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Weather Radio Outage across Portions of Iowa

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April 16, 2013

…WEATHER RADIO OUTAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF IOWA… AN APPARENT TELEPHONE OUTAGE HAS CAUSED THE WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTERS AT DES MOINES…MONTEZUMA…LENOX…AND RINGSTEAD TO GO OFF THE AIR. TECHNICIANS ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM. WXL57 IN DES MOINES SERVICES MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA…INCLUDING GREENE…BOONE…STORY…GUTHRIE…DALLAS…POLK…JASPER… ADAIR…MADISON…WARREN…MARION…AND CLARKE COUNTIES. KXI62 IN MONTEZUMA SERVICES EAST CENTRAL IOWA…INCLUDING TAMA…JASPER…POWESHIEK…MARION…AND...
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Beginning Today: Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and Tornado Warnings Changing

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April 1, 2013
Beginning Today: Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and Tornado Warnings Changing

The National Weather Service Central Region will begin experimenting with new, modified Tornado Warnings and Severe Thunderstorm Warnings beginning today, April 1st.  This will be an expansion of a smaller experiment that was confined to Kansas and Missouri in 2012. Okay, I’ll cut to the chase. The Impact Based Warnings experimental product is to help better communicate weather...
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NOAA predicts lots of improvement for the spring season

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March 25, 2013
NOAA predicts lots of improvement for the spring season

NOAA has released their annual spring outlook: and it look’s Iowa has a much better year in store. Temperatures across the region are anticipated to be above normal for much of the spring season, drought improvement, and even a bit of flooding. Snowstorms during the past month have contributed to above median precipitation across the upper...
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Impact Based Warnings to be in place for Central Region in 2013

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February 23, 2013
Impact Based Warnings to be in place for Central Region in 2013

You can find more information about Impact Based Warnings for 2013 here: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crh/?n=2013_ibw_info.
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…Communications Outage at the Quad Cities National Weather Service office…

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February 18, 2013

Public Information Statement National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL Issued by National Weather Service La Crosse WI 852 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 …Communications Outage at the Quad Cities National Weather Service office… Communications leaving the Quad Cities National Weather Service Office have been lost. As a result…NOAA Weather Radios as listed below...
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Des Moines NWS Spotter Training Schedules

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December 16, 2012

The National Weather Service (NWS) and emergency managers will be hosting spotter training classes across central Iowa this spring.  This year, there will be a combination of “in-person” spotter training classes scattered across central Iowa and webinar-based distance learning classes.  In-person spotter training classes will be offered in larger cities and towns and in...
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Service Change Notice regarding SPC Experimental Thunderstorm Outlooks

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September 2, 2012

NOUS41 KWBC 231822 PNSWSH Service Change Notice 12-29 National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC 120 PM EDT Thu Aug 23 2012 To: Subscribers: -Family of Services -NOAA Weather Wire Service -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network -NOAAPort Other NWS partners and employees From: Eli Jacks Chief, Fire and Public Weather Services Branch Subject: Transition of...
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Service Change Notice regarding Day 3 SPC Outlooks

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September 2, 2012

NOUS41 KWBC 121515 PNSWSH Service Change Notice 12-26 National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC 1115 AM EDT Thu Jul 12 2012 To: Subscribers: -Family of Services -NOAA Weather Wire Service -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network -NOAAPORT Other NWS partners and NWS employees From: Russell Schneider Director, Storm Prediction Center Subject: General Thunderstorm Information Added...
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Boone County now served by Fort Dodge Weather Radio Transmitter

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July 17, 2012

From the National Weather Service Des Moines website: Boone county residents (especially residents in Northwest Boone county), may now tune their receivers to WXK-84 broadcasting from Fort Dodge. This broadcast will now provide severe weather Watches and Warnings for Boone county. WXK-84 at Fort Dodge broadcasts on 162.400 MHz. Boone county has been, and...
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KDMX WSR-88D RADAR REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO A LIGHTNING STRIKE EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. REPAIR SATURDAY AFTERNON FAILED WITH FURTHER DAMAGE FOUND. PARTS ARE ON ORDER FOR A SECOND REPAIR...BUT THE RADAR WILL LIKELY NOT RETURN TO SERVICE UNTIL LATE SUNDAY AT THE EARLIEST...AND POTENTIALLY UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ADJACENT RADARS: KOAX...
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