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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 278, NWS Des Moines, IA

August 2, 2006Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2006, 12:50 AM CDT for Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. It was in force for 25 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
Aug 2, 2006, 12:50 AM CDT (05:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2006, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cerro Gordo County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXEmmet34 min
Aug 1, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXEmmet31 min
Aug 1, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPalo Alto37 min
Aug 1, 9:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXEmmet6 hr
Aug 1, 10:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXKossuth, Palo Alto6 hr
Aug 1, 10:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXCerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth6 hr
Aug 1, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCrawford38 min
Aug 1, 11:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXPocahontas6 hr
Aug 2, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXFranklin, Wright44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.