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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 31, 1998Scott County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 1998, 3:50 PM CST for Scott County, Iowa. It was in force for 35 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: Mar 31, 1998, 3:50 PM CST (21:50 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 1998, 4:25 PM CST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Whole counties

County Scott County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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 Mar 31, 1:38 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 1:38 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 12:02 PM CST, 3 hours 48 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
Mar 30, 6:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jefferson	32 min
Mar 30, 6:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee, Van Buren	44 min
Mar 30, 7:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry	46 min
Mar 30, 7:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar	47 min
Mar 30, 8:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DVN	Clinton	47 min
Mar 30, 8:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jackson	47 min
Mar 30, 8:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee	49 min
Mar 30, 10:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Whiteside	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1998 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.