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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 31, 20234 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2023, 3:20 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 40 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: Mar 31, 2023, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Destructive
Hail: 2.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Davis County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Wapello County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 31, 11:46 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 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 Mar 31, 2:53 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 2:53 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 3:59 AM CDT, 11 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:06 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:07 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:10 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:11 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:14 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 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
Mar 31, 3:30 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 34 more	28 hr
Mar 31, 3:38 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth and 5 more	27 hr
Mar 31, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union	45 min
Mar 31, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Madison, Warren	39 min
Mar 31, 12:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union	39 min
Mar 31, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas, Marion, Warren	42 min
Mar 31, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Clarke, Madison, Union, Warren	48 min
Mar 31, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren	29 min
Mar 31, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marion, Warren	42 min
Mar 31, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Warren	38 min
Mar 31, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Polk, Story	47 min
Mar 31, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wayne	50 min
Mar 31, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama	42 min
Mar 31, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Lucas, Marion, Warren	49 min
Mar 31, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Boone, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Marshall, Story	59 min
Mar 31, 3:01 PM CDT	Blizzard Warning	DMX	Emmet	16 hr
Mar 31, 3:01 PM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago, Worth	16 hr
Mar 31, 3:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello	43 min
Mar 31, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne	40 min
Mar 31, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek, Tama	37 min
Mar 31, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello	51 min
Mar 31, 3:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DMX	Wapello	18 min
Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago	56 min
Mar 31, 3:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Tama	33 min
Mar 31, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek, Tama	51 min
Mar 31, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Poweshiek	35 min
Mar 31, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Poweshiek	34 min
Mar 31, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth	36 min
Mar 31, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Poweshiek	56 min
Mar 31, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 5 more	62 min
Mar 31, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin	34 min
Mar 31, 4:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Grundy, Marshall, Tama	34 min
Mar 31, 4:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy, Marshall, Tama	29 min
Mar 31, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Mahaska, Poweshiek	32 min

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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.