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River Flood Warning 188, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 20, 2008, 9:28 AM CDT for Mahaska County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 20, 2008, 3:22 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2008, 9:28 AM CDT (14:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 20, 2008, 3:22 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2008, 8:52 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 14:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 South Skunk River near Oskaloosa (OOAI4).
- 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 Jul 20, 6:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 6:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Wright | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Guthrie | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Greene, Webster | 52 min |
| Jul 19, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Grundy, Hardin, Marshall | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy, Hardin, Tama | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Tama | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 8:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Grundy, Jasper, Marshall, Polk and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Polk | 116 min |
| Jul 19, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk, Warren | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 9:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Polk, Poweshiek, Warren | 114 min |
| Jul 19, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Warren | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wapello | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Polk, Story | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 3:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 25 more | 14 hr |
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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.