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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 24, 1996Henry County, Washington County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 11:09 AM CDT for Henry County, Washington County, Iowa. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 1996, 11:09 AM CDT (16:09 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 1996, 12:15 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Henry County, IA, Washington County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 23, 1:57 PM CDT, 21 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 1:57 PM CDT, 21 hours 12 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 9:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Keokuk	64 min
May 24, 10:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Keokuk	62 min
May 24, 10:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Scott	55 min
May 24, 10:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jefferson	66 min
May 24, 11:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Keokuk	36 min
May 24, 11:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Louisa	57 min
May 24, 11:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jefferson	62 min
May 24, 12:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry	68 min
May 24, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines	45 min
May 24, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee	25 min
May 24, 12:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Mercer	56 min
May 24, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, Henderson	45 min
May 24, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	McDonough	64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.