE AREA WITH
LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND 10 BELOW IN THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS. THESE
COLD TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF
20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES
MAY CONTINUE TO BE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AND
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR THAT TIME PERIOD.

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-231800-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON
854 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

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

* TIMING...UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 35 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...5 BELOW TO 11 BELOW ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...VERY COLD AND MODERATELY STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO
  GENERATE LOW WINDCHILL VALUES THAT MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND
  HYPOTHERMIA IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES....
RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS
APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.  FROSTBITE WILL
OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 10 TO 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

IAZ067-068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-
024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-231800-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-
DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...
MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...
KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...
CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
854 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

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

* TIMING...UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 31 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...8 BELOW TO ZERO.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...VERY COLD AND MODERATELY STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO
  GENERATE LOW WINDCHILL VALUES THAT MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND
  HYPOTHERMIA IF THE PROPER 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...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

COUSINS
634 
WWUS43 KDVN 231738
WSWDVN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1138 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...DANGEROUSLY COLD THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. WEST
TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING WITH DANGEROUSLY COLD WINDCHILL VALUES OF -20 TO -29 INTO
FRIDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY RISE AFTER
MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE WINDCHILL VALUES OF -20 TO -29 THROUGH SUNRISE.

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>066-240145-
/O.CAN.KDVN.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140124T1400Z/
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON
1138 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST FRIDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST FRIDAY. THE
WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 8 AM CST FRIDAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 29 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...15 BELOW TO 6 ABOVE ZERO.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...VERY COLD AND MODERATELY STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO
  GENERATE LOW WINDCHILL VALUES THAT MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND
  HYPOTHERMIA IF THE PROPER 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...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

IAZ076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-231845-
/O.CAN.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-
LEE-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...
FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....
FORT MADISON...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...
MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
1138 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND CHILL ADVISORY.

WIND CHILL VALUES HAVE DROPPED BELOW -20 AS TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED
ABOVE ZERO LATE THIS MORNING.

$$

IAZ067-068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-240145-
/O.EXT.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140124T1400Z/
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...
MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN
1138 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST FRIDAY...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 8AM CST FRIDAY.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 29 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...13 BELOW TO 3 ABOVE ZERO.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* IMPACTS...VERY COLD AND MODERATELY STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO
  GENERATE LOW WINDCHILL VALUES THAT MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND
  HYPOTHERMIA IF THE PROPER 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...RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.  IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 20 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

COUSINS

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill warning went out at Jan 21, 11:07 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 11:07 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1107 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 847 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

HAVE REMOVED MENTION OF POPS FOR THIS EVENING AND HAVE ALSO
LOWERED TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING. DUBUQUE HAS ALREADY FALLEN TO 4 BELOW
AND TEMPERATURES IN OUR SOUTHERN CWA WERE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.
DESPITE THE MID LEVEL CLOUDS THERE WAS SOME BREAKS AND ALONG WITH
LIGHT WINDS HAVE ALLOWED READINGS TO DROP MORE THAN EXPECTED IN
SOME AREAS. WARM AIR ADVECTION TO OUR WEST WAS WEAKENING AND THE
SNOW THAT WAS OCCURRING IN NORTHERN IA HAS ENDED. 00Z KDVN SOUNDING
WAS VERY DRY IN THE LOW LEVELS.

PRESSURE FALLS WERE NOTED FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY INTO THE MID MS
VALLEY SO AS SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE OVERNIGHT THE TEMPERATURES SHOULD
RISE.

THE NEXT CLIPPER AND ARCTIC FRONT WAS TAKING SHAPE IN THE NORTHERN
PLAINS WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH. SNOW WAS
FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF MN AND SPREADING SOUTHEAST. OPERATIONAL
MODELS TAKE THE BULK OF THE SNOW TO OUR NORTH BUT DO GRAZE OUR
NORTHERN COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH.

BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT ON WEDNESDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES SHOULD
BEGIN FALLING AND WINDS INCREASING TO AT LEAST 35 MPH. HAVE NOT
ISSUED ANY HEADLINES FOR WIND CHILL YET BUT LATER SHIFTS WILL
NEED TO EVALUATE FOR ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS...ESPECIALLY FOR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

&&

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 320 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

FAST NW FLOW AND PARADE OF CLIPPERS CONTINUES OVER THE REGION TODAY.
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE NEXT ONE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS
WITH ASSOCIATED HIGH CLOUDS NOW BLANKETING THE FORECAST AREA. AT
18Z...SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED A RIDGE AXIS FROM NE KS ACROSS IA
INTO WESTERN WI. UPSTREAM...LOW PRESSURE CENTERS WERE TAKING SHAPE
OVER N CENTRAL SD AND SOUTHERN MANITOBA. DEEP PRESSURE FALLS...FROM
4 TO 8 MB/3 HRS REACHED FROM EASTERN NEB INTO SW MN AHEAD OF THE
DEVELOPING TROUGH AND NEXT ARCTIC CLIPPER/FRONTAL SYSTEM TAKING SHAPE
ON THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE ARCTIC AIRMASS IN PLACE...COMBINED WITH
FRESH SNOW COVER...WEAK MIXING AND FILTERING HIGH CLOUDS...HAS HELD
TEMPERATURES TO A RANGE OF AROUND ZERO NORTH TO NEAR 10 IN THE FAR
SOUTH.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 320 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

