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Wind Chill Advisory 6, NWS Des Moines, IA

January 18, 202213 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 18, 2022, 3:00 AM CST for 13 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 19, 2022, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 2022, 3:00 AM CST (09:00 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 19, 2022, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 20, 2022, 12:00 PM CST
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA

Counties Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 205 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2022-01-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2022-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1008 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.