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River Flood Warning 186, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 18, 2008, 12:00 AM CDT for Polk County, Iowa. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2008, 12:00 AM CDT (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2008, 2:33 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 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 05:02 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 Walnut Creek at Des Moines 63rd St (DOSI4). The gauge peaked at 13.42 ft at Jul 18, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 17 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05484800, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster | 43 min |
| Jul 17, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Greene, Webster | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 8:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 9:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Polk | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Grundy, Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Story, Tama | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, Madison and 8 more | 22 hr |
| Jul 18, 10:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Lucas | 27 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy | 114 min |
Nearby
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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.