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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 27, 2019Worth County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2019, 11:51 AM CDT for Worth County, Iowa. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 27, 2019, 11:51 AM CDT (16:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2019, 12:15 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Worth County, IA

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 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 severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 26, 6:44 PM CDT, 17 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 6:44 PM CDT, 17 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 3:11 PM CDT, 20 hours 40 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
Jun 27, 10:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Winnebago	33 min
Jun 27, 11:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Kossuth	30 min
Jun 27, 11:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Winnebago, Worth	37 min
Jun 27, 11:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Wright	61 min
Jun 27, 12:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock and 3 more	41 min
Jun 27, 12:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Butler, Franklin, Hardin	61 min
Jun 27, 12:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas	49 min
Jun 27, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Winnebago and 1 more	18 min
Jun 27, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Bremer	30 min
Jun 27, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Worth	36 min
Jun 27, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Butler	40 min
Jun 27, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Butler	32 min
Jun 27, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Butler	7 min
Jun 27, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Bremer	63 min

Nearby

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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.