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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2010, 2:17 AM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 58 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
- Jul 18, 2010, 2:17 AM CDT (07:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2010, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Story County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 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 Jul 17, 11:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 11:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 17, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto | 51 min |
| Jul 17, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 25 min |
| Jul 17, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 12:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas, Webster | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Humboldt, Kossuth, Pocahontas, Webster, Wright | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 12:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Webster, Wright | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac, Webster | 62 min |
| Jul 18, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Humboldt, Story, Webster, Wright | 65 min |
| Jul 18, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Calhoun, Greene, Webster | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Story | 52 min |
| Jul 18, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, Guthrie, Sac | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Crawford | 53 min |
| Jul 18, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Polk, Story | 40 min |
| Jul 18, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Jasper, Marion, Marshall, Polk, Story | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 3:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Polk and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 3:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion, Polk | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Story, Tama | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas, Madison, Union, Warren | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 3:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Greene, Guthrie | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 3:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion, Warren | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall and 4 more | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 3:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Guthrie | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 4:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Lucas, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne | 65 min |
| Jul 18, 4:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Marion | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Madison | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 8:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 20 days |
| Jul 18, 8:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 32 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 5 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 12 days |
| Jul 18, 3:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 53 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.