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River Flood Warning 169, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 13, 2008Polk County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 13, 2008, 9:29 PM CDT for Polk County, Iowa. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2008, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2008, 11:07 AM CDT
In force: 38 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

County Polk County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Fourmile Creek at Des Moines Easton Blvd (DFMI4). The gauge peaked at 13.02 ft at Jun 12, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 12.5 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05485640, 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, 6:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 6:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 6:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
630 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

IAZ004>007-015>017-142330-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
630 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY.

NUMEROUS 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE WILL BE SLIGHT CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR
SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS ACTIVITY SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT..WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS.
OVERALL THE SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE SCATTERED. WIDESPREAD
HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...HOWEVER BRIEF
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY
NIGHT.

IAZ023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-142330-
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-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-
CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
630 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NUMEROUS 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE
WEATHER...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN SEVERE
THREATS. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER BRIEF
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY
NIGHT.

MOYER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 3:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	6 hr
Jun 14, 9:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	6 hr
Jun 14, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Marshall, Story	42 min
Jun 14, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Grundy	48 min
Jun 14, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Grundy, Hardin, Marshall, Tama	61 min
Jun 14, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Marshall, Tama	40 min
Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer	13 min
Jun 14, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Tama	15 min
Jun 14, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Tama	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.