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Small Craft Advisory 36, NWS JSJ

October 18, 2025

NWS JSJ issued this small craft advisory at Oct 18, 2025, 3:24 PM CDT. It took effect at Oct 19, 2025, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 18, 2025, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 19, 2025, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 22, 2025, 3:02 PM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS JSJ

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS JSJ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Oct 18, 1:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 1:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 18, 4:33 AM CDT, 10 hours 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 18, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 18, 1:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 17, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	JSJ	63 min
Oct 18, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	JSJ	92 min
Oct 18, 2:49 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	JSJ	5 days
Oct 18, 2:55 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	JSJ	50 min
Oct 18, 3:24 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	JSJ	51 min
Oct 18, 3:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JSJ	32 min
Oct 18, 4:08 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	JSJ	52 min
Oct 18, 4:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JSJ	83 min
Oct 18, 12:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JSJ	92 min
Oct 18, 12:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	2 hr
Oct 18, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JSJ	56 min
Oct 18, 2:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	105 min
Oct 18, 3:24 PM CDT	High Surf Advisory	JSJ	3 days
Oct 18, 3:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	4 min
Oct 18, 3:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	JSJ	2 hr
Oct 18, 5:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	114 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.