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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 12, 2005Madison County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2005, 7:21 PM CDT for Madison County, Iowa. It was in force for 56 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 12, 2005, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2005, 8:17 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Madison County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12, 3:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 2:07 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Carroll	27 min
Jun 13, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Greene	49 min
Jun 13, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Emmet	44 min
Jun 13, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Webster	48 min
Jun 13, 6:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Dallas	42 min
Jun 13, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone	41 min
Jun 13, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock	34 min
Jun 13, 6:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Ringgold, Taylor	47 min
Jun 13, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Polk	53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.