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Special Weather Statement, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this special weather statement at Apr 12, 2020, 3:12 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Iowa. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2020, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
County Jefferson County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 12, 2:59 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 2:59 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 12, 3:12 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 12, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry | 38 min |
| Apr 12, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 59 min |
| Apr 12, 3:42 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 36 hr |
| Apr 12, 10:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Lee | 4 days |
| Apr 12, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Washington | 56 min |
| Apr 12, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque, Jones | 31 min |
| Apr 12, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Muscatine | 52 min |
| Apr 12, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 37 min |
| Apr 12, 1:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren | 81 min |
| Apr 12, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jo Daviess | 41 min |
| Apr 11, 11:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clark | 24 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.