Alert archive / Iowa / Flash Flood Watches in 2007
Flash Flood Watch 14, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this flash flood watch at Oct 17, 2007, 3:50 AM CDT for 33 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Oct 17, 2007, 11:03 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2007, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2007, 11:03 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 3:34 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- None
All 33 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Webster County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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 flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Oct 17, 3:15 AM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 17, 3:15 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 16, 3:36 PM CDT, 12 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 336 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2007 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-172045- 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- 336 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SEVERAL RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT DUE TO RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS DAYS RAINFALL. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO THURSDAY AS ANOTHER STORMS SYSTEM EJECTS OUT OF THE ROCKIES. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY AGAIN PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING...OR EXASPERATE FLOODING ALREADY IN PROGRESS. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO BE SEVERE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF IOWA WITH LARGE HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS BEING THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS RELATIVELY LOW FOR THE TIME BEING. REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING MAY BE NEEDED AND ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 8:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 35 hr |
| Oct 17, 11:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Kossuth | 10 days |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Iowa, 2007Every flash flood watch in 2007
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.