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Wind Chill Warning 1, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this wind chill warning at Jan 6, 2015, 3:42 AM CST for 21 counties in Iowa; 13 counties in Illinois; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Jan 7, 2015, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 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 6, 2015, 3:42 AM CST (09:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2015, 3:21 PM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
All 36 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, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Hancock 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, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 100 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
054 WWUS43 KDVN 060942 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 342 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...FRIGIDLY COLD...POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TONIGHT LASTING INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .A VERY STRONG AND INTENSELY COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BELOW ZERO AND COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 15 TO OVER 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF -25 TO LESS THAN -35 DEGREES OVER AN EXTENDED TIME PERIOD. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-061745- /O.NEW.KDVN.WC.W.0001.150107T0600Z-150108T1500Z/ 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- 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 342 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 36 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. 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. && $$ IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-061745- /O.NEW.KDVN.WC.W.0001.150107T0900Z-150108T1500Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 342 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 31 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES...RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ NICHOLS
7 follow-up statements
826 WWUS43 KDVN 061645 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1045 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...FRIGIDLY COLD...POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TONIGHT LASTING INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .A VERY STRONG AND INTENSELY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET WELL BELOW ZERO AND COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 15 TO OVER 25 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO COLDER THAN 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OVER AN EXTENDED TIME PERIOD. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-070045- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0001.150107T0600Z-150108T1500Z/ 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- 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 1045 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 36 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. THESE BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. 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. && $$ IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-070045- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0001.150107T0900Z-150108T1500Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1045 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 31 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. THESE BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ 12
300 WWUS43 KDVN 062151 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 351 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...FRIGIDLY COLD...POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TONIGHT LASTING INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .A VERY STRONG AND INTENSELY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET WELL BELOW ZERO AND COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 15 TO OVER 25 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO COLDER THAN 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OVER AN EXTENDED TIME PERIOD. IN ADDITION...THE INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING OF THE POWDERY SNOW ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF FRESH SNOW COVER. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-070600- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0001.150107T0600Z-150108T1500Z/ 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- 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 351 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 38 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THESE BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. 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. && $$ IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-070600- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0001.150107T0900Z-150108T1500Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 351 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 30 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THESE BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS THAT HAVE SEVERAL INCHES OF FRESH SNOW COVER. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ 12
944 WWUS43 KDVN 070217 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 817 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING COLD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND LASTING INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .A VERY STRONG AND INTENSELY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET WELL BELOW ZERO AND COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 15 TO OVER 25 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO COLDER THAN 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OVER AN EXTENDED TIME PERIOD. IN ADDITION...THE INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING OF THE POWDERY SNOW ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF FRESH SNOW COVER. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-071030- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0001.150107T0600Z-150108T1500Z/ 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- 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 817 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 39 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THESE BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. 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. && $$ IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-071030- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0001.150107T0900Z-150108T1500Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 817 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 30 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THESE BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS THAT HAVE SEVERAL INCHES OF FRESH SNOW COVER. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ 12/RP KINNEY
