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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 19, 200620 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm watch at Mar 19, 2006, 3:40 AM CST for 20 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Mar 19, 2006, 3:49 PM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2006, 3:40 AM CST (09:40 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 19, 2006, 3:49 PM CST
Expired: Mar 21, 2006, 3:54 AM CST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA

Counties Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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 winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Mar 19, 3:40 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:40 AM CST, 0 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
Mar 19, 3:49 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Ringgold and 3 more	36 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2006 Every winter storm watch 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.