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Special Weather Statement, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2016, 4:37 AM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2016, 4:37 AM CDT (09:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2016, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Dallas County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 16, 6:38 PM CDT, 9 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 6:38 PM CDT, 9 hours 59 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 16, 9:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 12 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more | 58 min |
| Jul 17, 1:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth | 38 min |
| Jul 17, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Pocahontas and 2 more | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, Webster | 39 min |
| Jul 17, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Story and 2 more | 55 min |
| Jul 17, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Marshall, Tama | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 7:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 56 min |
| Jul 17, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Guthrie | 41 min |
| Jul 17, 9:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Union | 59 min |
| Jul 17, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur, Ringgold | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 10:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 10:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Humboldt, Webster, Wright | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 11:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Worth | 57 hr |
| Jul 17, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin, Wright | 31 min |
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.