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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Des Moines, IA

February 4, 200833 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 4, 2008, 4:04 AM CST for 33 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 5, 2008, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2008, 4:04 AM CST (10:04 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 5, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 5, 2008, 3:58 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
All 33 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie 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, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:06 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 3, 11:28 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 11:28 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 11:26 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1126 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>048-041200-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-
BOONE-STORY-
1126 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG...AND DEVELOPING AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THE AREAS OF
FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD...AND INCLUDE SLEET
AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM THROUGH THE HIGHWAY 30
CORRIDOR EAST OF AMES. BY MONDAY MORNING...A PERIOD OF
ACCUMULATING SNOW NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 IS EXPECTED...WITH FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET EXPECTED BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 20 AND 30. ALL OF THE
SNOW WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN BY LATE MORNING...AND
CHANGE TO RAIN BEFORE NOON...AS TEMPERATURES WARM TO ABOVE
FREEZING.  BEFORE THE TEMPERATURES WARM...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH
OF NEW ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 30 AND 20...AND
2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20 TO THE MINNESOTA LINE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER ICE AND SNOW
TOTALS ARE APPRECIATED.

IAZ049-050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-041200-
MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-
ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-
MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
1126 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG...AND DEVELOPING AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL END DURING THE EARLY MORNING AS
TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM TO ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...PRODUCING SOME SLEET...FREEZING RAIN
AND RAIN THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE
ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR THROUGH 9 AM...HOWEVER...FARTHER
SOUTH TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY WARM INTO THE MID AN UPPER 30S
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...ALLOWING THE PRECIPITATION TYPE TO BE
RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER ICE AND SNOW
TOTALS ARE APPRECIATED.

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 3, 10:23 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDMXBlack Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more15 hr
Feb 4, 4:04 AM CSTFreezing Rain AdvisoryDMXAdair, Audubon, Cass, Dallas, Guthrie, Jasper and 6 more7 hr
Feb 4, 10:37 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryDMXAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 29 more10 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2008Every winter storm watch in 2008

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.