052 WWUS43 KDVN 070950 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 350 AM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING COLD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AND LASTING INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .A VERY STRONG AND INTENSELY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET WELL BELOW ZERO AND COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 15 TO OVER 30 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO AROUND 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OVER AN EXTENDED TIME PERIOD. IN ADDITION...THE INCREASING WINDS WILL PRODUCE DRIFTING AND PATCHY BLOWING OF THE POWDERY SNOW ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF FRESH SNOW COVER. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-071800- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150108T1500Z/ 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- 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 350 AM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * WIND CHILL READINGS...25 BELOW TO AS LOW AS 35 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THESE BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DRIFTING AND PATCHY MINOR BLOWING OF SNOW TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. 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. && $$ IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-071800- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150108T1500Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 350 AM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * WIND CHILL READINGS...20 BELOW TO AS LOW AS 30 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THESE BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DRIFTING AND PATCHY MINOR BLOWING OF SNOW TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ NICHOLS
952 WWUS43 KDVN 071534 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 934 AM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING COLD CONDITIONS AND LASTING INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .A VERY STRONG AND INTENSELY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET WELL BELOW ZERO AND COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 15 TO OVER 30 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO AROUND 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OVER AN EXTENDED TIME PERIOD. IN ADDITION... THE INCREASING WINDS WILL PRODUCE DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF FRESH SNOW COVER. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-072345- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150108T1500Z/ 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- 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 934 AM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * WIND CHILL READINGS...25 BELOW TO AS LOW AS 35 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THESE BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DRIFTING AND PATCHY MINOR BLOWING OF SNOW TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. 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. && $$ IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-072345- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150108T1500Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 934 AM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * WIND CHILL READINGS...20 BELOW TO AS LOW AS 30 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THESE BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DRIFTING AND PATCHY MINOR BLOWING OF SNOW TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
665 WWUS43 KDVN 071727 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1127 AM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING COLD CONDITIONS LASTING INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .A VERY STRONG AND INTENSELY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET WELL BELOW ZERO AND COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 15 TO OVER 30 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO AROUND 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OVER AN EXTENDED TIME PERIOD. IN ADDITION... THE INCREASING WINDS WILL PRODUCE DRIFTING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF FRESH SNOW COVER. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-080130- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150108T1500Z/ 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- 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 1127 AM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * WIND CHILL READINGS...25 BELOW TO AS LOW AS 35 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THESE BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DRIFTING AND PATCHY MINOR BLOWING OF SNOW TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. 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. && $$ IAZ098-099-ILZ034-035-MOZ009-010-080130- /O.CON.KDVN.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150108T1500Z/ VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1127 AM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... * WIND CHILL READINGS...20 BELOW TO AS LOW AS 30 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THESE BRISK WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DRIFTING AND PATCHY MINOR BLOWING OF SNOW TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES... RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 15 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
385 WWUS43 KDVN 072121 WSWDVN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 321 PM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...DANGEROUS TO POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING COLD INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .A COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET WELL BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. DEPENDING UPON HOW COLD IT GETS...WIND CHILLS MAY EXCEED 30 BELOW ZERO FOR SEVERAL HOURS TONIGHT. IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024- 080530- /O.CAN.KDVN.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150108T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WC.Y.0002.150107T2121Z-150108T1500Z/ 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 321 PM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. READINGS MAY EXCEED 30 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST 5 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...1 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO. TEMPERATURES BEGIN RISING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES. 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 15 TO 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$ IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-080530- /O.CAN.KDVN.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150108T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KDVN.WC.Y.0002.150107T2121Z-150108T1500Z/ JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH... CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 321 PM CST WED JAN 7 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 29 BELOW. * WINDS...WEST 5 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...13 BELOW TO 2 ABOVE ZERO. TEMPERATURES BEGIN RISING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS AT THIS LEVEL COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
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 6, 3:18 AM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 3:18 AM CST, 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
318 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 314 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2015
DEPARTING ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVING EAST WITH LINGERING LIGHT
SNOW AND FLURRIES TO END BY SUNRISE. AREA SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 6+
INCHES COMMON. COLD AIR FILTERING INTO REGION WITH MAIN CORE OF
ARCTIC AIR STILL IN CANADA. NW UPPER FLOW TO BRING THIS FRIGID AIR
ACROSS AREA NEXT 48 TO 72 HOURS. UPSTREAM TEMPERATURES IN LINE WITH
PROGGED VALUES SUPPORTING WIND CHILL HEADLINES.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 314 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2015
SHORT TERM FORECAST CONFIDENCE ASSESSMENT...GOOD OR ABOVE AVERAGE.
LITTLE SENSIBLE WEATHER ISSUES NEXT 24 HOURS. TEMPERATURES UPSTREAM
AND ANALYSIS SUGGEST SOME LOCATION TEMPS MAY NEED TRIMMING FOR HIGHS
TODAY BY A CATEGORY. LOWS TONIGHT IN SOME LOCATIONS MAY ALSO BE A
BIT TOO MILD.
