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Wind Chill Advisory 3, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 8, 2015, 9:04 PM CST for 19 counties in Iowa; 12 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Jan 9, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2015, 9:04 PM CST (03:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 9, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2015, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 31 counties
Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson 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, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 35 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
448 WWUS43 KDVN 090304 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 904 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...PERIODS OF NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...THEN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING...BRINGING A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND GUSTING AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. EXPECT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM 1/4 MILE TO 1 MILE IN OPEN AREAS...AND OCCASIONAL NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SOMEWHAT AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE WIND DIMINISHES SLIGHTLY...BUT THERE WILL BE SOME LINGERING DRIFTING SNOW AND SLICK ROADS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW -20 OVERNIGHT IN MANY LOCATIONS...AND THE BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT SOME SLIGHT WARMING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WIND CHILLS WILL QUICKLY DROP BELOW -20 BY EARLY FRIDAY EVENING OVER MOST OF THE AREA...THEN PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-091115- /O.NEW.KDVN.WC.Y.0003.150109T0800Z-150110T1700Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T0800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN 904 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WORST CONDITIONS FOR BLOWING SNOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR. * WINDS...GUSTING AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...1/4 TO 1 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE TO BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILL READINGS...20 TO 27 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ IAZ076>078-087>089-ILZ024>026-035-091115- /O.NEW.KDVN.WC.Y.0003.150109T0800Z-150110T1700Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-MERCER- HENDERSON-WARREN-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...MACOMB 904 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL READINGS...20 TO 27 BELOW ZERO. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE TO BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ RP KINNEY
9 follow-up statements
543 WWUS43 KDVN 090407 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1007 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...PERIODS OF NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...THEN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING... BRINGING A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND GUSTING AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. EXPECT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM 1/4 MILE TO 1 MILE IN OPEN AREAS...AND OCCASIONAL NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SOMEWHAT BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM AS THE WIND DIMINISHES SLIGHTLY...BUT THERE WILL BE SOME LINGERING DRIFTING SNOW AND SLICK ROADS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW -20 OVERNIGHT IN MANY LOCATIONS...AND THE BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT SOME SLIGHT WARMING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER... WIND CHILLS WILL QUICKLY DROP BELOW -20 BY EARLY FRIDAY EVENING OVER MOST OF THE AREA...THEN PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. IAZ076>078-087>089-ILZ024>026-035-091215- /O.EXA.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T0800Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0003.150109T0800Z-150110T1700Z/ KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-MERCER- HENDERSON-WARREN-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...ALEDO...OQUAWKA... MONMOUTH...MACOMB 1007 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...WORST CONDITIONS FOR BLOWING SNOW THROUGH 2 AM FRIDAY... DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR. * WINDS...GUSTING AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...1/4 TO 1 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE TO BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILL READINGS...20 TO 27 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ IAZ099-ILZ034-090800- /O.EXA.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T0800Z/ LEE-HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE 1007 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...WORST CONDITIONS FOR BLOWING SNOW THROUGH 2 AM FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR. * WINDS...GUSTING AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...1/4 TO 1 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-091215- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T0800Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0003.150109T0800Z-150110T1700Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN 1007 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 11 AM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...WORST CONDITIONS FOR BLOWING SNOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT... DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR. * WINDS...GUSTING AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...1/4 TO 1 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE TO BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILL READINGS...20 TO 27 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ RP KINNEY
649 WWUS43 KDVN 090730 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 130 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...PERIODS OF NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 TO 40 MPH THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM 1/4 MILE TO 1 MILE IN OPEN AREAS...AND OCCASIONAL NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATER FRIDAY MORNING BUT UNTIL THEN TRAVEL WILL REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 20 TO 25 BELOW FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-035-091530- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KDVN.WC.Y.0003.150109T2300Z-150110T1700Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...MACOMB 130 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO 11 AM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO FRIDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FRIDAY MORNING AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...1/4 TO 1 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * WIND CHILL READINGS...20 TO 27 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ IAZ099-ILZ034-091530- /O.EXT.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T1800Z/ LEE-HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE 130 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...1/4 TO 1 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ HAASE
592 WWUS43 KDVN 090959 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 359 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 30 TO 35 MPH INTO THIS MORNING. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN A MILE IN OPEN AREAS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATER THIS MORNING BUT UNTIL THEN TRAVEL WILL REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING AND THEN TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-035-091800- /O.EXT.KDVN.WC.Y.0003.150110T0000Z-150110T1700Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T1800Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...MACOMB 359 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST SATURDAY... FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... * TIMING...THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A MILE IN BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN 30 MINUTES UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ IAZ099-ILZ034-091800- /O.CON.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T1800Z/ LEE-HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE 359 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A MILE IN BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ HAASE
