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Special Weather Statement, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 21, 2017Bremer County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2017, 9:58 PM CDT for Bremer County, Iowa. It was in force for 62 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 21, 2017, 9:58 PM CDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2017, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA

County Bremer County, IA

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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 21, 6:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 6:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 5:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 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
Jul 21, 10:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Bremer	15 hr
Jul 22, 2:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler	6 hr
Jul 22, 3:59 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Cass, Guthrie	16 hr
Jul 22, 7:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Bremer	24 hr
Jul 22, 2:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Bremer	24 hr

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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.