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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this heat advisory at May 27, 2018, 8:01 PM CDT for Dallas County, Polk County, Warren County, Iowa. It took effect at May 28, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2018, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 28, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 28, 2018, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
Counties Dallas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Warren County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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 May 27, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 27, 5:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 27, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Calhoun | 45 min |
| May 28, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Polk, Story | 40 min |
| May 28, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 25 min |
| May 28, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 28 min |
| May 28, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster, Wright | 48 min |
| May 28, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wright | 40 min |
| May 28, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk, Warren | 27 min |
| May 28, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Wright | 57 min |
| May 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth | 64 min |
Nearby
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.