040 WWUS43 KDVN 091426 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 826 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT... .TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO AND WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DROP WIND CHILLS TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-035-092230- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0003.150110T0000Z-150110T1700Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...MACOMB 826 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * TIMING...TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ IAZ099-ILZ034-091530- /O.CAN.KDVN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150109T1800Z/ LEE-HANCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE 826 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DROPPED CONSIDERABLY OVERNIGHT WITH NO BLOWING SNOW BEING REPORTED. WIND CHILLS HAVE RISING INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE. $$
058 WWUS43 KDVN 091723 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1123 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT... .TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO AND WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-035-100130- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0003.150110T0000Z-150110T1700Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...MACOMB 1123 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
192 WWUS43 KDVN 092107 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 307 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... .TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO AND WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-035-100515- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0003.150110T0000Z-150110T1700Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...MACOMB 307 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
638 WWUS43 KDVN 100234 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 834 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... .TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO AND WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-035-101045- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150110T1700Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...MACOMB 834 PM CST FRI JAN 9 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ RP KINNEY
236 WWUS43 KDVN 100951 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 351 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS EARLY THIS MORNING... .TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO AND WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 28 BELOW ZERO EARLY THIS MORNING. IAZ087>089-ILZ025-026-035-101100- /O.CAN.KDVN.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150110T1700Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-HENDERSON-WARREN-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...MACOMB 351 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES ARE NOT AS COLD AS EXPECTED WHICH WILL KEEP WIND CHILLS IN THE 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO RANGE...WHICH ARE NOT IN THE DANGEROUS LEVELS. THEREFORE...THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024- 101500- /O.EXT.KDVN.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150110T1500Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JO DAVIESS- STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM- MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...GALENA... FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 351 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...THIS MORNING UNTIL 9 AM. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. * WIND CHILL VALUES...20 TO 28 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ HAASE
726 WWUS43 KDVN 101502 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 902 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024- 101615- /O.EXP.KDVN.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150110T1500Z/ 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-BUREAU-PUTNAM- 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...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO 902 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... WIND CHILL VALUES HAVE IMPROVED TO AROUND 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO... AND WILL CONTINUE IMPROVING THE REST OF TODAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE TEENS AND 20S. AS A RESULT...THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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 Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Jan 8, 5:49 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 5:49 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
549 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 300 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015
12Z UA ANALYSIS HAS AN 850MB WARM FRONT FROM WESTERN MINNESOTA INTO
KANSAS WITH A 850MB COLD FROM NORTH DAKOTA INTO MONTANA. RADAR
TRENDS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON SHOW THE INITIAL WAA SNOW BAND MOVING
INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA WITH A SECONDARY BAND OF SNOW
MOVING THROUGH EASTERN IOWA INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS.
18Z SFC ANALYSIS HAD A TROF OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO ILLINOIS WITH A WARM FRONT FROM NORTHWEST
IOWA INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE ARCTIC FRONT RAN FROM NORTHEAST
MINNESOTA TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA/NEBRASKA BORDER. DEW POINTS AROUND THE
WARM FRONT WERE IN THE TEENS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 300 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015
THE CURRENT BAND OF LIGHT SNOW/SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING. A DUSTING OF ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR IN THE STRONGER SNOW
SHOWERS.
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...THE FIRST FRONT WILL SWEEP
THROUGH THE AREA. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE IS LIMITED...FORCING IS QUITE
STRONG RIGHT AROUND THE FRONT. THUS ANOTHER BAND OF SNOW SHOWERS
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT. THESE SNOW
SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER DUSTING TO PERHAPS A HALF INCH OF
ACCUMULATION. THE AIR AROUND THE FRONT IS QUITE UNSTABLE SO STRONG
WINDS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT.
AS SUCH...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS
ALONG/NORTH OF I-80 FROM LATE AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY MORNING. THERE
WILL BE A 2 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT AND
ASSOCIATED SNOW SHOWERS WHERE VISIBILITIES WILL BE QUITE LOW AND
WINDS VERY STRONG. WINDS MAY GUST TO 45 MPH WITH NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITIES IN THE STRONGER SNOW SHOWERS.
AFTER MIDNIGHT THE ARCTIC FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA DROPPING
TEMPERATURES BUT CONTINUING THE STRONG WINDS. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY BE SEEN SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY MORNING.
BASED ON FORECASTED TEMPERATURES/WINDS...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL
BE NEEDED AFTER THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EXPIRES. THE WIND CHILL
ADVISORY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
FRIDAY WILL BE ANOTHER VERY COLD DAY WITH LOW WIND CHILLS. WIND
CHILLS SHOULD CLIMB INTO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM AROUND
MID DAY THROUGH SUNSET AND THEN DROP AGAIN. HIGHS WILL STRUGGLE TO
CLIMB INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO.
.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 300 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015
MAIN FOCUS HAS BEEN ON THE SHORT TERM TODAY...THUS OUR LONG TERM
FORECAST WILL FOCUS ON WIND CHILLS THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A SEASONALLY CHILLY FORECAST...BUT LARGELY
MUCH MORE MILD THAN THE CURRENT REGIME.
