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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Quad Cities, IA

August 24, 2014Louisa County, Muscatine County, Scott County, Iowa; 6 counties in Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this heat advisory at Aug 24, 2014, 3:50 PM CDT for Louisa County, Muscatine County, Scott County, Iowa; 6 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Aug 25, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 24, 2014, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 25, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 25, 2014, 7:52 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA

Counties Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Henry County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Whiteside County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 heat advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Aug 24, 3:47 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 3:47 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 10:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 24, 1:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 24, 3:38 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Van Buren	40 hr
Aug 24, 4:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 2 more	3 hr
Aug 24, 5:02 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee and 3 more	4 hr
Aug 24, 6:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 8 more	113 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Illinois, 2014 Heat Advisories in Iowa, 2014 Every heat advisory in 2014

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.