THE COMBINATION OF THE CURRENT PLAINS SYSTEM AND STRONG SHORTWAVE
DIVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF NORTHERN MANITOBA WILL CARVE OUT A NEW LOW
OVER THE GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS PROCESS WILL LEAD
TO ANOTHER ROUND OF FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT INTO EARLY
WED...FOLLOWED BY INCREASING WINDS AND RESULTING BITTER COLD
TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS WED AFTERNOON AND BEYOND.

TONIGHT...AREA RADARS AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED DEVELOPING LIGHT
SNOW IN THE WARM AIR ADVECTION REGIME AHEAD OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS
SYSTEM AS CLOSE AS FAR NW IA...SE SD AND SW MN AT MID AFTERNOON. ALL
MODELS EXPAND THIS S-SE INTO CENTRAL AND THEN EASTERN IA THIS
EVENING. HOWEVER...UPPER LEVEL FORCING DURING THIS TIME WEAKENS AS
AND QUICKLY EXITS TO THE SOUTHEAST AND SYNOPTIC FORCING THEN FOCUSES
ON THE NEW DEVELOPING LOW FORMING OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND
ASSOCIATED SURFACE TROUGH THAT IS EXPECTED TO REACH SOUTH ALONG
THE MS RIVER BY 12Z. WILL KEEP HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE NORTH AND
ESPECIALLY NW DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...WHILE THE SOUTH SHOULD SEE
MAINLY FLURRIES. FAST MOVEMENT OF WHAT LOOKS TO BE BROAD BANDS OF
LIGHT SNOW SHOULD LIMIT TOTALS FROM AS HIGH AS 1 INCH IN THE
NORTH...TO GENERALLY TRACE AMOUNTS SOUTH OF I-80. WEAK LOW WARM
ADVECTION RESULTING FROM WINDS BACKING TO THE SOUTH-SW
OVERNIGHT...ALONG WITH OVERCAST SKIES WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES NEARLY
STEADY OR PERHAPS RESULT IN A DEGREE OR TWO CLIMB.

WEDNESDAY...DEVELOPING LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND HIGH PRESSURE
DROPPING OUT OF NORTHERN CANADA WILL DRIVE ANOTHER ARCTIC SURGE THROUGH
THE REGION. THE COLD ADVECTION...AND TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT BETWEEN THE GREAT LAKES LOW AND THE NEW ARCTIC HIGH
DROPPING INTO ND WILL DRIVE WINDS POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 25 KTS
SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS OVER 30 OVER ESPECIALLY EASTERN IA BY MIDDAY
THROUGH AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES...STARTING OUT IN THE SINGLE DIGITS
NORTH TO LOW TEENS SOUTH...WILL NOT CLIMB MUCH BEFORE THE COLD
ADVECTION KICKS IN. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE THE FAR SOUTH...WHERE THE
LATER ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT MAY ALLOW HIGHS TO TOUCH THE LOWER 20S.
THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL DRIVE
WIND CHILLS CLOSE TO ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 20 BELOW OVER EASTERN IA
BY LATE AFTERNOON.

WILL KEEP HIGHER CHANCE POPS FOR VERY LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS FOCUSED
CLOSER TO BETTER FORCING AND MORE CYCLONIC CURVATURE OVER THE
NORTHEAST AND EAST DURING THE DAY...WITH WIDESPREAD FLURRIES
ELSEWHERE. THE COMBINATION OF EVEN VERY LIGHT POWDERY FRESH SNOW
FROM OVERNIGHT AND DEVELOPING 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FOR NOW HAVE GONE WITH PATCHY BLOWING
SNOW WORDING CONFINED TO THE NORTH...BUT THIS WILL HAVE TO BE
WATCHED FOR MORE WIDESPREAD INCLUSION IN LATER FORECASTS. IN THESE
COLD TEMPERATURES...THE POWDERY SNOW ALREADY IN PLACE MAY BE EASILY
BLOWN AROUND AND CREATE TRAVEL PROBLEMS.

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 320 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN THIS PERIOD WILL BE TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY.
MODELS ARE IN GOOD OVERALL AGREEMENT WITH SUBTLE DIFFERENCES IN THE
MESOSCALE.

THE PERSISTENT POSITIVE PNA PATTERN OF A TROUGH IN THE EAST AND RIDGE
IN THE WEST WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS PATTERN PLACES
THE UPPER MIDWEST IN THE PREFERRED STORM TRACK OF THE NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT WITH A BAROCLINIC ZONE ACROSS THE REGION. SEVERAL CLIPPER SYSTEMS
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ROUGHLY EVERY 24 TO 36 HOURS THROUGH
THE PERIOD.

