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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 8, 20237 counties in Iowa; Carroll County, Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 8, 2023, 3:04 PM CST for 7 counties in Iowa; Carroll County, Jo Daviess County, Stephenson County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 9, 2023, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 19 hr. 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 8, 2023, 3:04 PM CST (21:04 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 9, 2023, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 10, 2023, 4:03 AM CST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA

Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Stephenson County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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 storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 8, 11:46 AM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 11:46 AM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 3:04 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDVNCedar, Clinton, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Louisa and 3 more37 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2023Winter Storm Warnings in Illinois, 2023Every winter storm warning in 2023

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.