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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 308, NWS Des Moines, IA

September 24, 2024Taylor County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 24, 2024, 3:43 PM CDT for Taylor County, Iowa. It was in force for 32 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
Sep 24, 2024, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 2024, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Taylor County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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 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 Sep 24, 3:37 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 3:37 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 24, 3:38 AM CDT, 12 hours 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
338 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-
081>086-092>097-250845-
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-
338 AM CDT Tue Sep 24 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Iowa.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Chances for showers and a few rumbles of thunder return late week
into the weekend, mainly south and east. Severe weather is not
expected.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 24, 2:52 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdams24 min
Sep 24, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdams31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2024Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2024

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.