THE LONG TERM PERIOD BEGINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING
WITH A STRONG 1045 TO 1050 MB SURFACE HIGH BUILDING SOUTHEASTWARD
INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AS A WEAK CLIPPER DEPARTS TO THE EAST.
MODELS DEPICT VERY COLD AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION IN THE  WAKE OF
THIS CLIPPER WITH A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA BRINGING
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 30 KNOTS. THIS WILL
COMBINE WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO TO
PRODUCE WINDCHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WITH MANY
LOCATIONS ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 SEEING READINGS BELOW
30 BELOW ZERO FOR A FEW HOURS. WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING ANY WATCHES
AND WARNINGS SO THAT THE FORECAST CAN BE FINE TUNED.   WINDCHILLS
WILL BE WELL BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY AS WINDS OF 15
TO 25 KNOTS CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. ANOTHER COLD START IS POSSIBLE
ON FRIDAY MORNING WITH SLIGHTLY WARM TEMPERATURES BUT BREEZY
CONDITIONS CONTINUING. THE COLDEST 850 HPA TEMPERATURES ARE OVER
THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING AND RANGE FROM -24
TO -28*C BETWEEN THE MODELS. THIS COLD POOL REMAINS OVER THE REGION
THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY BEFORE SHIFTING EASTWARD THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. CLOUDS WILL DECREASE ACROSS THE REGION
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WHICH MAY HELP TO COOL THINGS
OFF MORE QUICKLY ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 WITH A DEEPER SNOW
PACK. TEMPERATURES MAYBE COLDER THAN FORECAST THROUGH THE DAY ON
THURSDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL WARM THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY AS WARM ADVECTION
OVERSPREADS THE REGION AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM THAT WILL BRING A
CHANCE OF SNOW TO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE
BETTER LIFT AND CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE FARTHER TO THE
NORTH SO SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD BE LIGHT. LOTS OF TIMING DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE MODELS WITH THIS SYSTEM AS THE ECMWF LAGS THE GFS AND
GEM BY ABOUT 6 HOURS. EXPECT A BREEZY DAY ON SATURDAY WITH A TIGHT
PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE STATE AS A MUCH WEAKER APPROXIMATELY
1025 MB SURFACE HIGH BUILDS INTO THE PLAINS.  TEMPERATURES WILL BE A
FEW DEGREES COOLER ON SATURDAY.

ANOTHER CLIPPER WILL TRAVERSE THE REGION DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY
WITH ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR FLOODING INTO THE REGION FOR EARLY
NEXT WEEK. MODELS DIFFER GREATLY ON THE STRENGTH OF THE SURFACE HIGH
AND THE WINDS FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH 15 MB DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
MODELS WHICH WOULD ALSO HINT AT THE STRENGTH OF THE COLD AIR. A
SECOND SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL ARRIVE ON TUESDAY BEHIND ANOTHER
CLIPPER ON MONDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1105 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE UPPER MS VALLEY INTO THE
GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE BULK OF THE SNOW WILL
REMAIN NORTH OF THE TERMINALS BUT HAVE INCLUDED A PERIOD OF LIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS AND MVFR CIGS/VIS AT DBQ AND CID FOR LATER TONIGHT. A
STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE TAF SITES WEDNESDAY
MORNING SHIFTING WINDS FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTHWEST. OCNL MVFR
CIGS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO
SUSTAINED AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 KNOTS. SOME
BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE MAINLY AT KDBQ WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. VFR
CONDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE STRONG AT
15 TO 25 KNOTS.

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.
&&

UPDATE...HAASE
SYNOPSIS...SHEETS
SHORT TERM...SHEETS
LONG TERM...COUSINS
AVIATION...HAASE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 11:41 AM CST, 15 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1141 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-221745-
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
1141 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

COLD TEMPERATURES AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN OVER THE
AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW TO
15 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TO
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
WIND CHILLS MAY RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO DURING THIS PERIOD
ACROSS MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. SOME AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80
MAY EVEN HAVE WIND CHILLS COLDER THAN 30 BELOW ZERO THURSDAY MORNING.
THUS...ADDITIONAL WIND CHILL ADVISORIES OR EVEN WARNINGS MAY BE
NEEDED DURING THIS TIME FRAME FOR MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

A CLIPPER TYPE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING THE CHANCE OF LIGHT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS BEHIND THIS SYSTEM MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING SNOW LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THIS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED SLICK
SPOTS. LONGER RANGE INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT MORE ARCTIC AIR AND
GUSTY WINDS SURGING INTO THE AREA WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR
ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DLS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 3:21 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more52 hr

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Wind Chill Warnings in Iowa, 2014Wind Chill Warnings in Illinois, 2014Every wind chill warning in 2014

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.