The record
Everything the slot carries, as measured. Series arrays are drawn above and listed here in full.
| Event typeevent_type | Cold/Wind Chill |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 139,670 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 23,964 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2008-12-14T18:55:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2008-12-16T09:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | IOWA |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | FAYETTE |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | AWOS |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | An arctic cold front moved through during the afternoon of December 14th which sent temperatures plummeting. With the frontal passage, temperatures dropped as much as 20 degrees in 2 to 3 hours at many locations. In fact, a temperature change of around 40 degrees was common from the morning to the evening hours of December 14. ||The cold was made more significant as northwest winds increased into the 20 to 30 mph range, with gusts of 35 to 45 mph. These strong winds, coupled with falling temperatures, created dangerous wind chills of 20 below to 40 below. Bitter cold conditions persisted through the day and into the evening on December 15. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | At Oelwein airport on December 14, the temperature dropped from 50F at noon to 9F at 9 p.m. In addition, a peak wind gust of 46 mph was recorded. Wind chill readings dropped to -35F in the West Union area and -28F at Oelwein during the early morning hours of December 15th. |
| Yearyear | 2,008 |
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