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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS St. Louis, MO

January 20, 2014Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois; 4 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 20, 2014, 3:11 PM CST for Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois; 4 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Jan 21, 2014, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 20, 2014, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 21, 2014, 4:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 21, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO

Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Pike County, IL, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Marion County, MO, Shelby County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 12:00Z 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2014-01-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -177 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
840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-126 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.

867 
WWUS43 KLSX 202111
WSWLSX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
311 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014

ILZ095>097-MOZ018-019-026-027-211000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.WC.Y.0002.140121T1000Z-140121T1500Z/
ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-MARION MO-PIKE IL-SHELBY MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HANNIBAL...QUINCY
311 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY.

* TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO
  TUESDAY MORNING AS STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS USHER VERY
  COLD ARCTIC AIR INTO THE AREA.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 17 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES 3 TO 11 
  ABOVE...AND WINDS NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY LOW TEMPERATURES
  TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE COLD AIR
  AND WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS BETWEEN 15 AND 24 DEGREES
  BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND COMBINES WITH
VERY LOW TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED
SKIN. THE COLD AIR AND WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS BETWEEN
15 AND 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO
VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...
MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

&&

$$

GLASS
2 follow-up statements
979 
WWUS43 KLSX 210555
WSWLSX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1155 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014

ILZ095>097-MOZ018-019-026-027-211500-
/O.CON.KLSX.WC.Y.0002.140121T1000Z-140121T1500Z/
ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-MARION MO-PIKE IL-SHELBY MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HANNIBAL...QUINCY
1155 PM CST MON JAN 20 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CST
TUESDAY...

* TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO 
  TUESDAY MORNING AS STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS USHER VERY 
  COLD ARCTIC AIR INTO THE AREA.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 17 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES 4 TO 13 
  ABOVE...AND WINDS NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY LOW TEMPERATURES 
  TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE COLD AIR 
  AND WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS BETWEEN 15 AND 24 
  DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND COMBINES WITH
VERY LOW TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED
SKIN. THE COLD AIR AND WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS BETWEEN
15 AND 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO
VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY...
MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

&&

$$

TRUETT
264 
WWUS43 KLSX 211502
WSWLSX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
902 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014


ILZ095>097-MOZ018-019-026-027-211615-
/O.EXP.KLSX.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140121T1500Z/
ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-MARION MO-PIKE IL-SHELBY MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HANNIBAL...QUINCY
902 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WIND CHILLS HAVE WARMED ABOVE THE DANGEROUS LEVELS OF EARLY THIS
MORNING.

$$

BYRD

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 20, 3:33 PM CSTWind AdvisoryLSXAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 10 more14 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in Missouri, 2014Wind Chill Advisories in Illinois, 2014Every wind chill advisory 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.