WIND CHILLS FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD FALL BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS WITH
GENERALLY -20 SOUTH TO -29 NORTH. LOWS IN LOOK A FEW DEGREES MILDER
THAN EARLIER FORECAST...BUT STILL -5 SOUTH TO -13 NORTH HALF. THE
ARCTIC AIR SHOULD MOVE OUT BY MID DAY SATURDAY...ENDING THE
PROLONGED THREAT OF ADVISORY WIND CHILLS.
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...MODERATION CERTAINLY OCCURS AS THE BREAK
TRANSITION TO ZONAL FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS. THE MAIN PUSH OF MOISTURE
SHOULD PASS WELL SOUTHEAST OF IOWA. THUS...ONLY LOW POPS REMAIN FOR
THE FAR SOUTH.
OTHERWISE...ANOTHER CANADIAN HIGH MOVES IN FOR MOST OF THE UPCOMING
WEEK. WHILE NOT NEARLY AS STRONG AS THIS PAST WEEKS
ANTICYCLONES...THIS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO KEEP OUR TEMPERATURES IN
THE 20S FOR HIGHS...AND SINGLE DIGITS TO AROUND 12 FOR LOWS.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 544 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015
00Z TAFS UPDATED FOR TIMING OF COLD FRONT AND ARRIVAL OF STRONG NW
WIND/SNOW SHOWERS/BLOWING SNOW. ALL SITES COULD SEE PERIODS OF
1/2SM VSBYS OR BELOW THIS EVENING BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS AND THE
WINDS DIMINISH SLIGHTLY AROUND 06Z.
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY FOR BENTON-
BUCHANAN-CEDAR-CLINTON-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-IOWA-JACKSON-
JOHNSON-JONES-LINN-MUSCATINE-SCOTT.
IL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY FOR BUREAU-CARROLL-
HENRY IL-JO DAVIESS-PUTNAM-ROCK ISLAND-STEPHENSON-WHITESIDE.
MO...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...08
SHORT TERM...08
LONG TERM...ERVIN
AVIATION...RP KINNEYHazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 3:21 PM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 321 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-092130- 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- 321 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 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...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA BRINGING ONE OR MORE ROUNDS OF SNOW. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT CREATING DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT WILL DROP TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. REFER TO OUR WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR YOUR AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL BE SEEN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING. FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF DANGEROUS WINDS CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. A FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON SUNDAY BRING A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 8, 5:58 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
558 PM CST THU JAN 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0557 PM SNOW 1 ESE NORA 42.46N 89.93W
01/08/2015 E2.0 INCH JO DAVIESS IL TRAINED SPOTTER
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DCSpecial weather statement, Jan 8, 6:00 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 600 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 015-024-MOZ009-010-090100- 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- ROCK ISLAND-MERCER-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... ALEDO...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 600 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...SNOW SHOWERS...STRONG WINDS AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS EVENING... THE LEADING EDGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL REACH A LINE FROM FREEPORT...TO THE QUAD CITIES AND BURLINGTON AROUND 7 PM CST. AS THE FRONT ARRIVES...EXPECT A SHIFT TO A NORTHWEST WIND...GUSTING AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO OCCUR ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING AS ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND VISIBILITIES DROP QUICKLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. RP KINNEY
Special weather statement, Jan 8, 7:03 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 703 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-090215- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...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 703 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...SNOW SHOWERS...STRONG WINDS AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS EVENING... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT AREAS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY 8 PM CST. THE FRONT WILL BRING A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND...GUSTING AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. EXPECT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS...AND SOME MORE INTENSE BRIEF SNOW SQUALLS NEAR AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING AS ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND VISIBILITIES DROP QUICKLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. RP KINNEY
Local storm report, Jan 8, 8:01 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
801 PM CST THU JAN 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 PM SNOW FREEPORT 42.29N 89.63W
01/08/2015 E3.0 INCH STEPHENSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIAMTED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
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DCSpecial weather statement, Jan 8, 8:06 PM CST, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 806 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-090315- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...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 806 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...SNOW SHOWERS...STRONG WINDS AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THIS EVENING... A VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING...GUSTING NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES. EXPECT BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. INTENSE BRIEF SNOW SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 9 PM...MAINLY NEAR AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE SNOW WILL CONTRIBUTE TO LOW VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN SHALLOW DRIFTING. TRAVEL IS VERY HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING DUE TO SLICK ROADS...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW VISIBILITY. RP KINNEY
Special weather statement, Jan 8, 9:01 PM CST, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 901 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-090515- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...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 901 PM CST THU JAN 8 2015 ...SNOW SHOWERS DIMINISHING...STRONG WINDS AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS CONTINUE... VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING...GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE INTENSE SNOW SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT AREAS SOUTH OF QUAD CITIES TONIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IN ADDITION TO BLOWING SNOW WILL COMBINE TO FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN SNOW SQUALLS. TRAVEL CONTINUES TO BE VERY HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING DUE TO SLICK ROADS...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW VISIBILITY. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BECOME DANGEROUSLY COLD OVERNIGHT WITH VALUES BETWEEN -15 AND -25. DC/RPK
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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.