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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 15, 20064 counties in Iowa; Carroll County, Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm watch at Mar 15, 2006, 3:45 AM CST for 4 counties in Iowa; Carroll County, Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 16, 2006, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 2006, 3:45 AM CST (09:45 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 16, 2006, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 15, 2006, 2:26 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA

Counties Buchanan County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Stephenson County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:46 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 Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Mar 15, 3:44 AM CST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 3:44 AM CST, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 5:09 AM CST, 22 hours 36 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 15, 2:26 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 3 more	19 hr
Mar 15, 2:26 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Jones, Linn	6 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2006 Winter Storm Watches in Illinois, 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.