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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Des Moines, IA

January 30, 201525 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm watch at Jan 30, 2015, 10:48 AM CST for 25 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 31, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 30, 2015, 10:48 AM CST (16:48 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 31, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 31, 2015, 3:31 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA

All 25 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Boone County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 30, 5:36 AM CST, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 5:36 AM CST, 5 hours 12 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.