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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2004, 11:20 AM CDT for Ringgold County, Taylor County, Iowa. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2004, 11:20 AM CDT (16:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KDMX 271621 FFWDMX IAC159-173-271915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1120 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST IOWA * UNTIL 215 PM * AT 1115 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS IN THE WARNING AREA. * THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG CROOKED CREEK AND MOST SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...MAINLY IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BOTH COUNTIES. OTHER WARNING LOCATIONS INCLUDE... BEACONSFIELD...BEDFORD...BEDFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...BENTON... BLOCKTON...CLEARFIELD...CONWAY...DELPHOS...DIAGONAL...ELLSTON... GRAVITY...KELLERTON...LENOX...MALOY...MOUNT AYR...MOUNT AYR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...NEW MARKET...REDDING...SHARPSBURG AND TINGLEY FLASH FLOODS OCCUR QUICKLY...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. AVOID WATER COVERED ROADS...THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. LESS THAN ONE FOOT OF FAST FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP AN AUTOMOBILE OFF THE ROAD. LAT...LON 4090 9403 4058 9404 4059 9492 4090 9493 $$ KULA
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KDMX 271716 FFSDMX IAC159-173-271915- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1212 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TAYLOR AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM... AT 1212 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW MARKET...OR ABOUT 89 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE... 9 MILES NORTH OF SHARPSBURG AROUND 120 PM... NEAR LENOX AROUND 130 PM... 8 MILES NORTH OF CLEARFIELD AROUND 140 PM... 7 MILES NORTH OF DIAGONAL AROUND 200 PM AND 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TINGLEY AROUND 220 PM. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED BY RAINFALL IN THE WARNING AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO SWOLLEN WATERWAYS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG TRIBUTARIES AND CREEKS OF THE GRAND AND PLATTE RIVER INCLUDING LOTTS CREEK IN RINGGOLD COUNTY...AND TRIBUTARIES AND CREEKS ADJOINING THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWO RIVER...INCLUDING ROSE BRANCH AND LONZO CREEKS. FLASH FLOODS OCCUR QUICKLY...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. AVOID WATER COVERED ROADS...THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. LESS THAN ONE FOOT OF FAST FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP AN AUTOMOBILE OFF THE ROAD. LAT...LON 4090 9491 4059 9491 4060 9405 4089 9405 $$ KULA
000 WGUS73 KDMX 271802 FFSDMX IAC159-173-271915- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 100 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TAYLOR AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM... AT 100 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS 4 MILES SOUTH OF NEW MARKET...OR ABOUT 92 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE... NEAR BEDFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AROUND 105 PM AND NEAR BLOCKTON AROUND 120 PM. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED BY RAINFALL IN THE WARNING AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF INTO SWOLLEN WATERWAYS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA. GRAVEL ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE VERY EASILY. FLASH FLOODS OCCUR QUICKLY...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. AVOID WATER COVERED ROADS...THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. LESS THAN ONE FOOT OF FAST FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP AN AUTOMOBILE OFF THE ROAD. LAT...LON 4090 9493 4060 9492 4058 9404 4088 9405 $$ KULA
000 WGUS73 KDMX 271917 FFSDMX IAC159-173-271945- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 214 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER CAPABLE OF INTENSE RAINS TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODS...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT WATER HAS RECEDED SINCE THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE CEASED AND NO FURTHER FLASH FLOODING. MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHERN TAYLOR AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST RINGGOLD COUNTIES...BUT RATES ARE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION AS MANY RURAL GRAVEL ROADS ARE SATURATED. FLASH FLOODS OCCUR QUICKLY...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. AVOID WATER COVERED ROADS...THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. LESS THAN ONE FOOT OF FAST FLOWING WATER CAN SWEEP AN AUTOMOBILE OFF THE ROAD. LAT...LON 4089 9494 4059 9491 4059 9403 4090 9403 $$ KULA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 11:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 42 min |
| May 27, 11:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Taylor | 38 min |
| May 27, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 52 min |
| May 27, 11:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Decatur | 3 hr |
| May 27, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 45 min |
| May 27, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 45 min |
| May 27, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 45 min |
| May 27, 12:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Adams | 3 hr |
| May 27, 12:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 49 min |
| May 27, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 44 min |
| May 27, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Taylor | 40 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.