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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Des Moines, IA

February 24, 200829 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 24, 2008, 11:52 AM CST for 29 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 24, 2008, 2:55 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 24, 2008, 11:52 AM CST (17:52 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 24, 2008, 2:55 PM CST
Expired: Feb 24, 2008, 11:46 PM CST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA

All 29 counties

Adair 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, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Warren County, IA, Webster County, IA, Wright County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 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 24, 9:31 AM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 9:31 AM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 9:19 AM CST	Air Stagnation Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 27 more	14 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2008 Every 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.