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Snow Advisory 11, NWS Quad Cities, IA

January 16, 200814 counties in Iowa; Jo Daviess County, Illinois; Scotland County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this snow advisory at Jan 16, 2008, 3:34 PM CST for 14 counties in Iowa; Jo Daviess County, Illinois; Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Jan 16, 2008, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 16, 2008, 3:34 PM CST (21:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 16, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 17, 2008, 1:04 PM CST
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA

Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Jo Daviess County, IL, Scotland County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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 snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Jan 16, 3:06 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 3:06 PM CST, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 16, 5:06 AM CST, 10 hours 28 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 16, 10:07 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside	24 hr

Nearby

Snow Advisories in Iowa, 2008 Snow Advisories in Illinois, 2008 Snow Advisories in Missouri, 2008 Every snow advisory 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.