Alert archive / Iowa / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 14, 2007, 12:12 PM CDT for Emmet County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 14, 2007, 12:18 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2007, 12:12 PM CDT (17:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 14, 2007, 12:18 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Emmet County, IA
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1154 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KDMX 141718 FFWDMX IAC063-142315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1212 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 1209 PM CDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER DUE TO AN ICE JAM JUST SOUTH OF WALLINGFORD. * LOCATIONS NEAR 420TH AVENUE AND BURR OAK ROAD CAN EXPECT RAPID INUNDATION FROM THIS FLOODING. OTHER LOCATIONS UPSTREAM FROM THE ICE JAM WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS. IF THE ICE JAM BREAKS...ADDITIONAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED DOWNSTREAM FROM THE JAM TO THE COUNTY BORDER NEAR 430TH AVENUE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4325 9479 4325 9471 4333 9478 4332 9481 $$ COGIL
5 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KDMX 141820 FFSDMX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 120 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007 IAC063-142315- EMMET IA- 120 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EMMET COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 115 PM CDT...EMMET COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONTINUED TO INDICATE THAT THE ICE JAM SOUTH OF WALLINGFORD ON THE WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER REMAINED IN PLACE. WATER CONTINUED TO RISE BEHIND THIS JAM AND HAD INUNDATED 420TH AVENUE SOUTH OF WALLINGFORD. IN ADDITION...WATER HAD FILLED THE DITCHES AND WAS APPROACHING THE ROAD SURFACE ALONG BURR OAK ROAD. CONTINUED RAPID RISES ARE EXPECTED UPSTREAM OF THE ICE JAM THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IF THE ICE JAM DOES BREAK...LOCATIONS DOWNSTREAM OF THE JAM TO THE SOUTHERN EMMET COUNTY BORDER SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FLASH FLOODING WITH RAPID INUNDATION OCCURRING IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. LAT...LON 4325 9479 4325 9471 4333 9478 4332 9481 $$ COGIL
000 WGUS73 KDMX 141916 FFSDMX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 215 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007 IAC063-142315- EMMET IA- 215 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EMMET COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 210 PM CDT...EMMET COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT AN ICE JAM REMAINED ON THE WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER SOUTH OF WALLINGFORD. THIS WAS PRODUCING FLOODING UPSTREAM OF THE JAM WITH WATER COVERING 420TH AVENUE SOUTHEAST OF WALLINGFORD. WATER WAS ALSO IN THE DITCHES AROUND BURR OAK ROAD WITH THE WATER APPROACHING THE ROAD SURFACE. ADDITIONAL RAPID RISES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE ICE JAM OBSTRUCTS THE FLOW IN THE RIVER. SHOULD THE ICE JAM BREAK...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE DOWNSTREAM OF THE JAM IN SOUTHERN EMMET COUNTY ALONG THE WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER. RAPID RISES WITH INUNDATION OCCURRING IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. LAT...LON 4325 9479 4325 9471 4333 9478 4332 9481 $$
000 WGUS73 KDMX 142025 FFSDMX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 317 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007 IAC063-142315- EMMET IA- 317 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EMMET COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 315 PM CDT...EMMET COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATED THAT THE ICE JAM SOUTH OF WALLINGFORD CONTINUES TO PRODUCE RAPID RISES ON THE WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER. 420TH AVENUE SOUTHEAST OF WALLINGFORD REMAINS UNDER WATER WITH WATER UP TO THE SHOULDER ON BURR OAK ROAD. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE ICE JAM PERSISTS. SHOULD THE ICE JAM BREAK...VERY QUICK RISES CAN BE EXPECTED DOWNSTREAM ON THE WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER. INUNDATION MAY OCCUR IN UNDER AN HOUR. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. LAT...LON 4325 9479 4325 9471 4333 9478 4332 9481 $$
000 WGUS73 KDMX 142118 FFSDMX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 418 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007 IAC063-142315- EMMET IA- 418 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN EMMET COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 315 PM CDT...EMMET COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATED THAT THE ICE JAM SOUTH OF WALLINGFORD CONTINUES TO PRODUCE RAPID RISES ON THE WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER. 420TH AVENUE SOUTHEAST OF WALLINGFORD REMAINS UNDER WATER WITH WATER UP TO THE SHOULDER ON BURR OAK ROAD. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE ICE JAM PERSISTS. SHOULD THE ICE JAM BREAK...VERY QUICK RISES CAN BE EXPECTED DOWNSTREAM ON THE WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER. INUNDATION MAY OCCUR IN UNDER AN HOUR. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. LAT...LON 4325 9479 4325 9471 4333 9478 4332 9481 $$
