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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Des Moines, IA

December 15, 200829 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm watch at Dec 15, 2008, 4:11 AM CST for 29 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Dec 16, 2008, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 15, 2008, 4:11 AM CST (10:11 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 16, 2008, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 15, 2008, 3:39 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA

All 29 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie 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), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 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 Dec 15, 3:20 AM CST, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 3:20 AM CST, 51 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
Dec 14, 6:06 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello	3 hr
Dec 14, 9:30 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Sac and 1 more	11 hr
Dec 15, 3:39 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	29 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.