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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Des Moines, IA

January 31, 201611 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter storm watch at Jan 31, 2016, 3:19 PM CST for 11 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 2, 2016, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 31, 2016, 3:19 PM CST (21:19 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 2, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 1, 2016, 4:21 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA

Counties Clarke County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Madison County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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 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 31, 11:52 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 11:52 AM CST, 3 hours 27 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
Jan 31, 3:48 AM CST	Blizzard Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 33 more	25 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2016 Every winter storm watch in 2016

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.