TODAY...FAIR BUT QUITE COLD WITH ARCTIC LOOK TODAY WITH FRESH SNOW
PACK. WESTERLY WINDS TO INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY AFTERNOON WITH
SOME LOWER END DRIFTING OF OUR FRESH FLUFFY SNOW. AREA HIGHS AGAIN
MAY BE UP TO 3 DEGREES TO WARM FROM UPPER SINGLE DIGITS NORTH AND LOW
TEENS NEAR MISSOURI BORDER.
TONIGHT...WESTERLY AND NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE
TO 15 TO 25+ MPH AS ARCTIC HIGH MOVES SOUTH FROM CANADA. WIND CHILL
VALUES TO FALL BY LATE OVERNIGHT HOURS TO -25 TO -35 BELOW ZERO. HAVE
ISSUED WIND CHILL WARNING ENTIRE AREA DUE TO COLD IMPACTS THAT WILL
LAST INTO MID MORNING THURSDAY FOR A 30 HOUR HEADLINE. MINS BELOW
MINUS 10 DEGREES TO -5 DEGREES FAR SE. IF WINDS LOWER A BIT...MINS
EASILY COULD BE LOWER WITH BL DECOUPLING AND FRESH SNOW PACK.
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 314 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2015
MAIN FORECAST CONCERN FOR THE LONG TERM FORECAST IS THE LIFE
THREATENING COLD AIR AND WIND CHILL VALUES THAT WILL BE AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD. ANOTHER CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRUSH THE
AREA ON THURSDAY AND THERE IS ANOTHER LOW END CHANCE FOR SNOW ON
SUNDAY.
THIS STRETCH OF COLD AIR AND LOW WIND CHILLS WILL LAST IN EXCESS
OF 30 HOURS FOR SOME PORTIONS OF THE CWA. THIS WILL LEAD TO A LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STUCK OUTSIDE...OR DO
NOT DRESS APPROPRIATELY FOR THE CONDITIONS.
MY CONFIDENCE IN THE LOWS AND TEMPS FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE
EXTENDED ARE LOW TO MEDIUM. WATCHING THE TEMPS PLUMMET TONIGHT
WITH THE FRESH SNOW CONCERNS ME THAT THE LOWS MAY NOT BE LOW
ENOUGH. IF THIS IS THE CASE...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY MORNING MAY SEE EVEN LOW WIND CHILLS. AS FAR AS TEMP
GUIDANCE GOES...NOTICED THAT THE 00Z ECMWF DID MUCH BETTER THAN
THE OTHER MODELS AT INITIALIZING H92 AND H85 TEMPS THAT WERE
CONSISTENT WITH RAOBS. LOOKING AT THE RAW ECMWF...THE TEMPS WERE
SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAD IN THE GRIDS CURRENTLY. STARTED
WITH THE ECMWF RAW AND THEN ADJUSTED DOWN A FEW DEGREES TO ACCOUNT
FOR THE SNOW COVER. THIS BRINGS LOWS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO -18
ALONG I80 CORRIDOR IN IA TO SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS ACROSS THE REST
OF THE AREA. WIND CHILL VALUES OF CLOSE TO -40 ARE DEFINITELY NOT
OUT OF THE REALM...THEY SEEM MORE LIKE THE NORM FOR WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. TEMPS WILL MODERATE THURSDAY AND CURRENT WIND CHILL WARNING
WILL LIKELY END THURSDAY LATE AM.
BEHIND THE CLIPPER ON FRIDAY...OUR TEMPERATURES DROP AGAIN. WITH
THE LIGHT WINDS DO NOT SEE A WIND CHILL ISSUE ON FRIDAY OR FRIDAY
NIGHT EVEN THOUGH WIND CHILLS WILL BE WELL BELOW ZERO. SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY WE SEE TEMPS IMPROVE BEFORE ANOTHER SHOT OF COLD AIR
MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE CWA.
