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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Des Moines, IA

February 25, 200913 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 25, 2009, 3:59 AM CST for 13 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 26, 2009, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 25, 2009, 3:59 AM CST (09:59 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 26, 2009, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 25, 2009, 9:25 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA

Counties Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 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 25, 3:25 AM CST, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 3:25 AM CST, 34 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.