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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 13, 2008Webster County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2008, 2:44 AM CDT for Webster County, Iowa. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2008, 2:44 AM CDT (07:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2008, 4:17 AM CDT
In force: 50 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

County Webster County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 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 Des Moines River at Fort Dodge (FODI4). The gauge peaked at 13.52 ft at Mar 14, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10.5 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05480500, 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 Mar 12, 11:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 11:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 5:37 AM CDT, 21 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
537 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2008

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-
081>086-092>097-131100-
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-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-
CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
537 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SOME RIVERS IN CENTRAL IOWA REMAIN ICE COVERED AND WITH A WARM UP
EXPECTED TO LAST INTO FRIDAY...THERE WILL BE CONTINUED SNOW MELT
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE JAM FLOODING. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND AS WARMER
TEMPERATURES RESULT IN RAPID SNOW MELT ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA THERE
IS STILL SOME POTENTIAL FOR ICE JAM FLOODING AS WELL. FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE
AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER ANY REPORTS OF ICE
JAMMING OR FLOODING WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 9:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska	5 days
Mar 13, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Lucas	11 hr
Mar 13, 10:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Butler	6 days

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.