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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 6, 1999Audubon County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1999, 2:32 PM CDT for Audubon County, Iowa. It was in force for 33 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
Jun 6, 1999, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1999, 3:05 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Audubon County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

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 Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 6, 11:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 11:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 1:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 1:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPalo Alto32 min
Jun 5, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXKossuth36 min
Jun 6, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHumboldt, Kossuth36 min
Jun 6, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGreene, Webster31 min
Jun 6, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXKossuth34 min
Jun 6, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWebster36 min
Jun 6, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHancock, Wright32 min
Jun 6, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton32 min
Jun 6, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWright32 min
Jun 6, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCerro Gordo, Franklin30 min
Jun 6, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXFranklin32 min
Jun 6, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon35 min
Jun 6, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCalhoun33 min
Jun 6, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGreene34 min
Jun 6, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdair, Cass31 min
Jun 6, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXBoone, Greene, Webster49 min
Jun 6, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHumboldt, Wright33 min

Nearby

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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.