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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 24, 1996Des Moines County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 1:00 PM CDT for Des Moines County, Iowa. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1996, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1996, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Des Moines County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 1:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Burlington, IA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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, 23 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 1:57 PM CDT, 23 hours 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 9:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNKeokuk64 min
May 24, 10:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNKeokuk62 min
May 24, 10:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNScott55 min
May 24, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJefferson66 min
May 24, 11:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Washington66 min
May 24, 11:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNKeokuk36 min
May 24, 11:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNLouisa57 min
May 24, 11:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJefferson62 min
May 24, 12:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry68 min
May 24, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNLee25 min
May 24, 12:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNMercer56 min
May 24, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHancock, Henderson45 min
May 24, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNMcDonough64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1996Every 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.