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River Flood Warning 104, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 4, 2008Polk County, Story County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 4, 2008, 9:19 AM CDT for Polk County, Story County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 6, 2008, 6:53 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2008, 9:19 AM CDT (14:19 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 6, 2008, 6:53 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 7, 2008, 6:46 AM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Polk County, IA, Story County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Skunk River near Ames US 30 (AESI4). The gauge peaked at 21.48 ft at Jun 6, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 21.5 ft
Moderate stage: 23.5 ft
Major stage: 24.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05471000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Jun 4, 7:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 7:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 4:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	27 hr
Jun 4, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Taylor	50 min
Jun 4, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams	33 min
Jun 4, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Madison, Union	45 min
Jun 4, 6:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Adams, Union	37 min
Jun 4, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Madison, Union	37 min
Jun 4, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union	34 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2008 Every river 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.