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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2010, 4:35 PM CDT for Black Hawk County, Bremer County, Grundy County, Iowa. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2010, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2010, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Grundy County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 5, 6:36 PM CDT, 21 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 6:36 PM CDT, 21 hours 59 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Cass, Guthrie | 35 min |
| Apr 6, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll | 39 min |
| Apr 6, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Cass | 36 min |
| Apr 6, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Guthrie | 42 min |
| Apr 6, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 42 min |
| Apr 6, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas | 50 min |
| Apr 6, 5:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy | 108 min |
| Apr 6, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Warren | 42 min |
| Apr 6, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer | 34 min |
| Apr 6, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Poweshiek, Tama | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Poweshiek, Tama | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion | 26 min |
| Apr 6, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 39 min |
| Apr 6, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Poweshiek, Tama | 37 min |
| Apr 6, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Warren | 32 min |
| Apr 6, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Poweshiek | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010
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.