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River Flood Warning 184, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 8, 2008Mahaska County, Marion County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 8, 2008, 6:50 AM CDT for Mahaska County, Marion County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 8, 2008, 7:07 AM CDT. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2008, 6:50 AM CDT (11:50 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 8, 2008, 7:07 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 10, 2008, 10:32 AM CDT
In force: 51 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Des Moines River near Tracy (TRCI4).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05488500, 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 Jul 7, 6:50 PM CDT, 12 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 6:50 PM CDT, 12 hours 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
Jul 7, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Tama	47 min
Jul 7, 9:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Mahaska	64 min
Jul 7, 9:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Wapello	2 hr
Jul 7, 10:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Calhoun, Davis, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Wayne and 1 more	10 days
Jul 7, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Madison, Union, Warren	45 min
Jul 7, 11:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	98 min
Jul 8, 12:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Warren	6 hr
Jul 8, 1:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Wapello, Wayne	6 hr
Jul 8, 2:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Warren	16 hr
Jul 8, 2:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Madison, Warren	16 hr
Jul 8, 3:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Madison, Warren	35 hr
Jul 8, 6:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose	37 hr
Jul 8, 6:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Monroe	3 hr
Jul 8, 7:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	47 hr
Jul 8, 1:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Marion	24 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.