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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Des Moines, IA

September 14, 2019Carroll County, Crawford County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2019, 10:56 AM CDT for Carroll County, Crawford County, Iowa. It was in force for 23 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: Sep 14, 2019, 10:56 AM CDT (15:56 UTC)
Expired: Sep 14, 2019, 11:19 AM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, IA, Crawford County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 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 Sep 13, 6:03 PM CDT, 16 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 6:03 PM CDT, 16 hours 53 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
Sep 14, 12:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Audubon	48 min
Sep 14, 12:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Cass	30 min
Sep 14, 12:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon	27 min
Sep 14, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie	30 min
Sep 14, 12:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Guthrie	29 min
Sep 14, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas	39 min
Sep 14, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Greene	22 min
Sep 14, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Polk, Story	45 min
Sep 14, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hamilton, Webster	44 min
Sep 14, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hamilton, Webster	29 min
Sep 14, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Carroll, Greene	35 min
Sep 14, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hamilton, Webster	29 min
Sep 14, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Story	34 min
Sep 14, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Marshall, Story	19 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.