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Wind Chill Advisory 3, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 8, 2021, 2:22 PM CST for 51 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 8, 2021, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2021, 2:22 PM CST (20:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2021, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2021, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 51 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 97 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
841 WWUS43 KDMX 082022 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Des Moines IA 222 PM CST Mon Feb 8 2021 ...Hazardous Wind Chills Tonight into Tuesday Morning... .While winds will be light overnight, temperatures dropping to between 5 below zero and 15 below zero will create hazardous wind chills with values between 20 to near 30 below zero. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-090430- /O.NEW.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.210209T0300Z-210209T1500Z/ Emmet-Kossuth-Winnebago-Worth-Palo Alto-Hancock-Cerro Gordo- Pocahontas-Humboldt-Wright-Franklin-Butler-Bremer-Sac-Calhoun- Webster-Hamilton-Hardin-Grundy-Black Hawk- Including the cities of Estherville, Algona, Forest City, Lake Mills, Northwood, Manly, Emmetsburg, Garner, Britt, Kanawha, Mason City, Clear Lake, Pocahontas, Laurens, Rolfe, Fonda, Gilmore City, Humboldt, Eagle Grove, Clarion, Belmond, Hampton, Parkersburg, Clarksville, Shell Rock, Greene, Aplington, Allison, Dumont, Waverly, Sac City, Lake View, Odebolt, Wall Lake, Schaller, Early, Rockwell City, Manson, Lake City, Pomeroy, Fort Dodge, Webster City, Iowa Falls, Eldora, Ackley, Grundy Center, Reinbeck, Conrad, Dike, Wellsburg, Waterloo, and Cedar Falls 222 PM CST Mon Feb 8 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as between 20 and 30 below zero. * WHERE...Areas along and north of Highway 20. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 9 AM CST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$ IAZ044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-090430- /O.NEW.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.210209T0600Z-210209T1500Z/ Crawford-Carroll-Greene-Boone-Story-Marshall-Tama-Audubon-Guthrie- Dallas-Polk-Jasper-Poweshiek-Cass-Adair-Madison-Warren-Marion- Mahaska-Adams-Union-Clarke-Lucas-Monroe-Wapello-Taylor-Ringgold- Decatur-Wayne-Appanoose-Davis- Including the cities of Denison, Carroll, Jefferson, Boone, Ames, Marshalltown, Tama, Toledo, Traer, Dysart, Gladbrook, Audubon, Exira, Guthrie Center, Panora, Bayard, Casey, Perry, Waukee, Adel, Des Moines, Newton, Grinnell, Atlantic, Greenfield, Stuart, Adair, Fontanelle, Winterset, Earlham, Indianola, Norwalk, Carlisle, Pella, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Corning, Creston, Osceola, Chariton, Albia, Ottumwa, Bedford, Lenox, New Market, Mount Ayr, Lamoni, Leon, Corydon, Seymour, Allerton, Humeston, Centerville, and Bloomfield 222 PM CST Mon Feb 8 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as between 20 and 30 below zero. * WHERE...Central and southern Iowa. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM CST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/desmoines Ansorge
3 follow-up statements
198 WWUS43 KDMX 090312 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Des Moines IA 912 PM CST Mon Feb 8 2021 ...Hazardous Wind Chills Tonight into Tuesday Morning... IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-091115- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210209T1500Z/ Emmet-Kossuth-Winnebago-Worth-Palo Alto-Hancock-Cerro Gordo- Pocahontas-Humboldt-Wright-Franklin-Butler-Bremer-Sac-Calhoun- Webster-Hamilton-Hardin-Grundy-Black Hawk- Including the cities of Estherville, Algona, Forest City, Lake Mills, Northwood, Manly, Emmetsburg, Garner, Britt, Kanawha, Mason City, Clear Lake, Pocahontas, Laurens, Rolfe, Fonda, Gilmore City, Humboldt, Eagle Grove, Clarion, Belmond, Hampton, Parkersburg, Clarksville, Shell Rock, Greene, Aplington, Allison, Dumont, Waverly, Sac City, Lake View, Odebolt, Wall Lake, Schaller, Early, Rockwell City, Manson, Lake City, Pomeroy, Fort Dodge, Webster City, Iowa Falls, Eldora, Ackley, Grundy Center, Reinbeck, Conrad, Dike, Wellsburg, Waterloo, and Cedar Falls 912 PM CST Mon Feb 8 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero. * WHERE...North Central Iowa. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$ IAZ044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-091115- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.210209T0600Z-210209T1500Z/ Crawford-Carroll-Greene-Boone-Story-Marshall-Tama-Audubon-Guthrie- Dallas-Polk-Jasper-Poweshiek-Cass-Adair-Madison-Warren-Marion- Mahaska-Adams-Union-Clarke-Lucas-Monroe-Wapello-Taylor-Ringgold- Decatur-Wayne-Appanoose-Davis- Including the cities of Denison, Carroll, Jefferson, Boone, Ames, Marshalltown, Tama, Toledo, Traer, Dysart, Gladbrook, Audubon, Exira, Guthrie Center, Panora, Bayard, Casey, Perry, Waukee, Adel, Des Moines, Newton, Grinnell, Atlantic, Greenfield, Stuart, Adair, Fontanelle, Winterset, Earlham, Indianola, Norwalk, Carlisle, Pella, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Corning, Creston, Osceola, Chariton, Albia, Ottumwa, Bedford, Lenox, New Market, Mount Ayr, Lamoni, Leon, Corydon, Seymour, Allerton, Humeston, Centerville, and Bloomfield 912 PM CST Mon Feb 8 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero. * WHERE...Central and South Central Iowa. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/desmoines
