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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this frost advisory at May 8, 2010, 3:54 AM CDT for 30 counties in Iowa. It took effect at May 9, 2010, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2010, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2010, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 9, 2010, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
All 30 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford 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, Monroe County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:53 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 frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at May 7, 6:28 PM CDT, 9 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 6:28 PM CDT, 9 hours 26 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:54 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet and 15 more | 29 hr |
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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.