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Wind Chill Advisory 3, NWS Paducah, KY

January 26, 2014Daviess County, Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky; 12 counties in Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 26, 2014, 4:06 PM CST for Daviess County, Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky; 12 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Jan 27, 2014, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 26, 2014, 4:06 PM CST (22:06 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 27, 2014, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 27, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY

Counties Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Perry County, IL, Saline County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Daviess County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 239 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2014-01-26Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2014-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 912 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
95 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
912 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1018 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Jan 26, 3:39 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 3:39 PM CST, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 3:46 PM CST, 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
346 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-271100-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
346 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL MAKE PASSAGE TONIGHT AND DROP WIND CHILLS TO
DANGEROUSLY LOW LEVELS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ALONG
AND NORTH OF A CARBONDALE ILLINOIS TO OWENSBORO KENTUCKY
LINE...WHERE WIND CHILLS OF MINUS 10 TO MINUS 15 ARE FORECAST.
REFER TO THE ADVISORY FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. NEGATIVE DIGIT WIND
CHILLS MAY OCCUR SOUTH OF THE ADVISORY...ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE QUAD STATE AREA...AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM MONDAY...ALONG
AND NORTH OF A CARBONDALE ILLINOIS TO OWENSBORO KENTUCKY LINE. REFER
TO THE ADVISORY FOR DETAILS.

ELEVATED FIRE DANGER DUE TO LOWERING HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...AND
DRY FUELS IS FORECAST MONDAY AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND THE OZARK
FOOTHILLS.

ADDITIONAL WIND CHILL ADVISORIES MAY BE NECESSARY MONDAY NIGHT
AND EARLY TUESDAY AS THE VERY COLDEST ARCTIC AIR
ARRIVES...PLUMMETING AIR TEMPERATURES TO NEAR ZERO...WITH
RESULTANT WIND CHILLS WELL THROUGH THE NEGATIVE DIGITS AGAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 26, 4:00 PM CST, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
400 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-271000-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...
CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...
JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...
MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...
EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
400 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014

...ANOTHER PERIOD OF BITTER COLD IS ON THE WAY...

THE BRIEF WARM UP ENJOYED TODAY WILL BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER BLAST OF
ARCTIC AIR THAT WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION LATER TONIGHT AND
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT.

LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTH TO THE TEENS
SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL HARDLY RISE...IF AT ALL...THROUGH THE
DAYTIME HOURS MONDAY. SO HIGHS WILL RANGE THROUGH MAINLY THE TEENS
MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SOME LOWER 20S POSSIBLE SOUTH.

THEN COMES THE MOST BITTER COLD. UNDER IDEAL COOLING CONDITIONS
MONDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET TO NEAR ZERO. NEGATIVE
DIGITS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTH. COMBINED WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF
WIND...THIS WILL MAKE WIND CHILL READINGS RANGE THROUGH THE NEGATIVE
DIGITS...FLIRTING WITH THE ADVISORY THRESHOLD OF MINUS 10 OR
COLDER...FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS
TUESDAY.

EXTREME COLD IS DANGEROUS FOR ANY EXPOSED SKIN...AS FROSTBITE CAN
OCCUR QUICKLY. HYPOTHERMIA CAN DEVELOP AS WELL IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN. LEAVING PETS UNATTENDED TO IN THE COLD PUTS THEM IN
DANGER AS WELL. THESE COLD CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN WILL INCREASE THE
CONCERN FOR FREEZING AND BURSTING OF WATER PIPES. UNLIKE CONDITIONS
ON CALM...VERY COLD NIGHTS...THIS BITTER COLD WILL BE WIND DRIVEN.
THIS CAN CAUSE THE VERY COLD AIR TO INFILTRATE POORLY INSULATED
AREAS MORE EFFICIENTLY.

TAKE SPECIAL NOTICE OF THIS COMING EXTREMELY COLD WIND
CHILLS...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL.

Nearby

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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.