373 WWUS43 KDMX 090937 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Des Moines IA 337 AM CST Tue Feb 9 2021 ...Hazardous Wind Chills Tonight into Tuesday Morning... IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-091500- /O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210209T1500Z/ Emmet-Kossuth-Winnebago-Worth-Palo Alto-Hancock-Cerro Gordo- Pocahontas-Humboldt-Wright-Franklin-Butler-Bremer-Sac-Calhoun- Webster-Hamilton-Hardin-Grundy-Black Hawk-Crawford-Carroll-Greene- Boone-Story-Marshall-Tama-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Polk-Jasper- Poweshiek-Cass-Adair-Madison-Warren-Marion-Mahaska-Adams-Union- Clarke-Lucas-Monroe-Wapello-Taylor-Ringgold-Decatur-Wayne- Appanoose-Davis- Including the cities of Estherville, Algona, Forest City, Lake Mills, Northwood, Manly, Emmetsburg, Garner, Britt, Kanawha, Mason City, Clear Lake, Pocahontas, Laurens, Rolfe, Fonda, Gilmore City, Humboldt, Eagle Grove, Clarion, Belmond, Hampton, Parkersburg, Clarksville, Shell Rock, Greene, Aplington, Allison, Dumont, Waverly, Sac City, Lake View, Odebolt, Wall Lake, Schaller, Early, Rockwell City, Manson, Lake City, Pomeroy, Fort Dodge, Webster City, Iowa Falls, Eldora, Ackley, Grundy Center, Reinbeck, Conrad, Dike, Wellsburg, Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Denison, Carroll, Jefferson, Boone, Ames, Marshalltown, Tama, Toledo, Traer, Dysart, Gladbrook, Audubon, Exira, Guthrie Center, Panora, Bayard, Casey, Perry, Waukee, Adel, Des Moines, Newton, Grinnell, Atlantic, Greenfield, Stuart, Adair, Fontanelle, Winterset, Earlham, Indianola, Norwalk, Carlisle, Pella, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Corning, Creston, Osceola, Chariton, Albia, Ottumwa, Bedford, Lenox, New Market, Mount Ayr, Lamoni, Leon, Corydon, Seymour, Allerton, Humeston, Centerville, and Bloomfield 337 AM CST Tue Feb 9 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero. * WHERE...Central and South Central Iowa. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. && $$ Krull For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/desmoines
115 WWUS43 KDMX 091505 WSWDMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Des Moines IA 905 AM CST Tue Feb 9 2021 ...Wind Chill Advisory Has Expired... IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-091615- /O.EXP.KDMX.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210209T1500Z/ Emmet-Kossuth-Winnebago-Worth-Palo Alto-Hancock-Cerro Gordo- Pocahontas-Humboldt-Wright-Franklin-Butler-Bremer-Sac-Calhoun- Webster-Hamilton-Hardin-Grundy-Black Hawk-Crawford-Carroll-Greene- Boone-Story-Marshall-Tama-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Polk-Jasper- Poweshiek-Cass-Adair-Madison-Warren-Marion-Mahaska-Adams-Union- Clarke-Lucas-Monroe-Wapello-Taylor-Ringgold-Decatur-Wayne- Appanoose-Davis- Including the cities of Estherville, Algona, Forest City, Lake Mills, Northwood, Manly, Emmetsburg, Garner, Britt, Kanawha, Mason City, Clear Lake, Pocahontas, Laurens, Rolfe, Fonda, Gilmore City, Humboldt, Eagle Grove, Clarion, Belmond, Hampton, Parkersburg, Clarksville, Shell Rock, Greene, Aplington, Allison, Dumont, Waverly, Sac City, Lake View, Odebolt, Wall Lake, Schaller, Early, Rockwell City, Manson, Lake City, Pomeroy, Fort Dodge, Webster City, Iowa Falls, Eldora, Ackley, Grundy Center, Reinbeck, Conrad, Dike, Wellsburg, Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Denison, Carroll, Jefferson, Boone, Ames, Marshalltown, Tama, Toledo, Traer, Dysart, Gladbrook, Audubon, Exira, Guthrie Center, Panora, Bayard, Casey, Perry, Waukee, Adel, Des Moines, Newton, Grinnell, Atlantic, Greenfield, Stuart, Adair, Fontanelle, Winterset, Earlham, Indianola, Norwalk, Carlisle, Pella, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Corning, Creston, Osceola, Chariton, Albia, Ottumwa, Bedford, Lenox, New Market, Mount Ayr, Lamoni, Leon, Corydon, Seymour, Allerton, Humeston, Centerville, and Bloomfield 905 AM CST Tue Feb 9 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... With calm to light winds and temperatures beginning to rise above overnight and morning lows, the wind chill advisory has been allowed to expire. $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/desmoines CURTIS
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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.