OVERALL IT LOOKS LIKE THE EXTENDED WILL BE DOMINATED BY COLD TEMPS
AND LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATING SNOW. WINTER IS IN FULL SWING THIS
WEEK INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. 8 TO 14 DAY CPC PREDICTIONS HAVE US AT
EQUAL CHANCES FOR WARMER OR COLDER THAN AVERAGE TEMPS WITH THE
SAME IN PRECIPITATION.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1129 PM CST MON JAN 5 2015
CONDITIONS VARIABLE FROM MVFR TO IFR AS SNOW TAPERS OFF OVERNIGHT
BUT EXPECT IMPROVEMENT TO VFR AT ALL SITES BY TUESDAY MORNING AS
SUBSIDENCE BUILDS IN WAKE OF DEPARTING SYSTEM. WINDS EASTERLY
5-10 KTS TO VEER TO NORTHWEST TUESDAY MORNING...THEN WESTERLY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHILE INCREASING TO AROUND 10-15 KTS. REINFORCING
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TO BRING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TUESDAY NIGHT
WITH MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW POSSIBLE. SOME LOWER CLOUDS
ALSO POSSIBLE BUT LEFT OUT ANY CIGS ATTIM GIVEN MODELS TYPICALLY TOO
MOIST IN BL.
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WIND CHILL WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY
FOR BENTON-BUCHANAN-CEDAR-CLINTON-DELAWARE-DES MOINES-
DUBUQUE-HENRY IA-IOWA-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-
KEOKUK-LINN-LOUISA-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WASHINGTON.
WIND CHILL WARNING FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY FOR
LEE-VAN BUREN.
IL...WIND CHILL WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY
FOR BUREAU-CARROLL-HENDERSON-HENRY IL-JO DAVIESS-MERCER-
PUTNAM-ROCK ISLAND-STEPHENSON-WARREN-WHITESIDE.
WIND CHILL WARNING FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY FOR
HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH.
MO...WIND CHILL WARNING FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY FOR
CLARK-SCOTLAND.
&&
SYNOPSIS...NICHOLS
SHORT TERM...NICHOLS
LONG TERM...GIBBS
AVIATION...05Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 5, 9:30 AM CST, 18 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 930 AM CST MON JAN 5 2015 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-061530- 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- 930 AM CST MON JAN 5 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL BE FOUND OVER THE AREA UNTIL AROUND MIDDAY. LATE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...A FAST MOVING ALBERTA CLIPPER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...PRODUCING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE BULK OF THE SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...WHILE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR MORE COMPLETE AND UP TO DATE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY GUSTY WINDS ON TUESDAY EVENING AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING COULD LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY AND POSSIBLE SLICK ROADS. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLDEST PERIOD WILL BE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WHEN WIND CHILLS MAY BE AS LOW AS 30 BELOW TO NEAR 40 BELOW ZERO AND WIND CHILL WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...REPORTS OF SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR GREATER WILL BE APPRECIATED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHEETS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 6, 12:38 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1238 AM CST TUE JAN 06 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1205 AM SNOW 1 WSW IOWA CITY 41.65N 91.55W
01/06/2015 M4.8 INCH JOHNSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES.
&&
BILLNLocal storm report, Jan 6, 12:44 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1244 AM CST TUE JAN 06 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1244 AM SNOW 1 NNW MAQUOKETA 42.07N 90.67W
01/06/2015 E4.5 INCH JACKSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
AGIBBSLocal storm report, Jan 6, 12:49 AM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1249 AM CST TUE JAN 06 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1249 AM SNOW 5 NNE CEDAR RAPIDS 42.04N 91.63W
01/06/2015 E6.2 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
AGIBBSLocal storm report, Jan 6, 1:04 AM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
104 AM CST TUE JAN 06 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0104 AM SNOW S NEWHALL 41.99N 91.97W
01/06/2015 E5.0 INCH BENTON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
AGIBBSLocal storm report, Jan 6, 1:13 AM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
113 AM CST TUE JAN 06 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0104 AM SNOW COLONA 41.49N 90.35W
01/06/2015 E5.1 INCH HENRY IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
AGIBBSLocal storm report, Jan 6, 3:06 AM CST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
306 AM CST TUE JAN 06 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0306 AM SNOW 1 SSE CEDAR RAPIDS 41.95N 91.66W
01/06/2015 E6.2 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
AGIBBSNearby
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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.