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River Flood Warning 133, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 7, 2008Dallas County, Polk County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 7, 2008, 9:44 AM CDT for Dallas County, Polk County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 8, 2008, 1:44 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 7, 2008, 9:44 AM CDT (14:44 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 8, 2008, 1:44 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 16, 2008, 4:58 AM CDT
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Dallas County, IA, Polk County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Raccoon River at Van Meter (VNMI4).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05484500, 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 7, 6:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 6:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 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 6, 10:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler	12 days
Jun 7, 4:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	46 hr
Jun 7, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Humboldt	13 days
Jun 7, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Webster	10 days
Jun 7, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk, Story	7 days
Jun 7, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Worth	11 days
Jun 7, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Kossuth, Winnebago	49 min
Jun 7, 3:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Winnebago, Worth	26 min
Jun 7, 3:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Winnebago, Worth	32 min
Jun 7, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago	30 min
Jun 7, 4:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago	27 min
Jun 7, 4:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Hancock, Winnebago, Worth	50 min
Jun 7, 4:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Worth	19 min
Jun 7, 4:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Winnebago, Worth	6 hr
Jun 7, 4:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Kossuth	28 min
Jun 7, 4:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Hancock	23 min
Jun 7, 5:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Worth	28 min
Jun 7, 5:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth	44 min
Jun 7, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Worth	25 min
Jun 7, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac	38 min
Jun 7, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas	30 min
Jun 7, 6:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Hancock	12 hr
Jun 7, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo	43 min
Jun 7, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas, Webster	43 min
Jun 7, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock, Humboldt, Wright	48 min
Jun 7, 6:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac	6 hr
Jun 7, 6:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas, Webster	27 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.