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Special Weather Statement, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this special weather statement at Sep 19, 2018, 3:30 PM CDT for Appanoose County, Iowa. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Sep 19, 2018, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2018, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
County Appanoose County, IA
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</html>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 Sep 19, 3:09 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 3:09 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1109 AM CDT Wed Sep 19 2018 IAZ004>007-015>017-201615- Emmet-Kossuth-Winnebago-Worth-Palo Alto-Hancock-Cerro Gordo- 1109 AM CDT Wed Sep 19 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Iowa. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight A Flash Flood Watch in effect for the area tonight. Please refer to the National Weather Service website at weather.gov/desmoines for further details. Strong to possibly severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon into tonight. Damaging winds and large hail are the main threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for the area through Thursday morning. Please refer to the National Weather Service website at weather.gov/desmoines for further details. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Thursday evening into Thursday night. Damaging winds and large hail are the main threats, along with heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this evening and Thursday evening. Rainfall amounts and flooding reports are appreciated. IAZ023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-201615- Pocahontas-Humboldt-Wright-Franklin-Butler-Bremer-Sac-Calhoun- Webster-Hamilton-Hardin-Grundy-Black Hawk-Crawford-Carroll-Greene- Boone-Story-Marshall-Tama-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Polk-Jasper- Poweshiek- 1109 AM CDT Wed Sep 19 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Iowa. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight Strong to possibly severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon into tonight. Damaging winds and large hail are the main threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Thursday evening into Thursday night. Damaging winds and large hail are the main threats, along with heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding, especially north of Highway 20. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this evening and Thursday evening. Rainfall amounts and flooding reports are appreciated. IAZ070>075-081>086-092>097-201615- Cass-Adair-Madison-Warren-Marion-Mahaska-Adams-Union-Clarke-Lucas- Monroe-Wapello-Taylor-Ringgold-Decatur-Wayne-Appanoose-Davis- 1109 AM CDT Wed Sep 19 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Iowa. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight Strong thunderstorms are possible this evening, especially north of Interstate 80. Strong winds and hail are the primary hazards. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Thursday evening into Thursday night. Damaging winds and large hail are the main threats, along with brief periods of heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed Thursday evening into Thursday night. Kotenberg
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 19, 3:30 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Des Moines IA 330 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2018 IAZ084>086-095>097-192130- Wapello IA-Appanoose IA-Wayne IA-Lucas IA-Davis IA-Monroe IA- 330 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2018 ...Strong Thunderstorms May Produce Dime to Nickel Hail and Strong Winds... At 329 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lake Sundown, or 10 miles south of Albia, moving east at 15 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 45 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Centerville, Corydon, Lake Sundown, Rathbun Lake, Moravia, Russell, Humeston, Mystic, Blakesburg, Drakesville, Derby, Melrose, Unionville, Rathbun, Plano, Udell, Millerton, Lake Wapello State Park, Albia Municipal Airport and Honey Creek State Park. LAT...LON 4076 9351 4096 9351 4102 9246 4074 9245 TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 271DEG 14KT 4088 9283 Kotenberg
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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| Sep 19, 6:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Calhoun | 60 min |
| Sep 19, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Boone, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Story, Webster | 65 min |
| Sep 19, 10:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 10 days |
| Sep 19, 10:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 7 days |
| Sep 19, 10:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler | 5 days |
| Sep 19, 10:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock and 7 more | 25 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.