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Winter Storm Watch 9, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm watch at Dec 19, 2008, 4:17 PM CST for 27 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Dec 20, 2008, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2008, 4:17 PM CST (22:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2008, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2008, 3:48 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 27 counties
Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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 19, 3:43 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 3:43 PM CST, 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 19, 3:46 PM CST, 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 346 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-202200- 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-MARSHALL-TAMA- 346 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED SATURDAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 4 INCHES ALONG THE MINNESOTA BORDER TO 2 INCHES NEAR THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR. THE BIGGER HOWEVER WILL LIKELY BE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OF THE SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. AS THE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY...A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE SHARPLY REACHING SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE WIND COMBINED WITH FRESH SNOW COVER MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS MAY ALSO DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT AS AN ARCTIC SURGE OF COLD AIR PUSHES INTO CENTRAL IOWA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NO BETTER THAN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AND THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BELOW ZERO SUNDAY NIGHT. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WINDS TO GENERATE WIND CHILLS FROM 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED AND APPRECIATED. IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-202200- AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 346 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STORM SYSTEM PASSING TO THE NORTH WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW TO THE AREA SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS. AFTER THE STORM PASSES... A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THOUGH CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH BLIZZARD CRITERIA. AN ARCTIC PUSH OF COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY. HIGHS WILL ONLY BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO AND THIS COMBINED WITH THE WIND WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS MAY ALSO DEVELOP. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NO BETTER THAN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BELOW ZERO SUNDAY NIGHT. THESE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE WINDS TO GENERATE WIND CHILLS FROM 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED AND APPRECIATED. FAB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 19, 3:02 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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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.