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Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA

December 13, 202414 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this ice storm warning at Dec 13, 2024, 3:27 AM CST for 14 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Dec 13, 2024, 8:00 PM CST. It was in force for 22 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
Dec 13, 2024, 3:27 AM CST (09:27 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 13, 2024, 8:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 14, 2024, 6:00 PM CST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA

Counties Appanoose County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Davis County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Tama County, IA, Wapello County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 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 ice storm 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 ice storm warning went out at Dec 12, 11:51 PM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 11:51 PM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
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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.