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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Des Moines, IA

January 13, 200742 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm watch at Jan 13, 2007, 3:53 AM CST for 42 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 14, 2007, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2007, 3:53 AM CST (09:53 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 14, 2007, 3:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 14, 2007, 3:50 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA

All 42 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Webster County, IA, Wright County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 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 Jan 13, 3:25 AM CST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 3:25 AM CST, 28 minutes before

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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.