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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA

February 18, 2018Benton County, Buchanan County, Delaware County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 18, 2018, 2:45 PM CST for Benton County, Buchanan County, Delaware County, Iowa. It took effect at Feb 19, 2018, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 18, 2018, 2:45 PM CST (20:45 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 19, 2018, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 19, 2018, 3:16 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA

Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Delaware County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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 Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Feb 18, 11:43 AM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 11:43 AM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 18, 2:28 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more	8 hr
Feb 18, 10:36 AM CST	River Flood Watch	DVN	Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside	47 hr
Feb 18, 10:36 AM CST	River Flood Watch	DVN	Henry, Rock Island	47 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.