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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 346, NWS Des Moines, IA

September 18, 2010Ringgold County, Taylor County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 2010, 11:01 PM CDT for Ringgold County, Taylor County, Iowa. It was in force for 44 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: Sep 18, 2010, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2010, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 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
Sep 18, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 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 Sep 18, 6:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 6:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 18, 5:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 18, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 18, 10:54 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 18, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Taylor	43 min
Sep 18, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Taylor	46 min
Sep 18, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Cass	44 min
Sep 18, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Polk	42 min
Sep 18, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Cass	45 min
Sep 18, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Ringgold, Taylor	45 min
Sep 19, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Union	45 min
Sep 19, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur, Ringgold	47 min
Sep 19, 12:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Adams, Cass, Union	6 hr
Sep 19, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Ringgold, Union	44 min
Sep 19, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur	44 min
Sep 19, 1:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Cass	39 min
Sep 19, 2:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Decatur, Ringgold, Union, Wayne	5 hr
Sep 19, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Taylor	48 min
Sep 19, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Ringgold, Taylor	60 min
Sep 19, 9:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Taylor	4 hr
Sep 19, 2:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	16 hr

Nearby

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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.