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Areal Flood Warning 49, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 12, 2008Adams County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this areal flood warning at Jun 12, 2008, 5:30 AM CDT for Adams 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2008, 5:30 AM CDT (10:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2008, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Adams County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2008-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1641 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2008-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 232 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1641 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
8.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Jun 12, 3:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
340 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

.DISCUSSION...
A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS
WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.  THERE ARE A
COUPLE OF SHORT WAVES ROTATING AROUND THIS FEATURE WHICH WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE CWA.  THIS SHOULD KEEP SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS GOING OVER THE CWA THROUGH THE MORNING.  WITH THE
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH STILL TO THE WEST AND THE SURFACE FRONT STILL IN
WESTERN IOWA...WE COULD SEE ANOTHER ACTIVE WEATHER DAY...MAINLY
ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA.  A LOT OF THIS WILL DEPEND ON
HOW QUICKLY WE CAN CLEAR OUT AND WARM UP.  THIS SYSTEM IS VERY
COLD...IN FACT IT HAD PRODUCED SNOW IN THE HIGH PLAINS.  THUS FOR
CENTRAL IOWA...WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF STRATUS DEVELOPING.  WITH THE
SYSTEM BEING AS DYNAMIC AS IT IS I THINK WE WILL BREAK OUT OF THE
STRATUS BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND STORMS SHOULD RE-FIRE ALONG THE
FRONT...WHICH SHOULD BE OVER THE FAR EASTERN CWA.

BEYOND TODAY...THE SYSTEM PULLS OFF AND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY LAGS
BEHIND BUT SHOULD BE SOUTH OF IOWA MAKING FOR A DRY DAY FRIDAY WITH
STILL SEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES.  WE WARM UP ON SATURDAY AND
REMAIN DRY.  ON SUNDAY HOWEVER... ALL MODELS STILL SUGGESTING A
SHORTWAVE PASSING ACROSS THE CWA SUNDAY BUT THIS SHOULD BE MORE
PROGRESSIVE THUS WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT ANTICIPATED...
THOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR.  LITTLE CHANGE MADE TO TEMPS.

&&

.AVIATION...12/12Z
A COLD FRONT BISECTS THE STATE AT 12Z.  THE FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE
EAST TODAY AND BE ALONG AN ALO TO LWD LINE BY 20Z.  SCT SHRA/TSRA
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA THIS MORNING BEFORE A BRIEF BREAK.  SCT
STRONG TSRA ARE XPCTD ALONG/AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTN AROUND PEAK
HTG AND MOVING OUT OF THE TAF SITES EARLY EVENING.  LINGERING
SHOWERS/STORMS MAY PERSIST EAST THROUGH 06Z.  MVFR/LCL IFR COND
XPCTD THROUGH THE MORNING AND LATER AFTN.  VFR/MVFR COND XPCTD
DURING THE EARLY AFTN.

&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR ADAIR-ADAMS-
AUDUBON-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-BREMER-BUTLER-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CASS-
CERRO GORDO-CRAWFORD-DALLAS-EMMET-FRANKLIN-GREENE-GRUNDY-GUTHRIE-
HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HARDIN-HUMBOLDT-JASPER-KOSSUTH-MADISON-MARSHALL-
PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-POLK-POWESHIEK-SAC-STORY-TAMA-TAYLOR-UNION-
WEBSTER-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-WRIGHT.

&&

SHORT TERM/LONG TERM/AVIATION...FAB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 4:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
422 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

IAZ073>075-083>086-094>097-131100-
WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
422 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A SMALL PART OF THE
SOUTHEAST PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING.
AN ISOLATED STORM MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
THE MAIN THREATS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE
STORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL STILL BE LIKELY WITH
ANY STORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING INTO EARLY
FRIDAY. A BETTER CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL ARRIVE ON SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY. THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL AT THIS TIME LOOKS TO BE
MINIMAL WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS
THE AREA.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>072-081-
082-092-093-131100-
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-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
422 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING.
AN ISOLATED STORM MAY BE SEVERE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THE MAIN THREATS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY
WITH ANY STORM.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY EAST OF
INTERSTATE 35.

