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Winter Weather Advisory 21, NWS Des Moines, IA

February 22, 201937 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 22, 2019, 4:07 AM CST for 37 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 22, 2019, 7:03 PM CST. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 22, 2019, 4:07 AM CST (10:07 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 22, 2019, 7:03 PM CST
Expired: Feb 23, 2019, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA

All 37 counties

Adair County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Madison County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Warren County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:06 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 weather 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 winter weather advisory went out at Feb 21, 11:24 PM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 11:24 PM CST, 4 hours 43 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
Feb 22, 3:43 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 24 more	53 hr
Feb 22, 3:43 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 24 more	53 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Iowa, 2019 Every winter weather advisory in 2019

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.