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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 11, 2020Jasper County, Mahaska County, Poweshiek County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2020, 6:30 PM CDT for Jasper County, Mahaska County, Poweshiek County, Iowa. It was in force for 17 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
Jul 11, 2020, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2020, 6:47 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jasper County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 11, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

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 Jul 10, 6:50 PM CDT, 23 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:50 PM CDT, 23 hours 40 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 1:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXCrawford43 min
Jul 11, 2:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXAudubon47 min
Jul 11, 8:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBremer21 min
Jul 11, 9:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer14 min
Jul 11, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton, Webster43 min
Jul 11, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHancock, Kossuth, Winnebago46 min
Jul 11, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPalo Alto42 min
Jul 11, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone, Hamilton, Story, Webster49 min
Jul 11, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXButler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin42 min
Jul 11, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHumboldt, Palo Alto, Pocahontas40 min
Jul 11, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCerro Gordo, Winnebago, Worth39 min
Jul 11, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer, Butler52 min
Jul 11, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHancock, Kossuth, Wright51 min
Jul 11, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCerro Gordo37 min
Jul 11, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXGrundy48 min
Jul 11, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Butler, Grundy39 min
Jul 11, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk40 min
Jul 11, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Tama35 min
Jul 11, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Butler, Grundy24 min
Jul 11, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton, Hardin, Marshall, Story29 min
Jul 11, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper, Marshall, Story46 min
Jul 11, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMarshall, Story35 min
Jul 11, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Story27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.