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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 17, 2007Black Hawk County, Bremer County, Butler County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this flash flood watch at Jul 17, 2007, 3:50 PM CDT for Black Hawk County, Bremer County, Butler County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 17, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 2007, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 17, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 19, 2007, 3:46 AM CDT
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity
None

Counties Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 260 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 189 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-314 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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 Jul 17, 3:25 PM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 3:25 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 5:26 AM CDT, 10 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
526 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2007

IAZ004>007-015>017-024>028-036>039-048>050-061-062-075-086-097-
181100-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-
BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MAHASKA-WAPELLO-
DAVIS-
526 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
IOWA...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM EMMETSBURG TO AMES AND OTTUMWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

EXPECT PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO TONIGHT WITH THE BEST
COVERAGE EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. SOME
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
AS WELL. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE LIKELY WITH ANY STORMS WITH
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING A POSSIBILITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ON WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS
WELL. SEVERE STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY AT VARIOUS TIME TODAY
AND TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NEEDED ON WEDNESDAY
INTO THURSDAY.

IAZ023-033>035-044>047-057>060-070>074-081>085-092>096-181100-
POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-
AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-
ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-
526 AM CDT TUE JUL 17 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
IOWA...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM POCAHONTAS TO DES MOINES AND
CENTERVILLE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TEMEPRATURES WILL
ALSO BE QUITE WARM BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID
90S WITH HEAT INDICIES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE BY LATER WEDNESDAY AND
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS
ALSO EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY BY LATER WEDNESDAY
INTO THURSDAY.

CC

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 17, 11:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk65 min
Jul 16, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCerro Gordo16 min
Jul 16, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXButler, Franklin50 min
Jul 16, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGrundy43 min
Jul 16, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBremer38 min
Jul 16, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Grundy, Tama31 min
Jul 17, 4:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk41 min
Jul 17, 5:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBremer39 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.