Monday, February 18, 2008

Wind Chills And Bitter Cold Temperatures For Des Moines, Iowa

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
349 PM CST MON FEB 18 2008

COLD HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE SOUTH
INTO IOWA TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD
AIR MOVING INTO IOWA WITH THIS SYSTEM.
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-
MARSHALL-TAMA-POWESHIEK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY...
ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES...
MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...GRINNELL
349 PM CST MON FEB 18 2008

..WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY.

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT
OVER MUCH OF IOWA. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 10 MPH BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES
WILL FALL TO 5 10 10 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THESE
TEMPERATURES AND THE GUSTY WINS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL INDICES IN
THE 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE. IN ADDITION...PATCHY BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
..DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...

BRISK WESTERLY WINDS USHERING IN AN ARCTIC AIRMASS...WILL
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WEST
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO
THIS EVENING NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. AS TEMPERATURES
CONTINUE TO PLUMMET AREA-WIDE WITH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT...
THE ENTIRE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE AT RISK OF WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO
30 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...GALENA...FREEPORT...
MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS
354 PM CST MON FEB 18 2008

..WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY.

BRISK WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND
CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

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 A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE
CONDITIONS.
MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-
DES MOINES-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...
SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...
BURLINGTON...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...
HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH
354 PM CST MON FEB 18 2008

..WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST TUESDAY.

BRISK WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND
CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY
MORNING.

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 A FEW AS 10 MINUTES IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

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