Alert archive / Iowa / Special Weather Statements in 2021

Special Weather Statement, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 23, 2021Poweshiek County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this special weather statement at Mar 23, 2021, 6:41 PM CDT for Poweshiek County, Iowa. It was in force for 64 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
Mar 23, 2021, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA

County Poweshiek County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

As transmitted.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

What forecasters said that day

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 Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 23, 2:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 2:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 3:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
315 PM CDT Tue Mar 23 2021

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-
081>086-092>097-242015-
Emmet-Kossuth-Winnebago-Worth-Palo Alto-Hancock-Cerro Gordo-
Pocahontas-Humboldt-Wright-Franklin-Butler-Bremer-Sac-Calhoun-
Webster-Hamilton-Hardin-Grundy-Black Hawk-Crawford-Carroll-Greene-
Boone-Story-Marshall-Tama-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Polk-Jasper-
Poweshiek-Cass-Adair-Madison-Warren-Marion-Mahaska-Adams-Union-
Clarke-Lucas-Monroe-Wapello-Taylor-Ringgold-Decatur-Wayne-
Appanoose-Davis-
315 PM CDT Tue Mar 23 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Iowa.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight

Scattered thunderstorms are passing or will pass over south
central Iowa this afternoon and early this evening. A few of the
storms could become severe with hail up to nickel size and
possibly a brief tornado.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters activation is possible in southern Iowa this afternoon.

Ansorge

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 23, 6:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
641 PM CDT Tue Mar 23 2021

IAZ062-075-240045-
Poweshiek IA-Mahaska IA-
641 PM CDT Tue Mar 23 2021

...Strong Winds Possible over East Central Iowa Early this Evening...

At 639 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking showers and a few
thunderstorms with strong winds 8 miles east of New Sharon, or 9
miles south of Montezuma, moving north at 25 mph.

Wind gusts up to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. At 615 pm,
a 51 mph gust was reported at Oskaloosa.

Locations impacted include...
Grinnell, Montezuma, Brooklyn, New Sharon, Victor, Holiday Lake,
Malcom, Deep River, Barnes City, Searsboro, Hartwick, Guernsey and
Grinnell Regional Airport.

LAT...LON 4151 9241 4138 9241 4143 9278 4151 9278
      4151 9276 4160 9276 4160 9277 4186 9276
      4186 9230 4151 9230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 183DEG 23KT 4144 9250

Small

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Iowa, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021

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.