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Freeze Watch 4, NWS Des Moines, IA

October 5, 201211 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this freeze watch at Oct 5, 2012, 3:44 AM CDT for 11 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Oct 6, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 5, 2012, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 6, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 5, 2012, 3:46 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA

Counties Appanoose County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Wayne County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 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 freeze 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 freeze watch went out at Oct 5, 3:38 AM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 3:38 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 4, 3:49 PM CDT, 11 hours 55 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
Oct 5, 3:46 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	DMX	Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas and 6 more	17 hr

Nearby

Freeze Watches in Iowa, 2012 Every freeze watch in 2012

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.