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Heat Advisory 5, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 23, 201511 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this heat advisory at Jul 23, 2015, 3:55 PM CDT for 11 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jul 24, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 23, 2015, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 24, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 24, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA

Counties Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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 Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Jul 23, 3:26 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 3:26 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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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.