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River Flood Warning 192, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 25, 2008Lucas County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 25, 2008, 6:33 AM CDT for Lucas County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 25, 2008, 8:35 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 25, 2008, 6:33 AM CDT (11:33 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 25, 2008, 8:35 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 1, 2008, 8:36 AM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

County Lucas County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:34 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 Chariton River near Chariton (CHTI4).

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 19.5 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06903400, 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 25, 3:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 3:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 5:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:53 AM CDT, 40 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
Jul 24, 9:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Decatur	6 hr
Jul 24, 11:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	43 hr
Jul 25, 12:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Wayne	6 hr
Jul 25, 12:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Ringgold	12 hr
Jul 25, 6:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne	22 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.