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River Flood Warning 168, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 13, 2008Appanoose County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 13, 2008, 3:55 AM CDT for Appanoose County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 13, 2008, 6:09 AM CDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2008, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 13, 2008, 6:09 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 14, 2008, 9:06 AM CDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Moderate

County Appanoose County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Chariton River near Moulton (MOLI4). The gauge peaked at 34.90 ft at Jun 13, 2008, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 33 ft
Minor stage: 36 ft
Moderate stage: 37 ft
Major stage: 38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06904010, 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 13, 3:15 AM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 3:15 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 7:18 AM CDT, 20 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
718 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

IAZ073>075-083>086-094>097-131100-
WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
718 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.

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 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-
718 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

Local storm report, Jun 12, 10:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 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 12, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Wapello	30 min
Jun 12, 8:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne	6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.