NUMEROUS AREAL AND RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS
CENTRAL IOWA. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING INTO EARLY
FRIDAY. A BETTER CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL ARRIVE ON SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY. THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL AT THIS TIME LOOKS TO BE
MINIMAL WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

FAB

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXEmmet, Palo Alto48 min
Jun 11, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXEmmet, Palo Alto46 min
Jun 11, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCrawford18 min
Jun 11, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas34 min
Jun 11, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCrawford44 min
Jun 11, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCrawford52 min
Jun 11, 7:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXCrawford6 hr
Jun 11, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXSac28 min
Jun 11, 8:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas6 hr
Jun 11, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXKossuth48 min
Jun 11, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas45 min
Jun 11, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAudubon, Carroll43 min
Jun 11, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas34 min
Jun 11, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCarroll29 min
Jun 11, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth42 min
Jun 11, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCarroll, Greene27 min
Jun 11, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCalhoun, Sac57 min
Jun 11, 8:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXSac6 hr
Jun 11, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon, Cass46 min
Jun 11, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas31 min
Jun 11, 9:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXKossuth6 hr
Jun 11, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXWebster50 min
Jun 11, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth33 min
Jun 11, 9:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXAudubon, Carroll, Cass6 hr
Jun 11, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGreene, Guthrie42 min
Jun 11, 9:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXCerro Gordo, Worth6 hr
Jun 11, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHancock, Winnebago40 min
Jun 11, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXKossuth, Winnebago38 min
Jun 11, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone36 min
Jun 11, 9:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXAdair, Greene, Guthrie, Webster6 hr
Jun 11, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton, Humboldt, Webster, Wright48 min
Jun 11, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton, Webster, Wright44 min
Jun 11, 10:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXHumboldt13 hr
Jun 11, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCerro Gordo, Hancock39 min
Jun 11, 10:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXBoone, Dallas6 hr
Jun 11, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXStory49 min
Jun 11, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHardin43 min
Jun 11, 10:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXFranklin, Hamilton, Story, Wright6 hr
Jun 11, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCerro Gordo, Franklin52 min
Jun 11, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXButler, Grundy44 min
Jun 11, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXGrundy, Marshall, Tama56 min
Jun 11, 11:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXHancock, Winnebago6 hr
Jun 11, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCerro Gordo29 min
Jun 11, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer55 min
Jun 11, 11:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXAdams6 hr
Jun 12, 12:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXCass21 hr
Jun 12, 12:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy6 hr
Jun 12, 12:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXPolk6 hr
Jun 12, 12:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXMadison6 hr
Jun 12, 1:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXMarshall, Tama6 hr
Jun 12, 2:26 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas6 hr
Jun 12, 3:06 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDMXKossuth6 hr
Jun 12, 3:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDMXAudubon, Carroll, Cass5 hr
Jun 12, 3:50 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDMXAdair, Guthrie6 hr
Jun 12, 4:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDecatur, Wayne40 min
Jun 12, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Dallas, Guthrie23 min
Jun 12, 6:26 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDMXMadison3 hr
Jun 12, 7:00 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDMXAdair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 26 more12 hr
Jun 12, 9:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXDecatur34 hr
Jun 12, 12:21 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXStory15 hr
Jun 12, 1:13 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXLucas38 hr
Jun 12, 1:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXPolk14 hr
Jun 12, 3:04 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDMXMarion12 hr
Jun 12, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper, Marion29 min
Jun 12, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXPoweshiek27 min
Jun 12, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXTama28 min
Jun 12, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper, Poweshiek27 min
Jun 12, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAppanoose, Davis39 min
Jun 12, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAppanoose, Wayne34 min
Jun 12, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMonroe32 min
Jun 12, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDavis48 min
Jun 12, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMahaska39 min
Jun 12, 5:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXAppanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello12 hr
Jun 12, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAppanoose, Wayne14 min
Jun 12, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMahaska, Poweshiek17 min
Jun 12, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMonroe24 min
Jun 12, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDavis30 min
Jun 12, 6:56 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDMXAdair, Adams, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 17 more12 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2008Every areal flood warning in 2008

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.