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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Des Moines, IA

February 23, 200713 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 23, 2007, 3:44 AM CST for 13 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 24, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2007, 3:44 AM CST (09:44 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 24, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 24, 2007, 3:57 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA

Counties Adair County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Story County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 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 Feb 22, 3:52 PM CST, 11 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 3:52 PM CST, 11 hours 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 3:44 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningDMXAdair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 37 more62 hr
Feb 23, 3:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHumboldt, Webster19 min

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2007Every winter storm watch in 2007

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.