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River Flood Warning 119, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 5, 2008Decatur County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 5, 2008, 8:23 AM CDT for Decatur County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 5, 2008, 12:18 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2008, 8:23 AM CDT (13:23 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 5, 2008, 12:18 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 9, 2008, 9:08 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Moderate

County Decatur County, IA

The river

Written for the forecast point Thompson River at Davis City (DVSI4). The gauge peaked at 16.46 ft at Jun 7, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06898000, 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 5, 7:45 AM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 7:45 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:18 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
318 AM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0313 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 SE MACKSBURG          41.20N 94.17W
06/05/2008                   MADISON            IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            330TH EAST OF HIGHWAY 169 FLOODED.

&&

MRUSSELL

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
320 AM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0313 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 S EAST PERU           41.21N 93.93W
06/05/2008                   MADISON            IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CLANTON CREEK SOUTRH OF EAST PERU FLOODING ROADS 3 FEET
            DEEP.

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MRUSSELL

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
325 AM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0325 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 WNW KENT              40.97N 94.51W
06/05/2008                   ADAMS              IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 34.

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 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, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Clarke, Union	30 min
Jun 4, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Cass	57 min
Jun 4, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Adams, Taylor	49 min
Jun 4, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Madison, Union, Warren	31 min
Jun 4, 8:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Adams, Union	9 hr
Jun 4, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Adams	48 min
Jun 4, 8:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Ringgold, Taylor, Union	55 min
Jun 4, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Sac	48 min
Jun 4, 9:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Adams	14 min
Jun 4, 9:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Clarke, Union	52 min
Jun 4, 9:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Union	16 min
Jun 4, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hamilton, Hardin	41 min
Jun 4, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Madison, Warren	50 min
Jun 4, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Cass	53 min
Jun 4, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hamilton, Webster, Wright	41 min
Jun 4, 10:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Clarke, Madison, Warren	47 min
Jun 4, 10:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Clarke, Madison, Warren	6 hr
Jun 4, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Crawford	38 min
Jun 4, 10:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Adair, Cass	11 hr
Jun 4, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Madison, Warren	47 min
Jun 4, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hardin	52 min
Jun 4, 11:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Hamilton, Hardin, Webster	6 hr
Jun 4, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Cass, Taylor, Union	50 min
Jun 4, 11:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Franklin, Humboldt, Wright	6 hr
Jun 4, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Sac	47 min
Jun 4, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Clarke, Madison, Union	41 min
Jun 4, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Franklin, Wright	45 min
Jun 5, 12:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Butler	6 hr
Jun 5, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Madison, Warren	43 min
Jun 5, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Butler	42 min
Jun 5, 12:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto	4 hr
Jun 5, 12:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth	4 hr
Jun 5, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Taylor	40 min
Jun 5, 12:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren	4 hr
Jun 5, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren	40 min
Jun 5, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Story	46 min
Jun 5, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Grundy	40 min
Jun 5, 1:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marshall, Story	31 min
Jun 5, 1:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Madison, Ringgold, Union	41 min
Jun 5, 1:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer	4 hr
Jun 5, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Poweshiek, Tama	35 min
Jun 5, 1:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union	6 hr
Jun 5, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marshall	11 min
Jun 5, 1:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Ringgold, Taylor	39 min
Jun 5, 2:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Madison, Union, Warren	43 min
Jun 5, 2:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	6 hr
Jun 5, 2:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Humboldt	39 hr
Jun 5, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur	43 min
Jun 5, 2:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas, Marion, Warren	49 min
Jun 5, 2:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Madison, Warren	11 days
Jun 5, 2:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas	21 min
Jun 5, 3:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Webster	24 hr
Jun 5, 4:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	24 hr
Jun 5, 4:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Madison	12 hr
Jun 5, 4:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Wapello	25 min
Jun 5, 4:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Emmet	23 hr
Jun 5, 4:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Palo Alto	5 hr
Jun 5, 4:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Hamilton, Webster	25 hr
Jun 5, 4:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Madison, Warren	66 hr
Jun 5, 4:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Worth	29 hr
Jun 5, 4:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler	36 hr
Jun 5, 4:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	15 days
Jun 5, 4:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Marshall	13 days
Jun 5, 5:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Butler, Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Webster, Wright	25 hr
Jun 5, 5:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Taylor	4 hr
Jun 5, 5:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Adams, Union	49 hr
Jun 5, 7:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Lucas	5 days
Jun 5, 10:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Butler	10 days
Jun 5, 4:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	13 days
Jun 5, 4:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Warren	17 hr
Jun 5, 4:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	11 hr
Jun 5, 4:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	40 hr
Jun 5, 4:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Madison	11 hr
Jun 5, 6:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Wapello	15 hr

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.