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Heat Advisory 1, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this heat advisory at Aug 13, 2007, 10:03 AM CDT for 23 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Aug 13, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2007, 10:03 AM CDT (15:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 13, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2007, 12:26 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 23 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Polk 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), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 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 heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 13, 6:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 6:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 5:29 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 529 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2007 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-037>039-049-050-062-075-141045- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HARDIN-GRUNDY- BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-POWESHIEK-MAHASKA- 529 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED MAINLY NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. MORE WIDESPREAD AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AFTER 6 PM AND WILL CONTINUE PAST MIDNIGHT EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITHIN STORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH WILL STRETCH ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BE SEVERE. SOME OF THE STORMS LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THOUGH THE THREAT FOR ADVERSE WEATHER IS INCREASING FOR THESE TWO PERIODS IN PARTICULAR...IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF GREATEST RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS MORNING...BUT IS BECOMING MORE LIKELY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE OUTLOOKED AREA. ADDITIONALLY...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IAZ033-044-045-057-058-070-071-081-082-092-093-141045- SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-UNION- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- 529 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HOT AND HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH HEAT INDEX READINGS APPROACHING THE 102 TO 107 RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS LATER THIS EVENING WITH A FEW STORMS BEING SEVERE WITH WIND AND HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BE SEVERE. SOME OF THE STORMS LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THOUGH THE THREAT FOR ADVERSE WEATHER IS INCREASING FOR THESE TWO PERIODS IN PARTICULAR...IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF GREATEST RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS MORNING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IAZ034>036-046>048-059>061-072>074-083>086-094>097-141045- CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- MADISON-WARREN-MARION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 529 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED...MAINLY NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH HEAT INDEX READINGS RANGING FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES. SCATTERED AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 8 PM GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 LATER THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE PAST MIDNIGHT EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BE SEVERE. SOME OF THE STORMS LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THOUGH THE THREAT FOR ADVERSE WEATHER IS INCREASING FOR THESE TWO PERIODS IN PARTICULAR...IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF GREATEST RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS MORNING...BUT IS BECOMING MORE LIKELY THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOKED AREA. ADDITIONALLY...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. REV
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 13, 7:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Union | 59 min |
| Aug 12, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke | 55 min |
| Aug 12, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 55 min |
| Aug 13, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 23 min |
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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.