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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 25, 20246 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2024, 10:06 PM CDT for 6 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 39 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: Jun 25, 2024, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2024, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Adair County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Union County, IA, Warren County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 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
Jun 25, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 9:06 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 9:09 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 9:11 PM CDT, 55 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
Jun 25, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe	42 min
Jun 25, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Lucas	38 min
Jun 25, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Madison	44 min
Jun 25, 7:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Adair, Madison	34 min
Jun 25, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne	45 min
Jun 25, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Madison	50 min
Jun 25, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union	46 min
Jun 25, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Wayne	48 min
Jun 25, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon	47 min
Jun 25, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair	42 min
Jun 25, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Guthrie	42 min
Jun 25, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Audubon, Carroll, Greene, Guthrie	38 min
Jun 25, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union	52 min
Jun 25, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Carroll, Crawford	36 min
Jun 25, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Dallas, Guthrie	50 min
Jun 25, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Guthrie	43 min
Jun 25, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Guthrie, Polk	43 min
Jun 25, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie	53 min
Jun 25, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Union	44 min
Jun 25, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Jasper, Polk, Story, Warren	42 min
Jun 25, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Madison, Marion, Polk, Warren	19 min
Jun 25, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor	58 min
Jun 25, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Union	48 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.