000 WGUS73 KDMX 142216 FFSDMX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 516 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007 IAC063-142315- EMMET IA- 516 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN EMMET COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 515 PM CDT...EMMET COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT THE ICE JAM SOUTH OF WALLINGFORD CONTINUES TO PRODUCE FLOODING ON THE WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER...HOWEVER LITTLE RISE HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THE PAST HOUR OR SO. 420TH AVENUE SOUTHEAST OF WALLINGFORD REMAINS UNDER WATER WITH WATER UP TO THE SHOULDER ON BURR OAK ROAD. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE STILL LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE ICE JAM PERSISTS. SHOULD THE ICE JAM BREAK...VERY QUICK RISES CAN BE EXPECTED DOWNSTREAM ON THE WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER. INUNDATION MAY OCCUR IN UNDER AN HOUR. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. LAT...LON 4325 9479 4325 9471 4333 9478 4332 9481 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Mar 14, 10:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 10:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1026 AM CDT MAR 14 2007 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST UPDATE TO ADJUST TEMPERATURES DOWNWARD ACROSS ALL OF CWA BUT MOST SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE SOUTH WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING DUE TO STRONG 925-850 HPA LAYER COLD ADVECTION. MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR CLOUD COVER AS WELL THIS MORNING AND NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && RUSSELL
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 4:44 AM CDT, 7 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 444 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>073- 081>084-092>095-151100- 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-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- 444 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MANY RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES ARE AT OR NEAR BANK FULL DUE TO SNOW MELT RUN OFF. A FEW LOCATIONS HAVE OVERFLOWED THERE BANKS...FLOODING ADJACENT LOW LANDS. ICE JAMS MAY OCCUR ALONG THE SOUTH SKUNK...IOWA...RACCOON...DES MOINES AND CEDAR RIVERS PERIODICALLY WHICH COULD EXACERBATE THE FLOOD THREAT AT ANY GIVEN POINT. VARIOUS FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MINOR SNOW MELT FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES WILL CONTINUE. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT REPORTS OF RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING ARE APPRECIATED. IAZ074-075-085-086-096-097-151100- MARION-MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 444 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MANY RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES ARE AT OR NEAR BANK FULL DUE TO SNOW MELT RUN OFF. A FEW LOCATIONS HAVE OVERFLOWED THERE BANKS...FLOODING ADJACENT LOW LANDS. ICE JAMS MAY OCCUR ALONG THE SOUTH SKUNK...IOWA...RACCOON...DES MOINES AND CEDAR RIVERS PERIODICALLY WHICH COULD EXACERBATE THE FLOOD THREAT AT ANY GIVEN POINT. VARIOUS FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. MINOR SNOW MELT FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES WILL CONTINUE. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT REPORTS OF RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING ARE APPRECIATED. FORSTER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 14, 9:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
953 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0950 AM FLOOD ESTHERVILLE 43.40N 94.83W
03/14/2007 EMMET IA EMERGENCY MNGR
RIVER AND STREAM FLOODING DUE TO SNOW MELT AND ICE JAMS
HAS CLOSED MANY ROADS ACROSS COUNTY
&&
BMOYERLocal storm report, Mar 14, 11:20 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1120 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 N FORT DODGE 42.57N 94.18W
03/14/2007 WEBSTER IA EMERGENCY MNGR
ICE JAM FLASH FLOODING CAUSED RAPID RISE ON THE DES
MOINES RIVER. DAMAGED 20 TO 30 HOMES AND SEVERAL
VEHICLES.
1000 AM FLASH FLOOD FORT DODGE 42.51N 94.18W
03/14/2007 WEBSTER IA EMERGENCY MNGR
LIZARD CREEK FLASH FLOOD DUE TO ICE JAM. CAR WAS SWEEPED
OFF OF LOW WATER CROSSING. DRIVER WAS RESCUED.
&&
JJOHNSONLocal storm report, Mar 14, 12:06 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1206 PM CDT WED MAR 14 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1204 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 E ESTHERVILLE 43.40N 94.73W
03/14/2007 EMMET IA EMERGENCY MNGR
ICE JAM FLOODING IN PROGRESS ALONG DES MOINES RIVER SOUTH
OF ESTHERVILLE. WATER REPORTED OVER 420TH STREET.
&&
JJOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 11:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto and 3 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 6:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Emmet | 6 hr |
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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.