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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Des Moines, IA
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 10:23 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 4, 4:04 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Cass, Dallas, Guthrie, Jasper and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 4, 10:37 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 29 more | 10 hr |
Nearby
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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.