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River Flood Warning 196, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 28, 2008, 2:23 AM CDT for Polk County, Iowa. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2008, 2:23 AM CDT (07:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2008, 4:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 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 07:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Fourmile Creek at Des Moines Easton Blvd (DFMI4). The gauge peaked at 15.38 ft at Jul 28, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 12.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 16 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05485640, 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 28, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1245 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008 .DISCUSSION... WILL KEEP DISCUSSION BRIEF TODAY WITH ONGOING ACTIVE WEATHER. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CURRENTLY FIRING ALONG CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW IN NORTHERN IOWA AND WILL KEEP PROGRESSING SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF THE CWA UNTIL 10 PM. ALREADY GETTING SIGNIFICANT STRAIGHT LINE WIND REPORTS...CAN/T RULE OUT ISOLATED TOR THREAT INVOF BOUNDARY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SOME QUESTION ABOUT CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION BEYOND THE FIRST SHOT...AS THE GFS/ECMWF BOTH SUGGESTING ADDITIONAL MCS POTENTIAL ESPECIALLY EASTERN HALF LATE TONIGHT. WILL HAVE TO WATCH HEAVY RAIN THREAT CLOSELY AS CONVECTION MOVES INTO SOUTHERN IOWA...AREAS THAT CANNOT TAKE MUCH ADDITIONAL RAIN BEFORE FLASH FLOODING OCCURS. NO FLASH FLOOD WATCH PLANNED AT THIS TIME WITH UNCERTAINTY ABOUT AMOUNTS/LOCATION...BUT MAY HAVE TO ISSUE LATER ONCE EVENT SHOWS ITS HAND. BEYOND THE OVERNIGHT...SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAIN/SVR WEATHER AGAIN EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS DOLLY MOISTURE REMNANTS BEGIN TO IMPACT THE REGION. ACTIVE WEATHER LIKELY TO CONTINUE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH NEXT SHORT WAVE TOPPING THE RIDGE FOLLOWED BY UPPER RIDGING AND MAINLY DRY AND HOT WEATHER FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. && .AVIATION...28/06Z FIRST TSTM COMPLEX HAS MOVED OUT WITH NEW LINE OF TSRA FORMING ON BAROCLINIC BOUNDARY SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL TO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IA. EXPECT TO SEE THIS THRU MUCH OF THE NIGHT WITH WKNG AFT 10Z. SOME FOG FORMING ARND SNRS SHUD BURN OFF. ATMOS VERY UNSTABLE AND WILL LKLY SEE AT LEAST SCT TSRA BY 18Z ALREADY AND A PERIOD OF MORE WDSPRD ACTIVITY IN THE 22Z-02Z TIMEFRAME. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ENTIRE CWA EXCEPT NORTHERN 2 TIERS OF COUNTIES. && AVIATION...MS JUL 08 SHORT...MS JUL 08 PUBLIC...KINNEY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 11:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1110 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008 IAZ023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-281100- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 1110 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 60 MPH...AND HAIL TO BASEBALL SIZE. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN IOWA...WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL RECENTLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE ARE VARIABLE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT MANY OF THE NEXT 7 DAYS. AT THIS TIME THE GREATER CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO BE LATE MONDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN TUESDAY. CURRENTLY THE AREA IS IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT....WITH THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT. IAZ004>007-015>017-281100- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- 1110 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE ARE VARIABLE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT MANY OF THE NEXT 7 DAYS. AT THIS TIME THE GREATER CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO BE LATE MONDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN TUESDAY. CURRENTLY THE AREA IS IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT....WITH THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON AN ISOLATED BASIS TONIGHT. KINNEY/REV
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
115 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0114 AM FLASH FLOOD INDIANOLA 41.36N 93.57W
07/28/2008 WARREN IA EMERGENCY MNGR
EVACUATING PORTION OF A TRAILER COURT CAUSED BY BACK UP
OF SMALL CREEK THAT EMPTIES INTO MIDDLE RIVER.
&&
SMALLLocal storm report, Jul 28, 1:23 AM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
123 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0115 AM FLASH FLOOD CHARITON 41.02N 93.31W
07/28/2008 LUCAS IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
LUCAS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS COURT AVENUE IS
CLOSED ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHARITON DUE TO 6 TO 8 INCHES
OF WATER OVER THE ROAD. CARS WHICH ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE
THROUGH THE WATER HAVE STALLED.
&&
LEELocal storm report, Jul 28, 1:26 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
126 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0120 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 E CENTERVILLE 40.73N 92.86W
07/28/2008 APPANOOSE IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER FLOWING OVER THE HIGHWAY 2 EAST OF CENTERVILLE.
&&
MS JUL 08Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:29 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
129 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0126 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 NNW ANKENY AIRPORT 41.74N 93.60W
07/28/2008 M4.88 INCH POLK IA TRAINED SPOTTER
WATER STANDING OR LIGHTLY FLOWING THROUGH YARD
APPROXIMATELY 15 BY 35 FEET AREA UP TO SIX INCHES DEEP.
RAINFALL SINCE 4PM 4.88 INCHES.
&&
SMALLLocal storm report, Jul 28, 2:06 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
206 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0203 AM HAIL WEST DES MOINES 41.57N 93.75W
07/28/2008 E1.00 INCH POLK IA BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
MS JUL 08Local storm report, Jul 28, 2:20 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 7:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello | 8 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne | 10 min |
| Jul 27, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 8:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 38 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Wayne | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 8:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 44 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 44 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Story, Webster | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Jasper, Polk, Story | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Polk, Story | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion, Monroe | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Webster | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Jasper, Polk, Story | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 11:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Polk, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Warren | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Polk, Story | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Lucas, Marion, Monroe | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 11:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Greene, Story | 117 min |
| Jul 28, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Wayne | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 1:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Adair, Appanoose, Audubon, Carroll, Clarke, Dallas and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adair, Madison | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Madison, Union | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 2:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 53 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur | 23 min |
| Jul 28, 4:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 5:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Crawford | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 6:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford, Sac | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 6:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Crawford | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 6:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Warren | 30 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Adair, Appanoose, Clarke, Dallas, Davis, Decatur and 8 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Decatur | 14 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 43 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 29 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 48 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 48 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 4 days |
| Jul 28, 9:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Guthrie | 19 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 35 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.