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River Flood Warning 179, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 27, 2008Mahaska County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 27, 2008, 9:21 AM CDT for Mahaska County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 27, 2008, 5:56 PM CDT. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 27, 2008, 9:21 AM CDT (14:21 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 27, 2008, 5:56 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 27, 2008, 7:53 PM CDT
In force: 117 min
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

County Mahaska County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Skunk River near Oskaloosa (OOAI4). The gauge peaked at 16.90 ft at Jun 28, 2008, 12:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 24.5 ft
Moderate stage: 28.5 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05471500, 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 27, 6:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 6:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 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 26, 9:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	9 hr
Jun 26, 9:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	19 hr
Jun 27, 4:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Kossuth, Winnebago	23 min
Jun 27, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison	41 min
Jun 27, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Cass	36 min
Jun 27, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Taylor	54 min
Jun 27, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Cass, Union	48 min
Jun 27, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren	46 min
Jun 27, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Polk, Story	39 min
Jun 27, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union	38 min
Jun 27, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Marshall, Story	45 min
Jun 27, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Clarke, Madison, Union	40 min
Jun 27, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Story	48 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.